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Selected Verse: Joshua 23:1 - Strong Concordance
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| Jos 23:1 |
Strong Concordance |
And it came to pass a long [07227] time [03117] after [0310] that the LORD [03068] had given rest [05117] unto Israel [03478] from all their enemies [0341] round about [05439], that Joshua [03091] waxed old [02204] and stricken [0935] in age [03117]. |
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King James |
And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. |
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] |
JOSHUA'S EXHORTATION BEFORE HIS DEATH. (Jos 23:1-2)
a long time after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies--about fourteen years after the conquest of Canaan, and seven after the distribution of that country among the tribes. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| This and the next chapter contain the last addresses of Joshua. These addresses were no doubt among the closing acts of Joshua's life, but were evidently given on different occasions, and are of different character and scope. In the former Joshua briefly reminds the princes of the recent benefits of God toward them and their people, declares that God had fulfilled all His promises, and exhorts to faithfulness on their side to God that so His mercies may not be withdrawn: in the latter he takes a wider range, rehearses the gracious dealings of God with the nation from its very origin, and upon these as his grounds, he claims for God their sincere and entire service. But he grants them the option of withdrawing from the covenant if they so choose; and when they elect still to abide by it, it is solemnly renewed by the free consent of the whole people. Joshua's reproofs and warnings are in sum and substance identical with those with which Moses closed his career (Deut. 31, etc.). Compare throughout the marginal references. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Exhortation to the Tribes of Israel to Remain Faithful to their Calling. - Jos 23:1, Jos 23:2. The introduction to the discourse which follows is attached in its first part to Jos 22:3-4, and thus also to Jos 21:43-44, whilst in the second part it points back to Jos 13:1. The Lord had given the people rest from all their enemies round about, after the land had been subdued and divided by lot (Jos 21:43-44). Joshua was already an old man at the termination of the war (Jos 13:1); but since then he had advanced still further in age, so that he may have noticed the signs of the near approach of death. He therefore called together the representatives of the people, either to Timnath-serah where he dwelt (Jos 19:50), or to Shiloh to the tabernacle, the central sanctuary of the whole nation, as the most suitable place for his purpose. "All Israel" is still further defined by the apposition, "its elders, and its heads, and its judges, and its officers." This is not to be understood, however, as referring to four different classes of rulers; but the term elders is the general term used to denote all the representatives of the people, who were divided into heads, judges, and officers. And the heads, again, were those who stood at the head of the tribes, families, and fathers' houses, and out of whose number the most suitable persons were chosen as judges and officers (Deu 1:15; see my Bibl. Arch. ii. 143). Joshua's address to the elders of all Israel consists of two parts, which run parallel to one another so far as the contents are concerned, Jos 23:2-13 and Jos 23:14-16. In both parts Joshua commences with a reference to his age and his approaching death, in consequence of which he felt constrained to remind the people once more of all the great things that the Lord had done for them, and to warn them against falling away from their gracious covenant God. Just as Joshua, in this the last act of his life, was merely treading in the footsteps of Moses, who had concluded his life with the fullest exhortations to the people to be faithful to the Lord (Deu 1:30), so his address consists entirely of reminiscences from the Pentateuch, more especially from Deuteronomy as he had nothing fresh to announce to the people, but could only impress the old truth upon their minds once more. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| A long time - About fourteen years after it. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| A long time after that the Lord had given rest - This is supposed to have been in the last or one hundred and tenth year of the life of Joshua, about thirteen or fourteen years after the conquest of Canaan, and seven after the division of the land among the tribes. |
1 And it came to pass a long [07227] time [03117] after [0310] that the LORD [03068] had given rest [05117] unto Israel [03478] from all their enemies [0341] round about [05439], that Joshua [03091] waxed old [02204] and stricken [0935] in age [03117].
2 And Joshua [03091] called [07121] for all Israel [03478], and for their elders [02205], and for their heads [07218], and for their judges [08199], and for their officers [07860], and said [0559] unto them, I am old [02204] and stricken [0935] in age [03117]:
30 The LORD [03068] your God [0430] which goeth [01980] before [06440] you, he shall fight [03898] for you, according to all that he did [06213] for you in Egypt [04714] before your eyes [05869];
14 And, behold, this day [03117] I am going [01980] the way [01870] of all the earth [0776]: and ye know [03045] in all your hearts [03824] and in all your souls [05315], that not one [0259] thing [01697] hath failed [05307] of all the good [02896] things [01697] which the LORD [03068] your God [0430] spake [01696] concerning you; all are come to pass [0935] unto you, and not one [0259] thing [01697] hath failed [05307] thereof.
15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good [02896] things [01697] are come [0935] upon you, which the LORD [03068] your God [0430] promised [01696] you; so shall the LORD [03068] bring [0935] upon you all evil [07451] things [01697], until he have destroyed [08045] you from off this good [02896] land [0127] which the LORD [03068] your God [0430] hath given [05414] you.
16 When ye have transgressed [05674] the covenant [01285] of the LORD [03068] your God [0430], which he commanded [06680] you, and have gone [01980] and served [05647] other [0312] gods [0430], and bowed [07812] yourselves to them; then shall the anger [0639] of the LORD [03068] be kindled [02734] against you, and ye shall perish [06] quickly [04120] from off the good [02896] land [0776] which he hath given [05414] unto you.
