commanded Moſes/ | mm It was the deſign' of God's: Providence not to ſoften their hearts to a compliance with the [rael7res,bur to give them up to their own Animoſiry, Pride, Confidence, ata Stubbornneſs'; thar ſo both their abominaile and incorrigible wickedneſs mighr be ſevere . puniſhed, and'thar-rhe [/raelires might not bemixed' with them, bur be intire among themſelves in the poſſeſſion of the Land; Compare Deut. 2. 3o. and for the Phraſe Exod.7. 13. and 'g. 12. and 14. 17. 21 And at that time * came Joſhua, and cur off the Anakims from the mountains os, from Hebron,from De-
bir p, from Anab q, and from'all the mountains of Ju=
' and | | Mountains,che' Singular Number fot thePliral; Theſe barbarons an 13 But as for the cities that ftood ſtill F in their.| monſtrous perſons either chofero live in tke Dens or Caves,whi
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War, ifthe Canaanites ſhould ever ſeize uponit.
14. And all the ſpoil of theſe cities, and the cattel,the
dab, and fromrall the mouncains'of Ifrael: Joſkiua de- ſtroyed thert urrerly witty their cities /
* ze. In thar'War, for-it+ canriot be'meant of any particular and ſhort rime, becauſe the work here related'was done in divers'times years. Y A race of Giants, of which' ſte Numb. 13. os Or
werefrequenit in'the Mourttains of thofe' parts ; Or clfe they wers diiven'thitherby rhe Armsattd Snccefs'of the 1faelires. p* Eirhier 1. From the Territories belonging to theſe Cities, as we have oft ſees in this Hiſtory; Cities mentioned for the Countrey ſubje& to thertt ;. for the Cities were taken before by" Foſbz#, chap: 10. 36; 37, 38. Or 2. From the Cities themſelves ; and fo cither the Cities were re-taken by the Giants, which ir i5* not probable chat-God would permit in Jofbua's time; or he ſpeaks here of that rune when he took thoſe places mentioned here;and chap. 10. Which Hiſtory he-here in-part repeats'and enlargethi, with this memorable Cir- cumſtance, That, together with the reſt, he deſtroyed alſo the | 2 M 3 Giants
mn ap» XII. ; SEA hl : nts which were in thoſe places. 4 A place in the Tribe of Jus ml yrag# 15.50, r It wag not follow from hence, which ſome * || | conclude, that this Book was written by ſome other perſon long after Joſbua's death, even after the diviſion of the Iſraelites into two | Kingdoms, of Ire! and Judah ; but only that this was one of thoſe lauſes which were added or altered, and ſuited to the ſtile of the preſent times by, Ezra, or ſome other Prophet ; though that be not neceſſary : For ſince it was evident to Joſhus, from Gen. 49. 10, Cc. That the Tribe of Judah was to be the chief of all the Tribes, and ſome dawnings of its Eminency appeared in that time, in their ha- ving the firſt Lot in the Land of Canaan, Jo. 15. 1. andthe largeſt inheritance, Jo. 19. 9. It is no wonder that it is mentioned apart, and diſtinguiſhed from the reſt of the Tribes of rel. though that alſo be one of them ; even as the daughters of Pharaoh is diſtinguiſh- ed from the frange Woman, 1 Kings 11. 1. and Saul from all David s enemies, Pſal: 18."Title, and Peter from the Diſciples, Mark 16. 7. though they were each of the ſame nature and quality with the reſt, I Queſt: How could Feſtus utterly deſtroy theſe, when Caleb and Oth- niel deſtroyed ſome of them after Joſbua's death, Joſ. 14. 12. Tudges T. 10, 11, 12 ?.., nſw: This might be, cither 1. becauſe theſe pla- ces being in part deſtroyed and negle&ed by the 1/raelites, might be re-poſſefſed by the ve, either in Joſbua's time, or after his - death, and by them kept till Caleb diſpoſſeiled and deſtroyed them. Or rather, 2. Becauſe this work, though done by the particular va- Jour and induſtry of Caleb, is aſcribed to Joſhua as the General of the Army, according to the manner of all Hiſtorians; And therefore it is here attributed to Joſbua, though afterwards, that Caleb might not loſe his deſerved Honour, the Hiſtory is more particularly de- ſcribed, and Caleb owned as the great Inſtrument in the atchive- ment of it, Joſ: 14. and Juages r.
22 There was none of the Anakims left in the land of che children of Ifrael : only in Gaza,in Gath,and in. Aſhdod * there remained |
* Three Cities'of the Philiſtines, to which they retired, and where we find ſome'of them afterwards, 1 Sam. 17. 4. and 2 Sam. 21. 16. Which 'may be one reaſon why the Jr2elites durſt not make an- attempt upontheſe places, though they were a part of their Poſſeſſion. - | :
23 So Joſhua took the whole land «, according to all
Numb: that the LORD faid unto Moſes, and Joſhua gave it for 6-53- an inheritance unto Iſrael, * according tc their diviſi- ons by their Tribes : and the land refted from war x. # Synecdochically, 7. e. the greateſt and the beſt part of it, for ſome parts and places are expreſly excepted in the following Hiſto- iy. x From a&ual War, ſo far that they could now quietly ſurvey, and diſtribute, and poſſeſs the Land- _ H A P. XIL A Catalogue of the Kings, and their Poſſeſſions, out of which they were driven by the Iſraelites: Firſt in thetime of Moſes on the other fide Jordan, 1 —— 6." ind afterwards by Joſhua on this ſife of Jordan, 7—=23. In all, one and thirty Kings, 24. .] OW theſe are the Kings of the Land, which the children of Iſrael ſmore, and poſſeſſed their land . on the other ſide Jordan, toward the riſing of the Sun : from the river Arnon, unto mount Hermon, and all - the plain of the calt «. a On the Eaſt of Jerdan, called the Plain, Deut r. 1. and the Plains of | Moab, Deur. 34. 1. * Numb. 2 * Sihon;king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heſh- 1.24 bon, «nd ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of Deu: 3-6- the river of Arnon, and from the middle of the river 6, and from - half Gilead c, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon.