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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Joshua
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 121,573 words · 331 reading sections
Joshua 13:2
Joshua 13:2 Ver. 2. This [is] the land that yet remaineth,.... Unconquered and not enjoyed, namely, what is after described; and this account is given for Joshua's information, that he might know what to divide, and for the people of Israel's sake, that they might know what they had a right to a claim upon; what they …
171 wordsSECTION 182Joshua 13:3
Joshua 13:3 Ver. 3. From Sihor, which [is] before Egypt,.... Which Jarchi and Kimchi interpret of the river Nile, and so that river is called, Jer 2:18; it seems to have this name from the waters of it being black and turbid; and hence it was called by the Greeks "Melas"; and by the Latins "Melo"; though it is thought…
345 wordsSECTION 183Joshua 13:4
Joshua 13:4 Ver. 4. From the south, all the land of the Canaanites,.... That is, of those Canaanites who were particularly so called, in distinction from those of the other nations or tribes, and who dwelt in several parts of the land, some in the east and others in the west, see Jos 11:3; and, as it seems here, some …
291 wordsSECTION 184Joshua 13:5
Joshua 13:5 Ver. 5. And the land of the Giblites,.... This was another country that remained unconquered; the Greeks call it Byblus, and near to which Pliny {e} speaks of a place called Gabale, and is now called Gibyle; it is {f} said to be "pleasantly situated by the seaside, and at present it contains but a little …
167 wordsSECTION 185Joshua 13:6
Joshua 13:6 Ver. 6. All the inhabitants of the hill country,.... Not in Judea, but in and about Lebanon, as follows: from Lebanon unto Misrephothmaim; of which see Jos 11:8; [and] all the Sidonians; the inhabitants of the ancient city of Sidon, and the villages and lands belonging to it: these remained unconquered, …
241 wordsSECTION 186Joshua 13:7
Joshua 13:7 Ver. 7. Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance,.... Having the command and authority of God for it, he was to set about it at once, with all diligence and application: unto the nine tribes: of Judah, Simeon, Benjamin, Dan, Ephraim, Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, and Naphtali, in which order they are…
113 wordsSECTION 187Joshua 13:8
Joshua 13:8 Ver. 8. With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance,.... That is, along with the half tribe of Manasseh, but not with that half of it before mentioned, who was to haven division of a part with the nine tribes, but with the other half of the tribe settled beyond Jordan; with the…
186 wordsSECTION 188Joshua 13:9
Joshua 13:9 Ver. 9. From Aroer, that [is] on the bank of the river Arnon,.... A city belonging to Moab, from whence the description begins, the river Arnon, on which it was situated, being the border between Moab and the Amorites, Nu 21:13; and the city that [is] in the midst of the river; or "even the city"; meaning…
156 wordsSECTION 189Joshua 13:10
Joshua 13:10 Ver. 10. And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon,.... A city he took from the Moabites, and made it his royal seat, Nu 21:26: unto the border of the children of Ammon; which was the river Jabbok, De 3:16.…
51 wordsSECTION 190Joshua 13:11
Joshua 13:11 Ver. 11. And Gilead,.... The land of Gilead, which was part of the kingdom of Og, half of which was given to Reuben, and the other half to Gad: and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites; of which see De 3:14; and all Mount Hermon; called also Sirion, Shenir, and Sion, De 3:9; and all Bashan unt…
74 wordsSECTION 191Joshua 13:12
Joshua 13:12 Ver. 12. All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei,.... See Gill on "Jos 12:4";who remained of the remnant of the giants; was descended from those that remained in Ashtaroth, after the rest were cut off by Chedorlaomer, Ge 14:5; called there the Rephaim, as here:for these did …
2,471 wordsSECTION 192Joshua 14:1
Joshua 14:1 INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 14 This chapter proceeds to give an account of the countries divided to the children of Israel in the land of Canaan, Jos 14:1; but previous to that division relates the claim of Caleb to Hebron, through a promise made unto him by Moses forty five years ago, upon his report of the g…