2 And Joshua [03091] called [07121] for all Israel [03478], and for their elders [02205], and for their heads [07218], and for their judges [08199], and for their officers [07860], and said [0559] unto them, I am old [02204] and stricken [0935] in age [03117]:
3 And ye have seen [07200] all that the LORD [03068] your God [0430] hath done [06213] unto all these nations [01471] because [06440] of you; for the LORD [03068] your God [0430] is he that hath fought [03898] for you.
4 Behold [07200], I have divided [05307] unto you by lot these nations [01471] that remain [07604], to be an inheritance [05159] for your tribes [07626], from Jordan [03383], with all the nations [01471] that I have cut off [03772], even unto the great [01419] sea [03220] westward [03996] [08121].
5 And the LORD [03068] your God [0430], he shall expel [01920] them from before [06440] you, and drive [03423] them from out of your sight [06440]; and ye shall possess [03423] their land [0776], as the LORD [03068] your God [0430] hath promised [01696] unto you.
6 Be ye therefore very [03966] courageous [02388] to keep [08104] and to do [06213] all that is written [03789] in the book [05612] of the law [08451] of Moses [04872], that ye turn [05493] not aside therefrom to the right hand [03225] or to the left [08040];
7 That ye come [0935] not among these nations [01471], these that remain [07604] among you; neither make mention [02142] of the name [08034] of their gods [0430], nor cause to swear [07650] by them, neither serve [05647] them, nor bow [07812] yourselves unto them:
8 But cleave [01692] unto the LORD [03068] your God [0430], as ye have done [06213] unto this day [03117].
9 For the LORD [03068] hath driven out [03423] from before [06440] you great [01419] nations [01471] and strong [06099]: but as for you, no man [0376] hath been able to stand [05975] before [06440] you unto this day [03117].
10 One [0259] man [0376] of you shall chase [07291] a thousand [0505]: for the LORD [03068] your God [0430], he it is that fighteth [03898] for you, as he hath promised [01696] you.
11 Take good [03966] heed [08104] therefore unto yourselves [05315], that ye love [0157] the LORD [03068] your God [0430].
12 Else if ye do in any wise [07725] go back [07725], and cleave [01692] unto the remnant [03499] of these nations [01471], even these that remain [07604] among you, and shall make marriages [02859] with them, and go in [0935] unto them, and they to you:
13 Know [03045] for a certainty [03045] that the LORD [03068] your God [0430] will no more [03254] drive out [03423] any of these nations [01471] from before [06440] you; but they shall be snares [06341] and traps [04170] unto you, and scourges [07850] in your sides [06654], and thorns [06796] in your eyes [05869], until ye perish [06] from off this good [02896] land [0127] which the LORD [03068] your God [0430] hath given [05414] you.
15 So I took [03947] the chief [07218] of your tribes [07626], wise [02450] men [0582], and known [03045], and made [05414] them heads [07218] over you, captains [08269] over thousands [0505], and captains [08269] over hundreds [03967], and captains [08269] over fifties [02572], and captains [08269] over tens [06235], and officers [07860] among your tribes [07626].
50 According to the word [06310] of the LORD [03068] they gave [05414] him the city [05892] which he asked [07592], even Timnathserah [08556] in mount [02022] Ephraim [0669]: and he built [01129] the city [05892], and dwelt [03427] therein.
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].
43 And the LORD [03068] gave [05414] unto Israel [03478] all the land [0776] which he sware [07650] to give [05414] unto their fathers [01]; and they possessed [03423] it, and dwelt [03427] therein.
44 And the LORD [03068] gave them rest [05117] round about [05439], according to all that he sware [07650] unto their fathers [01]: and there stood [05975] not a man [0376] of all their enemies [0341] before [06440] them; the LORD [03068] delivered [05414] all their enemies [0341] into their hand [03027].
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].
43 And the LORD [03068] gave [05414] unto Israel [03478] all the land [0776] which he sware [07650] to give [05414] unto their fathers [01]; and they possessed [03423] it, and dwelt [03427] therein.
44 And the LORD [03068] gave them rest [05117] round about [05439], according to all that he sware [07650] unto their fathers [01]: and there stood [05975] not a man [0376] of all their enemies [0341] before [06440] them; the LORD [03068] delivered [05414] all their enemies [0341] into their hand [03027].
3 Ye have not left [05800] your brethren [0251] these many [07227] days [03117] unto this day [03117], but have kept [08104] the charge [04931] of the commandment [04687] of the LORD [03068] your God [0430].
4 And now the LORD [03068] your God [0430] hath given rest [05117] unto your brethren [0251], as he promised [01696] them: therefore now return [06437] ye, and get [03212] you unto your tents [0168], and unto the land [0776] of your possession [0272], which Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of the LORD [03068] gave [05414] you on the other side [05676] Jordan [03383].
2 And Joshua [03091] called [07121] for all Israel [03478], and for their elders [02205], and for their heads [07218], and for their judges [08199], and for their officers [07860], and said [0559] unto them, I am old [02204] and stricken [0935] in age [03117]:
1 And it came to pass a long [07227] time [03117] after [0310] that the LORD [03068] had given rest [05117] unto Israel [03478] from all their enemies [0341] round about [05439], that Joshua [03091] waxed old [02204] and stricken [0935] in age [03117].