| wit, in Joſhvas time ; which tho' done before, may be here = to no why they brought Aaoni-bezek to leruſalem, be- cauſe that City was in their hands. having been taken before, as may be gathered from Joſ- 15. 63- And thetaking of this City may be aſcribed to rhe children of Judah, rather than to Joſhua, becaule the City was not taken by Jojhua, and the whole Body of the Army in that time when ſo many Kings weredeſtroyed, Joſ. 10: and 12. ( for there is ment1on made of the deſtroying of the King of Jeruſa- lem Joſe 10. 23: and 12+ 19 But not aword of the tiking of Jeruſa- lem, as there is of the raking of Makkedah, and Livnah, and other Cities belonging to the Kings there mentioned Joſe 10, 28- ©. ) but
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G E 8: Chap. IT. | | mbabitants of the motintain,but could not b drive ovt the Ul | inhabitants ofthe valley,becaule theyhad chariots of iron b Becauſe of their unhelieb whereby they doubred and diſtruſted Gods power to deſtroy thoſe who had Chariots of Iron, and fo gave way to their own fear and ſloth, whereby God was provokes to withdraw his helping hand from them, and ſo they were really made jmporent, as they were unw1illinge See Jo/. 17. 16. ' 20 * And they gave Hebron unto. Caleb, as Moſes * Numb. ſaid,and he expelled chence the three ſons of Anak c, 14: 24: c Abovementioned, wv. 10s Joſh: 14: 21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the 7 gs Jebuſires that inhabiredJeruſalem:but the Jebulires dwell} ?* with the childrenofBenjamindinJeruſalem unto thisday d See on Joſ. i 5+ 36+ E 22 T And the houſe of Joſeph e, they allo went up againſt Becth-el: and the LORD was with them.
e {i.e.) The Tribe of Ephraim, as appears from their oppoſition to the Tribe of Manaſſehy we 27
by the children of Judah after they had received their Lot. when at the deſire, and with the conſent of the Benjamites in whoſe LorJe- reſalem fell. Joſe 18. 283 they aſſaulted and took ity and thereby, as it ſeems, acquired the right of Copartnerſhip with the Benjamres 1n the poſleflion of that City ; Tho' ſome think Jeryſalem was twice taken once in Joſhuas Lite-time ; and being afterwards recovered by the Canaanites, was now retaken by the Cluldrenof Judah + JoſhoTo: 9 T And afrerwaid-the children of Judah went down 5and11: to fight againſt the Canaanites,that dwelt in themoun- 1andls: tain, and in the ſouth, and in the || valley. ny And Judah went againſt theCanaanicesr that dwelt ior, low T2 AA - ng Cunceey inHlebron,(now the name ofHebronbefore .5*Kirjath- +Joh: arba ) and they ſlew Sheſhai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. I5: 153 y Under the Condu& of Caleb, as it 15 recorded, Jof. 15. 143 © for thar relation, and this here fo!l-wing,zre doubtlet: one and the ſame Expedition and war, as appears by all the circunftances; and it is mentioned either there by anticipetion, or here by repetion. Of this and the following Verles, 1ſce rhe Nores there.
11 And from thence he went againſt the inhabitants of Debir:(8 the name of Debir before wwas Ki:jarh-lepher)
12And Caleb ſaid, He that ſmitteth Kirjath-ſepher,and taketh it, cohim will I give Achſah my daughter to wife 13 And Othniel the {on of Kenaz,*Calebs younger bro- ther,took it: & he gave himAchſah his daughter to wife.
14 And ir carne to paſs when ſhe came to him, that ſhe moved him to ask of her father a fi-!9:8 ſhe lighted from off her aſs, and Caleb ſaid unto her, What wilt thou ? 15And ſhe ſaid unto him,give me a blefling. for thou haſt 2iven me a ſouth land,give me alſo ſprings of watsr. And Caleb gave ber the upper ſprings, & the nether ſprings.
I6 % And the Cinidren ot the Kenite, Moſes faither in law-/, went up out of the city of palm-trees r, with the children of Judah, into tne wilderneſs of Judah, which Zeth in the ſouth of Arad », and they x went and dwelt among the people y.
7. 6 Of Jethz8, fo called from the p2ople from whom he defcen= ded, Nums 4 21, 22+ And, whatſoever he did, it is evident, that his Poſterity came into Canaan with the J/raelites, and were there ſeated wich them. See Judge 4. 11, 17. and 5. 24+ 1 Sam. 15. 6, 1 Chron. 2. 55: #t # e. From ſericho fo called, Deut, 34+ 3» nor the City, which was utterly deſtroyed ; but che Territory belonging toir, where it {ſeems they were ſeated as in a moſt pleaſanr, and fruitful, and ſafe Place, according to the promite made by Moſes to their Father, Numb. 10. 3t, 32, and whence they might remove,cither to avoid the Socie- ty or Moleſtation ofthe neighbouring Canaanites ; or out cf love to the children of Judah, whom rhey wentto; or toavoid temptations ro Luxury, and exerciſe themſelves in ſelf-denial, and contempt of che preſent evil World, and the luſts thereof; as may be thought from Jer. 35, 6, & Or for ſome other cauie unkrown to usat this diſtances « In the Southern part of the Land ot Canaar, where Arad was, Numb. 21+ I: x ( i;e: Some of them, for others of them dwelt in the contrary quarter, in the moſt Northern part of the Land. ».* Heb that people, ro wit, thoſe children of Judah that lived theres 17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother y, and they ſlew theCanaanites that inhabitedZepharh,8 utterly de-
ſtroyed it,(& thename of the city wes called Hormah)x 'y According ro his Promile, v.3.and the Laws of juſtice and gra- ; titude. z Either, 1. The ſame place fo deſtroyed and called, N:mb.
* Chap.
21. 3- and fo what was there Vowed, 1s here execured: Or, 2+ Some | {
other place called by the ſame name upon the like occaſion, which was frequent among the Heorews, This ſeems more probable, xr. Be- | cauſe this was bur ons City; that, divers Cities, Numb. 21% 2, 3. 2. Be- Cauſe thit ſcems to have been done in Miſes his time, tho' Interpre- ters generally think otherwiſe; of which ſ:. my Notes there.
'- 18 Alfo Judah took Gaza with the coaſt thereof,
and Askelon with the coaſt thereof, and Ekron with the caſt thereof 4.