192 wordsSECTION 193Joshua 14:2
Joshua 14:2 Ver. 2. By lot [was] their inheritance,.... Every tribe had its part and portion assigned to it, by the casting of lots; which was done to prevent any future quarrels, animosities and strifes among the tribes, the disposition being of the Lord; and to show the exact agreement between the lot and the divine…
188 wordsSECTION 194Joshua 14:3
Joshua 14:3 Ver. 3. And Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes, and an half tribe, on the other side Jordan,.... The two tribes of Gad and Reuben, and the half tribe of Manasseh, whose inheritance is described in Jos 13:8: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them; this is frequently observed, t…
100 wordsSECTION 195Joshua 14:4
Joshua 14:4 Ver. 4. For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim,.... For the birthright being forfeited by Reuben, was given to Joseph, who had the double portion, the privilege of the firstborn; by which means the number of the twelve tribes was kept up in the division of the land, though that of…
182 wordsSECTION 196Joshua 14:5
Joshua 14:5 Ver. 5. As the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did,.... Particularly with respect to the division of the land, and making provision for the Levites; this they did by their heads and representatives, the high priest and chief ruler, and the princes of the several tribes: and they divided th…
90 wordsSECTION 197Joshua 14:6
Joshua 14:6 Ver. 6. Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal,.... Whither he was returned after the conquest of the kings and their kingdoms; these were not the whole tribe of Judah, but some of the chief men of it who accompanied Caleb, for the honour of him, as Ben Gersom observes, he being their prince…
257 wordsSECTION 198Joshua 14:7
Joshua 14:7 Ver. 7. Forty years old [was] I when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land,.... Not he alone, but eleven more with him, one out of every tribe; his age he mentions, and of which, or near it, it is highly probable the rest of the spies were, to show that he and they we…
193 wordsSECTION 199Joshua 14:8
Joshua 14:8 Ver. 8. Nevertheless, my brethren that went up with me,.... Meaning the rest of the spies, excepting Joshua, that went up with him into the land of Canaan to spy it, which they might be properly said to do, since they went up a hill or mountain, in order to go into it, Nu 13:17; made the heart of the peop…
179 wordsSECTION 200Joshua 14:9
Joshua 14:9 Ver. 9. And Moses sware on that day, saying,.... Or declared the oath of the Lord, for it was the Lord that sware to what follows; see De 1:34; surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever: not the whole land of Canaan, nor all the parts of it Caleb…
196 wordsSECTION 201Joshua 14:10
Joshua 14:10 Ver. 10. And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said,.... Had upheld him in life, and preserved him from many dangers in the wilderness; and had continued him not only in life, but in health to that day, according to his promise to him, that he would bring him into the land of Canaan, and tha…
382 wordsSECTION 202Joshua 14:11
Joshua 14:11 Ver. 11. As yet I [am as] strong this day as [I was] in the day that Moses sent me,.... To spy the land, forty five years ago; suggesting that he was as sound in his mind, understanding, judgment and memory, and as hale, strong, and robust in his body now, as he had been so long ago; which was a wonderful…
218 wordsSECTION 203Joshua 14:12
Joshua 14:12 Ver. 12. Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the Lord spake in that day,.... The mountainous part of the country, the hill country of Judea, in which Hebron, Debir, and other cities were; for it was not one particular city only that Caleb requested, but a large tract of ground; for thou heardest…
320 wordsSECTION 204Joshua 14:13
Joshua 14:13 Ver. 13. And Joshua blessed him,.... By granting him his request, congratulating him upon it, and praying for and wishing him success in his attempt to drive out the giants, and possess their country: and gave unto Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, Hebron for an inheritance; being satisfied of the justness of…
