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Selected Verse: Joshua 13:6 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
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Jos 13:6 |
Strong Concordance |
All the inhabitants [03427] of the hill country [02022] from Lebanon [03844] unto Misrephothmaim [04956], and all the Sidonians [06722], them will I drive out [03423] from before [06440] the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: only divide thou it by lot [05307] unto the Israelites [03478] for an inheritance [05159], as I have commanded [06680] thee. |
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King James |
All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim--(See on Jos 11:8) --that is, "all the Sidonians and PhÅnicians."
them will I drive out--The fulfilment of this promise was conditional. In the event of the Israelites proving unfaithful or disobedient, they would not subdue the districts now specified; and, in point of fact, the Israelites never possessed them though the inhabitants were subjected to the power of David and Solomon.
only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance--The parenthetic section being closed, the historian here resumes the main subject of this chapter--the order of God to Joshua to make an immediate allotment of the land. The method of distribution by lot was, in all respects, the best that could have been adopted, as it prevented all ground of discontent, as well as charges of arbitrary or partial conduct on the part of the leaders; and its announcement in the life of Moses (Num 33:54), as the system according to which the allocations to each tribe should be made, was intended to lead the people to the acknowledgment of God as the proprietor of the land and as having the entire right to its disposal. Moreover, a solemn appeal to the lot showed it to be the dictate not of human, but divine, wisdom. It was used, however, only in determining the part of the country where a tribe was to be settled--the extent of the settlement was to be decided on a different principle (Num 26:54). The overruling control of God is conclusively proved because each tribe received the possession predicted by Jacob (Gen. 49:3-28) and by Moses (Deu. 33:6-25). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The King James Version would exhibit the sense more clearly if the words from the beginning of Jos 13:2 to the words "the Sidonians" in this verse were placed in a parenthesis, and the order of the words before us changed thus: "I will drive them out." The "them" meaning the inhabitants of the "very much land to be possessed," spoken of in Jos 13:1. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Will I drive out - Whatever becomes of us, however we may be laid aside as broken vessels, God will do his work in his own time. I will do it by my word; so the Chaldee here, as in many other places: by the eternal word, the captain of my host. But the promise of driving them out from before the children of Israel, supposes that the Israelites must use their own endeavours, must go up against them. If Israel, thro' sloth or cowardice let them alone, they are not likely to be driven out. We must go forth on our Christian warfare, and then God will go before us. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Misrephoth-maim - See on Jos 11:7 (note).
These will I drive out - That is, if the Israelites continued to be obedient; but they did not, and therefore they never fully possessed the whole of that land which, on this condition alone, God had promised them: the Sidonians were never expelled by the Israelites, and were only brought into a state of comparative subjection in the days of David and Solomon. Some have taken upon them to deny the authenticity of Divine revelation relative to this business, "because," say they, "God is stated to have absolutely promised that Joshua should conquer the whole land, and put the Israelites in possession of it." This is a total mistake.
1. God never absolutely, i.e., unconditionally, promised to put them in possession of this land. The promise of their possessing the whole was suspended on their fidelity to God. They were not faithful, and therefore God was not bound by his promise to give them any part of the land, after their first act of national defection from his worship.
2. God never said that Joshua should conquer the whole land, and give it to them; the promise was simply this: "Thou shalt bring them into the land, and thou shalt divide it among them:" both of which he did, and procured them footing by his conquests, sufficient to have enabled them to establish themselves in it for ever.
3. It was never said, Thou shalt conquer it all, and then divide it; no. Several of the tribes, after their quota was allotted them, were obliged to drive out the ancient inhabitants. See on Jos 11:18 (note). |
54 To many [07227] thou shalt give the more [07235] inheritance [05159], and to few [04592] thou shalt give the less [04591] inheritance [05159]: to every one [0376] shall his inheritance [05159] be given [05414] according [06310] to those that were numbered [06485] of him.
54 And ye shall divide [05157] the land [0776] by lot [01486] for an inheritance [05157] among your families [04940]: and to the more [07227] ye shall give the more [07235] inheritance [05159], and to the fewer [04592] ye shall give the less [04591] inheritance [05159]: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot [01486] falleth [03318]; according to the tribes [04294] of your fathers [01] ye shall inherit [05157].
8 And the LORD [03068] delivered [05414] them into the hand [03027] of Israel [03478], who smote [05221] them, and chased [07291] them unto great [07227] Zidon [06721], and unto Misrephothmaim [04956], and unto the valley [01237] of Mizpeh [04708] eastward [04217]; and they smote [05221] them, until they left [07604] them none remaining [08300].
1 Now Joshua [03091] was old [02204] and stricken [0935] in years [03117]; and the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto him, Thou art old [02204] and stricken [0935] in years [03117], and there remaineth [07604] yet very [03966] much [07235] land [0776] to be possessed [03423].
2 This is the land [0776] that yet remaineth [07604]: all the borders [01552] of the Philistines [06430], and all Geshuri [01651],
18 Joshua [03091] made [06213] war [04421] a long [07227] time [03117] with all those kings [04428].
7 So Joshua [03091] came [0935], and all the people [05971] of war [04421] with him, against them by the waters [04325] of Merom [04792] suddenly [06597]; and they fell upon [05307] them.