Joshua 12:1-5

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 12:1-6

Joshua, or whoever else is the historian before he comes to sum up the new conquests Israel had made, in these verses receives their former conquests in Moses's time, under whom they became masters of the great and potent kingdoms of Sihon and Og. Note, Fresh mercies must not drown the remembrance of former mercies, nor must the glory of the present instruments of good to the church be suffered to eclipse and diminish the just honour of those who have gone before them, and who were the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 12:1

Now these are the kings of the land which the children of Israel smote ,.... In the days of Moses, as Jarchi remarks, and as it clearly appears from what follows: and possessed, their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun ; on the east of the land of Canaan: from the river Arnon unto the mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east ; Arnon was the border of Moab between them and the Amorites, Numbers 21:13 ; and from hence to Hermon, a mountain adjoining to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 12:2

Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon ,.... Which he took from the Moabites, and made his capital city, Numbers 21:26 , and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river of Arnon ; a city of Moab, which never fell into the hands of Sihon, and therefore he is said to rule from it but not over it: and from the middle of the river ; that is, the river Arnon, which being the boundary of the Moabites and Amorites, the king of the Amorites might be said to rule... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 12:3

And from the plain ,.... Or rather, "and the plain", the plains of Moab, which, before possessed by the Israelites, belonged to the kingdom of Sihon; and the plains of Jordan, which reached to the sea of Cinneroth on the east ; the same with the lake of Gennesaret, and sea of Tiberias, mentioned in the New Testament, Matthew 14:34 , and unto the sea of the plain ; where stood the cities of the plain, Sodom, Gomorrah, &c.; even the salt sea on the east ; the same with the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 12:4

And the coast of Og king of Bashan ,.... The country that he reigned over, who was another king of the Amorites, smitten by Israel in the times of Moses: which was of the remnant of the giants ; See Gill on Deuteronomy 3:11 , that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei ; of which two places see Deuteronomy 1:4 ; it seems as if Og had a palace in each of those cities, and sometimes was at one and sometimes at another, as is usual with kings. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 12:5

And reigned in Mount Hermon ,.... That is, over all the people that inhabited that mount or dwelt under it, Joshua 11:17 , and adjacent to it, of which mountain; see Gill on Deuteronomy 3:8 and See Gill on Deuteronomy 3:9 , and in Salcah : which was a city belonging to the kingdom of Og, Deuteronomy 3:10 , and in all Bashan ; or Batanea, a country famous for pasturage, Micah 7:14 , and for fat cattle, Ezekiel 39:18 , and for oaks, Isaiah 2:13 , frequently mentioned in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:1

From the river Arnon unto Mount Hermon - Arnon was the boundary of all the southern coast of the land occupied by the Israelites beyond Jordan; and the mountains of Hermon were the boundaries on the north. Arnon takes its rise in the mountains of Gilead, and having run a long way from north to south falls into the Dead Sea, near the same place into which Jordan discharges itself. And all the plain on the east - All the land from the plains of Moab to Mount Hermon. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:2

From Aroer - Aroer was situated on the western side of the river Arnon, in the middle of the valley through which this river takes its course. The kingdom of Sihon extended from the river Arnon and the city of Aroer on the south to the river Jabbok on the north. And from half Gilead - The mountains of Gilead extended from north to south from Mount Hermon towards the source of the river Arnon, which was about the midst of the extent of the kingdom of Sihon: thus Sihon is said to have... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:3

The sea of Chinneroth - Or Gennesareth, the same as the lake or sea of Tiberias. The Salt Sea on the east - המלח ים yam hammelach , which is here translated the Salt Sea, is understood by others to mean the sea of the city Melach. Where can we find any thing that can be called a salt sea on the east of the lake of Gennesareth? Some think that the lake Asphaltites, called also the Dead Sea, Sea of the Desert, Sea of Sodom, and Salt Sea, is here intended. Beth-jeshimoth - A city... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:4

Coast of Og king of Bashan - Concerning this person see the notes on Deuteronomy 3:11 , and on Numbers 21:35 , etc. The remnant or the giants - Or, Rephaim. See the notes on Genesis 6:4 ; Genesis 14:5 , and Deuteronomy 2:7 , Deuteronomy 2:11 . read more

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