132 wordsSECTION 205Joshua 14:14
Joshua 14:14 Ver. 14. Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day,.... The time of the writing of this book: because he wholly followed the Lord God of Israel; as in Jos 14:8; Hebron signifies fellowship or communion; and this in a spiritual sense is very desirable…
132 wordsSECTION 206Joshua 14:15
Joshua 14:15 Ver. 15. And the name of Hebron before [was] Kirjatharba,.... According to Jerom {u}, it had its name of Hebron from a son or grandson of Caleb of that name, 1Ch 2:42; and if so, then it is here, and in some other places, so called by anticipation: Kirjatharba may be rendered "the city of the four"; and h…
246 wordsSECTION 207Joshua 15:1
Joshua 15:1 INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 15 In this chapter are related the boundaries of the lot of the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:1; and the assignment of Hebron to Caleb, from whence he drove out the giants, and of Debir, which was taken by Othniel his brother, to whom, on that account, he gave his daughter in marriage, who…
325 wordsSECTION 208Joshua 15:2
Joshua 15:2 Ver. 2. And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea,.... Sometimes called the dead sea, the sea of Sodom, and the lake Asphaltites, which, as Jarchi observes, was southeast of the land of Israel: from the bay that looketh southward; or the "tongue", as the Hebrew, which the Targum and Kimchi…
76 wordsSECTION 209Joshua 15:3
Joshua 15:3 Ver. 3. And it went out to the south side of Maalehacrabbim,.... Or the ascent of Akrabbim, as it is called, See Gill on "Nu 34:4": and passed along to Zin, and ascended upon the south side unto Kadeshbarnea; which perfectly agrees with the southern border of the land, as described in Nu 34:4; and passed…
162 wordsSECTION 210Joshua 15:4
Joshua 15:4 Ver. 4. [From thence] it passed towards Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt,.... In like manner is this coast described, Nu 34:5; it is called by Jerom {x} Asemona, and said to be a city in the desert, to the south of Judah, dividing Egypt, and the lot of the tribe of Judah, leading to the sea: an…
119 wordsSECTION 211Joshua 15:5
Joshua 15:5 Ver. 5. And the east border [was] the salt sea, [even] unto the end of Jordan,.... To the place where Jordan fell into it; so that this border was the whole length of the salt sea, which Josephus says {y} was five hundred eighty furlongs; and, according to Pliny {z}, an hundred miles: and [their] border i…
114 wordsSECTION 212Joshua 15:6
Joshua 15:6 Ver. 6. And the border went up to Bethhoglah,.... A place in the tribe of Benjamin, mentioned along with Jericho, and probably near it, Jos 18:21; Jerom {a} speaks of a place called Betagla, in his time, which was three miles from Jericho, and two from Jordan, and perhaps is this same place: and passed al…
213 wordsSECTION 213Joshua 15:7
Joshua 15:7 Ver. 7. And the border went up towards Debir,.... This was neither the Debir in the tribe of Gad, on the other side Jordan, Jos 13:26; nor that in the tribe of Judah near Hebron, Jos 15:15; but a third city of that name, and was not far from Jericho: from the valley of Achor; where Achan was put to death,…
670 wordsSECTION 214Joshua 15:8
Joshua 15:8 Ver. 8. And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom,.... Which belonged to a man of that name formerly; and was near Jerusalem, placed by Jerom {l} to the east of it; but Reland {m} rather thinks it is to the south. It was infamous for the sacrifices of children to Moloch in it, by burning th…
405 wordsSECTION 215Joshua 15:9
Joshua 15:9 Ver. 9. And the border was drawn from the top of the hill,.... Mount Moriah, and went round in a circuit, so Jarchi and Kimchi: unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah; which lay at the bottom of it; which, according to the Jewish writers, is the same with the fountain of Etam, from whence a stream flo…
395 wordsSECTION 216Joshua 15:10
Joshua 15:10 Ver. 10. And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto Mount Seir,.... Not that in Idumea, so famous for its being the seat of Esau, which lay remote from hence, but a third of that name near Kirjathjearim; and which Adrichomius {t} places on the borders of Azotus and Ashkelon: this compass is fetche…
