The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 12:9

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The list of the cities subdued. The king of Jericho, one. Here follows a list of the royal cities of the Canaanites, the remainder being daughter, or dependent cities, or else, perhaps, like Gibeon, cities whose government was not regal.

See Joshua 9:3, and Introduction.

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