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Selected Verse: Joshua 10:40 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Jos 10:40 |
Strong Concordance |
So Joshua [03091] smote [05221] all the country [0776] of the hills [02022], and of the south [05045], and of the vale [08219], and of the springs [0794], and all their kings [04428]: he left [07604] none remaining [08300], but utterly destroyed [02763] all that breathed [05397], as the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] commanded [06680]. |
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King James |
So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| See Jos 9:1. "The south" was the Negeb Num 13:17. Render "the springs" "slopes." The word here means the district of undulating ground between "the vale" (or שׁפלה shephêlâh) last named and "the hills." |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Summary of the Conquest of the Whole of Southern Canaan. - In the further prosecution of his victory over the five allied kings, Joshua smote the whole land, i.e., the whole of the south of Canaan from Gibeon onwards, in all its districts, namely the mountains (Jos 15:48), the Negeb (the south land, Jos 15:21), the lowlands (Jos 15:33), and the slopes, i.e., the hill region (Jos 12:8, and comm. on Num 21:15), and all the kings of these different districts, banning every living thing (כּל־נשׁמה = כּל־נפשׁ, Jos 10:28, Jos 10:30, i.e., all the men; vid., Deu 7:1-2; Deu 20:16. He smote them from Kadesh-barnea, on the southern boundary of Canaan (Jos 15:3; see at Num 12:16), to Gaza (see at Gen 10:9), and all the country of Goshen, a different place from the Goshen of Egypt, deriving its name in all probability from the town of Goshen on the southern portion of the mountains (Jos 15:51). As the line "from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza" defines the extent of the conquered country from south to north on the western side, so the parallel clause, "all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon," defines the extent from south to north on the eastern side. There is no tenable ground for the view expressed by Knobel, which rests upon very uncertain etymological combinations, that the land of Goshen signifies the hill country between the mountains and the plain, and is equivalent to אשׁדות. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| All that breathed - That is, all mankind, they reserved the cattle for their own uses. As God had commanded - This is added for the vindication of the Israelites, whom God would not have to suffer in their reputation for executing his commands; and therefore he acquits them of that cruelty, which they might be thought guilty of, and ascribes it to his own just indignation. And hereby was typified the final destruction of all the impenitent enemies of the Lord Jesus, who having slighted the riches of his grace, must for ever feel the weight of his wrath. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
All the country of the hills - See the note on Deu 1:7.
Destroyed all that breathed - Every person found in arms who continued to resist; these were all destroyed, - those who submitted were spared: but many no doubt made their escape, and afterwards reoccupied certain parts of the land. See Jos 10:36, Jos 10:37. |
17 And Moses [04872] sent [07971] them to spy out [08446] the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], and said [0559] unto them, Get you up [05927] this way southward [05045], and go up [05927] into the mountain [02022]:
1 And it came to pass, when all the kings [04428] which were on this side [05676] Jordan [03383], in the hills [02022], and in the valleys [08219], and in all the coasts [02348] of the great [01419] sea [03220] over against [04136] Lebanon [03844], the Hittite [02850], and the Amorite [0567], the Canaanite [03669], the Perizzite [06522], the Hivite [02340], and the Jebusite [02983], heard [08085] thereof;
51 And Goshen [01657], and Holon [02473], and Giloh [01542]; eleven [0259] [06240] cities [05892] with their villages [02691]:
9 He was a mighty [01368] hunter [06718] before [06440] the LORD [03068]: wherefore [03651] it is said [0559], Even as Nimrod [05248] the mighty [01368] hunter [06718] before [06440] the LORD [03068].
16 And afterward [0310] the people [05971] removed [05265] from Hazeroth [02698], and pitched [02583] in the wilderness [04057] of Paran [06290].
3 And it went out [03318] to the south side [05045] to Maalehacrabbim [04610], and passed [05674] along to Zin [06790], and ascended up [05927] on the south side [05045] unto Kadeshbarnea [06947], and passed [05674] along to Hezron [02696], and went up [05927] to Adar [0146], and fetched a compass [05437] to Karkaa [07173]:
16 But of the cities [05892] of these people [05971], which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] doth give [05414] thee for an inheritance [05159], thou shalt save alive [02421] nothing that breatheth [05397]:
1 When the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] shall bring [0935] thee into the land [0776] whither thou goest [0935] to possess [03423] it, and hath cast out [05394] many [07227] nations [01471] before [06440] thee, the Hittites [02850], and the Girgashites [01622], and the Amorites [0567], and the Canaanites [03669], and the Perizzites [06522], and the Hivites [02340], and the Jebusites [02983], seven [07651] nations [01471] greater [07227] and mightier [06099] than thou;
2 And when the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] shall deliver [05414] them before [06440] thee; thou shalt smite [05221] them, and utterly [02763] destroy [02763] them; thou shalt make [03772] no covenant [01285] with them, nor shew mercy [02603] unto them:
30 And the LORD [03068] delivered [05414] it also, and the king [04428] thereof, into the hand [03027] of Israel [03478]; and he smote [05221] it with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and all the souls [05315] that were therein; he let [07604] none remain [08300] in it; but did [06213] unto the king [04428] thereof as he did [06213] unto the king [04428] of Jericho [03405].
28 And that day [03117] Joshua [03091] took [03920] Makkedah [04719], and smote [05221] it with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and the king [04428] thereof he utterly destroyed [02763], them, and all the souls [05315] that were therein; he let [07604] none remain [08300]: and he did [06213] to the king [04428] of Makkedah [04719] as he did [06213] unto the king [04428] of Jericho [03405].
15 And at the stream [0793] of the brooks [05158] that goeth down [05186] to the dwelling [03427] of Ar [06144], and lieth [08172] upon the border [01366] of Moab [04124].
8 In the mountains [02022], and in the valleys [08219], and in the plains [06160], and in the springs [0794], and in the wilderness [04057], and in the south country [05045]; the Hittites [02850], the Amorites [0567], and the Canaanites [03669], the Perizzites [06522], the Hivites [02340], and the Jebusites [02983]:
33 And in the valley [08219], Eshtaol [0847], and Zoreah [06881], and Ashnah [0823],
21 And the uttermost [07097] cities [05892] of the tribe [04294] of the children [01121] of Judah [03063] toward the coast [01366] of Edom [0123] southward [05045] were Kabzeel [06909], and Eder [05740], and Jagur [03017],
48 And in the mountains [02022], Shamir [08069], and Jattir [03492], and Socoh [07755],
37 And they took [03920] it, and smote [05221] it with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and the king [04428] thereof, and all the cities [05892] thereof, and all the souls [05315] that were therein; he left [07604] none remaining [08300], according to all that he had done [06213] to Eglon [05700]; but destroyed [02763] it utterly, and all the souls [05315] that were therein.
36 And Joshua [03091] went up [05927] from Eglon [05700], and all Israel [03478] with him, unto Hebron [02275]; and they fought [03898] against it:
7 Turn [06437] you, and take your journey [05265], and go [0935] to the mount [02022] of the Amorites [0567], and unto all the places nigh [07934] thereunto, in the plain [06160], in the hills [02022], and in the vale [08219], and in the south [05045], and by the sea [03220] side [02348], to the land [0776] of the Canaanites [03669], and unto Lebanon [03844], unto the great [01419] river [05104], the river [05104] Euphrates [06578].