Joshua 12:10-12 NIV

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 12:12

Gezer. Compare Joshua 10:33 ; and see note on 1 Kings 9:16 , 1 Kings 9:17 . read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 12:7-24

The slaughter of the western kings 12:7-24The writer identified 31 kings in the essential order in which Joshua defeated them."Many of the same names appear in the Amarna letters, thus confirming the historicity of our text." [Note: Davis and Whitcomb, p. 75.] "The description was not complete. Shechem is not mentioned, and the hills of Ephraim are sparsely represented, as is the territory north of Hazor. Completeness is not the object. The writer seeks to compile a list that will impress the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:1-24

A Review of the Victories of Moses and JoshuaThis chapter concludes the whole section of the book which deals with the conquest of Canaan. The following chapters narrate the partition of the conquered and some unconquered land. The original account of these conquests is to be found in Numbers 21:21-35, and of the assignment to the 2½ tribes in Numbers 3:2. A fuller description of the territory is given in chapter Numbers 13:1-33;where see notes.1-6. Moses’ conquests E. of Jordan. Kingdoms of... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Joshua 12:1-24

CHAPTER XX.THE BATTLE OF MEROM.Joshua Chs. 11, 12. THERE is some appearance of confusion in the terms in which the great confederacy of native princes against Israel is brought in. In the beginning of the ninth chapter, a combination that embraced the whole country, north and south, east and west, is described as gathered together to fight with Joshua and with Israel. Nothing more is said till after the treaty with the Gibeonites, when five of these confederate kings residing in the south not... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Joshua 12:1-24

The Conquered Kings CHAPTER 12 1. The kings on the other side of Jordan (Joshua 12:1-6 ) 2. The kings on this side of Jordan (Joshua 12:7-24 ) “The land rested from war” is the concluding statement of the previous chapter. It was after Joshua had made war a long time with all those kings (Joshua 11:18 ). Deuteronomy 6:10-11 was also fulfilled. “And it shall be, when the LORD Thy God shall have brought thee into the land, which He sware unto thy Fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob,... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:1-24

AN UNNECESSARY CONFRONTATION (vv. 1-7) The men of Ephraim assumed the same proud attitude toward Jephthah as they had before done toward Gideon (tie.8:1-2).When Jephthah had gained the victory over the Ammonites, they ought to have shown genuine appreciation of this, but instead they came with bitter enmity, being angry because Jephthah had not called them to help in the defeat of Ammon.They tell him, "We will burn your house down on you with fire!" (v.1). Jephthah was not as wise as Gideon... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Joshua 12:1-24

CONQUEST OF THE NORTH Owing to the length of the last lesson no comment was made on the latter half of the previous chapter. But it will be seen that verses 16-27 gave an account of the final destruction of the five kings in the confederacy against Gibeon. The map will show Makkedah (Joshua 10:16 ) to the west of Gibeon, near the sea and in what we know as the Philistine country. In a cave the kings hid and were imprisoned by Joshua until the rout of the warriors was complete (Joshua... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Joshua 12:1-24

A Recorded Life Joshua 12:0 , Joshua 13:0 THESE two chapters contain a good deal of hard reading. They are studded with unfamiliar and difficult words and names, so that reading them is like reading the writing upon gravestones in a foreign land. Still, there is much for our instruction here. For example, we are called to behold how good a thing it is to keep a detailed record of life. These chapters are in a certain sense diaries or journals. The men of the ancient time wrote down what they... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Joshua 12:7-24

I bring all these verses together into one view, from the same reason as I did the former, because they all relate to one and the same subject, the splendid victories of Joshua. And I only detain the Reader with a short remark upon the whole: namely, how faithful God was to his promise; and this the church sung in after ages, when recounting the wonders of his love, in slaying mighty kings, and giving their lands for an heritage to his people. Psalms 135:10-12 . But what are all the splendid... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:7-24

7-24 We have here the limits of the country Joshua conquered. A list is given of the kings subdued by Israel: thirty-one in all. This shows how fruitful Canaan then was, in which so many chose to throng together. This was the land God appointed for Israel; yet in our day it is one of the most barren and unprofitable countries in the world. Such is the effect of the curse it lies under, since its possessors rejected Christ and his gospel, as was foretold by Moses, Deuteronomy 29:23. The... read more