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Selected Verse: Joshua 9:1 - Strong Concordance
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| Jos 9:1 |
Strong Concordance |
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; |
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King James |
And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof; |
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] |
THE KINGS COMBINE AGAINST ISRAEL. (Jos. 9:1-27)
all the kings which were on this side--that is, the western side of Jordan.
in the hills, and in ther valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea--This threefold distinction marks out very clearly a large portion of Canaan. The first designates the hill country, which belonged afterwards to the tribes of Judah and Ephraim: the second, all the low country from Carmel to Gaza; and the third, the shores of the Mediterranean, from the Isthmus of Tyre to the plain of Joppa. (As for the tribes mentioned, see on Num 13:29).
heard thereof--that is, of the sacking of Jericho and Ai, as well as the rapid advance of the Israelites into the interior of the country. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
In the hills - See the Num 13:17 note.
The valleys - Or "the vale" (the Shephelah, Deu 1:7), which imports the lowland country between the mountains and the sea coast. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Jos 9:1, Jos 9:2 form the introduction to chs. 9-11, and correspond to the introduction in Jos 5:1. The news of the miraculous passage of the Israelites through the Jordan had thrown all the kings of Canaan into such despair, that they did not venture to make any attack upon Israel. But they gradually recovered from their first panic, partly, no doubt, in consequence of the failure of the first attack of the Israelites upon Ai, and resolved to join together in making war upon the foreign invaders. The kings of Canaan did this when they heard, sc., what Israel had hitherto undertaken and accomplished, not merely "what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai" (Knobel): that is to say, all the kings across the Jordan, i.e., in the country to the west of the Jordan (היּרדּן עבר, as in Jos 5:1), viz., "upon the mountains" (not only the mountains of Judah, as in Jos 10:40; Jos 11:16, etc., but all the mountains which run throughout the whole length of Canaan, as in Deu 1:7 and Num 13:17 : see the explanation of the latter passage); "in the lowlands" (shephelah, the low-lying country between the mountains and the sea-coast, which is simply intersected by small ranges of hills; see at Deu 1:7); "and on all the coast of the Great Sea towards Lebanon," i.e., the narrow coast of the Mediterranean Sea from Joppa up to the Ladder of Tyre (see at Deu 1:7). The different tribes of the Canaanites are also mentioned by name, as in Jos 3:10, except that the Girgashites are omitted. These gathered themselves together to fight with Joshua and Israel with one mouth, or with one accord (Kg1 22:13). |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| And it came to pass, when all the kings - heard thereof - From this account it appears that the capture and destruction of Jericho and Ai had been heard of to the remotest parts of the land, that a general fear of the Israelitish arms prevailed, and that the different dynasties or petty governments into which the land was divided, felt all their interests at stake, and determined to make the defense of their country a common cause. This was the most prudent step they could take in their circumstances, and therefore they entered into a confederation in order to arrest the progress of the Israelites. The Great Sea mentioned here is the Mediterranean Sea, the coasts of which were inhabited by the Phoenicians, Syrians, Sidonians, and Philistines. It is very likely that all these united with the Canaanites for their common safety. |
29 The Amalekites [06002] dwell [03427] in the land [0776] of the south [05045]: and the Hittites [02850], and the Jebusites [02983], and the Amorites [0567], dwell [03427] in the mountains [02022]: and the Canaanites [03669] dwell [03427] by the sea [03220], and by the coast [03027] of Jordan [03383].
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].
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]:
13 And the messenger [04397] that was gone [01980] to call [07121] Micaiah [04321] spake [01696] unto him, saying [0559], Behold now, the words [01697] of the prophets [05030] declare good [02896] unto the king [04428] with one [0259] mouth [06310]: let thy word [01697], I pray thee, be like the word [01697] of one [0259] of them, and speak [01696] that which is good [02896].
10 And Joshua [03091] said [0559], Hereby ye shall know [03045] that the living [02416] God [0410] is among [07130] you, and that he will without fail [03423] drive out [03423] from before [06440] you the Canaanites [03669], and the Hittites [02850], and the Hivites [02340], and the Perizzites [06522], and the Girgashites [01622], and the Amorites [0567], and the Jebusites [02983].
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].
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].
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]:
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].
16 So Joshua [03091] took [03947] all that land [0776], the hills [02022], and all the south country [05045], and all the land [0776] of Goshen [01657], and the valley [08219], and the plain [06160], and the mountain [02022] of Israel [03478], and the valley [08219] of the same;
40 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].
1 And it came to pass, when all the kings [04428] of the Amorites [0567], which were on the side [05676] of Jordan [03383] westward [03220], and all the kings [04428] of the Canaanites [03669], which were by the sea [03220], heard [08085] that the LORD [03068] had dried up [03001] the waters [04325] of Jordan [03383] from before [06440] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], until we were passed over [05674], that their heart [03824] melted [04549], neither was there spirit [07307] in them any more, because [06440] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
1 And it came to pass, when all the kings [04428] of the Amorites [0567], which were on the side [05676] of Jordan [03383] westward [03220], and all the kings [04428] of the Canaanites [03669], which were by the sea [03220], heard [08085] that the LORD [03068] had dried up [03001] the waters [04325] of Jordan [03383] from before [06440] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], until we were passed over [05674], that their heart [03824] melted [04549], neither was there spirit [07307] in them any more, because [06440] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
2 That they gathered [06908] themselves together [03162], to fight [03898] with Joshua [03091] and with Israel [03478], with one [0259] accord [06310].
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;