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THE EXTENT OF JOSHUA'S CONQUESTS.
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Joshua 12:1-24
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Matthew Henry on Joshua 12:1-6Joshua 12:1-6 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryFresh mercies must not drown the remembrance of former mercies, nor must the glory of the present instruments of good to the church diminish the just honour of those who went before them, since God is the same who wroug…Summary of Israel's Conquests. (b. c. 1450.)Joshua 12:1-6 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleSUMMARY OF ISRAEL'S CONQUESTS. (B. C. 1450.) 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 w…The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 12:1Joshua 12:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryNow these are the kings. The historian now enters upon a complete description of the whole territory which had, up to this date, fallen into the hands of the Israelites. First he traces out the border of the trans-Jorda…The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 12:1-24Joshua 12:1-24 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe extent of the conquest. A few detached considerations occur to us here. I. GOD WELL NOT BE WORSE THAN HIS WORD. The reduction of the whole land had not yet been effected, but it had been rendered possible if Israel…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Joshua 12:1-6Fresh mercies must not drown the remembrance of former mercies, nor must the glory of the present instruments of good to the church diminish the just honour of those who went before them, since God is the same who wroug…Matthew HenrycommentarySummary of Israel's Conquests. (b. c. 1450.)SUMMARY OF ISRAEL'S CONQUESTS. (B. C. 1450.) 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 w…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 12:1-24The extent of the conquest. A few detached considerations occur to us here. I. GOD WELL NOT BE WORSE THAN HIS WORD. The reduction of the whole land had not yet been effected, but it had been rendered possible if Israel…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 12:1Now these are the kings. The historian now enters upon a complete description of the whole territory which had, up to this date, fallen into the hands of the Israelites. First he traces out the border of the trans-Jorda…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 12:2The river Jabbok. Literally, the pouring or emptying stream. It is remarkable that, while the LXX. renders here by χείμαρρος, a winter torrent, it steadily renders the same Hebrew word, when referring to Aruon, by φάρ…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 12:3And from the plain. There is no "from" in the original, which here ceases to describe the territories of Sihon, but continues the account of the Israelite dominions, which included the Arabah (not the plain as in our ve…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 12:4The giants. Hebrew, Rephaim cf. Genesis 14:5; Genesis 15:20; also Joshua 17:15). The word, according to Ewald, is equivalent to "stretched out." It was also applied to the dead. The Rephaim were one of the various tribe…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 12:5The Geshurites. See Joshua 13:2, Joshua 13:11, Joshua 13:13; and Deuteronomy 3:14; also 2 Samuel 13:37, where we find the principality of Geshur still in possession of its independence. It was in the northeast corner of…Joseph S. Exell and contributors