313 wordsSECTION 217Joshua 15:11
Joshua 15:11 Ver. 11. And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward,.... Which was one of the principalities of the Philistines; and which, though it fell to the lot of Judah, Jos 15:45, was not possessed by them:and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to Mount Baalah; of which places we have …
7,256 wordsSECTION 218Joshua 16:1
Joshua 16:1 INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 16 This chapter gives us an account of the lot of the children of Joseph, Ephraim, and the half tribe of Manasseh, one half having settled on the other side Jordan; and first the borders of the whole lot in general are given, Jos 16:1; and then the borders of the tribe of Ephraim in…
311 wordsSECTION 219Joshua 16:2
Joshua 16:2 Ver. 2. And goeth out from Bethel to Luz,.... For though these two places in time became one, yet they were originally distinct. Bethel, at which Jacob stopped, and who gave it its name, was a field adjacent to the city of Luz, Ge 38:11; and therefore with propriety may be, as they here are, distinguished:…
176 wordsSECTION 220Joshua 16:3
Joshua 16:3 Ver. 3. And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti,.... This place is now unknown, though no doubt well known to the sons of Joseph, when this lot fell to them, and its border was described: unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether: so called to distinguish it from Bethhoron the upper, Jos 16:5; this …
234 wordsSECTION 221Joshua 16:4
Joshua 16:4 Ver. 4. So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. As it fell to them by the lot; by Manasseh is meant the half tribe of Manasseh, one half of that tribe having been settled by Moses on the other side Jordan; and next follows an account of the borders of the inheritance of Eph…
77 wordsSECTION 222Joshua 16:5
Joshua 16:5 Ver. 5. And the border of the children of Ephraim, according to their families, was [thus],.... Or what follows is the description of it: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper; the first was on the south of the inheritance, and the latter on the n…
89 wordsSECTION 223Joshua 16:6
Joshua 16:6 Ver. 6. And the border went out towards the sea,.... The Mediterranean sea: to Michmethah on the north side; of the border, the same on which Bethhoron was, from whence the border proceeded on to this place, of which we have no other account but in Jos 17:7; by which it appears to have been near Shechem, …
188 wordsSECTION 224Joshua 16:7
Joshua 16:7 Ver. 7. And it went down from Johanan to Ataroth,.... This is different from Ataroth before mentioned, Jos 16:2; there were several places of this name, as before observed; this seems to be that which Jerom places four miles from Sebaste or Samaria, See Gill on "Jos 16:2"; and to Naarath; Jerom {g} says, …
175 wordsSECTION 225Joshua 16:8
Joshua 16:8 Ver. 8. The border went out from Tappuah westward,.... Which was different from the Tappuah in the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:34; this was in the tribe of Ephraim on the border of Manasseh, Jos 17:8; unto the river Kanah; supposed by some to be the brook Cherith, by which Elijah hid himself, 1Ki 17:3; though …
182 wordsSECTION 226Joshua 16:9
Joshua 16:9 Ver. 9. And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim,.... The tribe of Ephraim, being much larger than the half tribe of Manasseh, besides the lot that fell to it, described before by its boundaries, had several particular and distinct cities given to it: which [were] among the inheritance of the c…
107 wordsSECTION 227Joshua 16:10
Joshua 16:10 Ver. 10. And they drove not out the Canaanites which dwelt in Gezer,.... Which was the border of their tribe length ways, and was near the sea, Jos 16:3; in this they did not obey the command of God, and either they did not drive them out, because they could not, God not delivering them up into their hand…
278 wordsSECTION 228Joshua 17:1
Joshua 17:1 INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 17 This chapter gives an account of the lot that fell to the half tribe of Manasseh, to the male children of Manasseh, and to the daughters of Zelophehad, Jos 17:1; and describes the coast of that lot, Jos 17:7; and relates the request of the sons of Joseph, to have their lot enlarg…
302 wordsSECTION 229Joshua 17:2
Joshua 17:2 Ver. 2. There was also [a lot] for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families,.... For such that had no part in Gilead and Bashan on the other side Jordan, even for the other half tribe, whose families are particularly mentioned, as follows: for the children of Abiezer; who is called Jeezer in…
178 wordsSECTION 230Joshua 17:3
Joshua 17:3 Ver. 3. But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters,.... The descent of this man is particularly given, to show the truth and reality of it, upon which his daughters made their request, and that granted and now claimed: and these…
98 wordsSECTION 231Joshua 17:4
Joshua 17:4 Ver. 4. And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes,.... The ten princes, who, with Eleazar and Joshua, were appointed to divide the land, Nu 34:17; and were now met together for that purpose, Jos 14:1; saying, the Lord commanded Moses to give us …
120 wordsSECTION 232Joshua 17:5
Joshua 17:5 Ver. 5. And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which [were] on the other side Jordan,.... The lot which fell to the half tribe of Manasseh was divided into ten parts: according to the Jewish writers, the six families before mentioned had six parts, and the daughters …
186 wordsSECTION 233Joshua 17:6
Joshua 17:6 Ver. 6. Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons,.... Which occasioned such a number of portions; the daughters of Zelophehad are meant, who descended from Manasseh: and the rest of Manasseh, some had the land of Gilead; that is, those besides the six families before expressed, …
65 wordsSECTION 234Joshua 17:7
Joshua 17:7 Ver. 7. And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher,.... Not from the border of the tribe of Asher, as Kimchi, in which he is followed by Vatablus; for that was at too great a distance; but a city of the tribe of Manasseh; and in Jerom's {l} time a village of this name was shown fifteen miles from Neapolis or…
181 wordsSECTION 235Joshua 17:8
Joshua 17:8 Ver. 8. [Now] Manasseh had the land of Tappuah,.... The whole territory that went by that name, from a city of note in it, next mentioned; all the fields and villages in it belonged to the tribe of Manasseh: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh [belonged] to the children of Ephraim; and was one of those …
92 wordsSECTION 236Joshua 17:9
Joshua 17:9 Ver. 9. And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river,.... The same mentioned in the account of the coast of Ephraim, Jos 16:8; which was north of that river, as Manasseh was to the south of it: these cities of Ephraim [are] among the cities of Manasseh; that is, the cities before m…
129 wordsSECTION 237Joshua 17:10
Joshua 17:10 Ver. 10. Southward [it was] Ephraim's, and northward [it was] Manasseh's,.... As Ephraim lay to the south of Manasseh, Manasseh lay to the north of Ephraim: and the sea is his border; the Mediterranean sea was their boundary on the west: and they met together in Asher on the north; that is, on the north…
74 wordsSECTION 238Joshua 17:11
Joshua 17:11 Ver. 11. And Manasseh had in Issachar, and in Asher, Bethshean, and her towns,.... As Ephraim had cities in Manasseh, so had Manasseh cities in these two tribes, which in some parts bordered on it, before described, even the cities following, and the first that is named is Bethshean: this lay in the tribe…
496 wordsSECTION 239Joshua 17:12
Joshua 17:12 Ver. 12. Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out [the inhabitants] of these cities,.... Mentioned in Jos 17:11; they had not strength at first to do it, or either were negligent and slothful, and suffered them to dwell among them, and did not take the advantage they might have done; and afterward…
88 wordsSECTION 240Joshua 17:13
Joshua 17:13 Ver. 13. Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxed strong,.... Increased in numbers, and became superior to the Canaanites, not only those of the tribe of Manasseh, but of the other tribes also: that they put the Canaanites to tribute; they did not take away their lives, as they were co…
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