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Text -- Joshua 11:13 (NET)

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11:13 But Israel did not burn any of the cities located on mounds, except for Hazor; it was the only one Joshua burned.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Hazor a town 15 km north of Chinnereth, the NW shore of Galilee,a town of south-eastern Judah,a town of south-eastern Judah 20 km south of Hebron (OS),a town of Ephraim 25 km north of Jerusalem,a collective name for some semi-namadic Arabs as distinct from the bedoin of the desert (OS)
 · Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
 · Joshua a son of Eliezer; the father of Er; an ancestor of Jesus,the son of Nun and successor of Moses,son of Nun of Ephraim; successor to Moses,a man: owner of the field where the ark stopped,governor of Jerusalem under King Josiah,son of Jehozadak; high priest in the time of Zerubbabel


Dictionary Themes and Topics: War | Salmon | PALESTINE, 2 | Joshua | Jebusites | Jabin | Hittites | Hazor | God | GALILEE | Fire | Fenced cities | Canaanites | Canaan | CRITICISM | CITY | Archaeology | Alliances | more
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: Jos 11:13 - -- Heb. with their fence, walls or bulwarks, that is, which were not ruined with their walls in taking them.

Heb. with their fence, walls or bulwarks, that is, which were not ruined with their walls in taking them.

Wesley: Jos 11:13 - -- Because this city began the war, and being the chief and royal city, might renew the war. If the Canaanites should ever seize upon it: which in fact t...

Because this city began the war, and being the chief and royal city, might renew the war. If the Canaanites should ever seize upon it: which in fact they did, and settled there, under a king of the same name, Jdg 4:2.

JFB: Jos 11:13 - -- Literally, "on their heaps." It was a Phœnician custom to build cities on heights, natural or artificial [HENGSTENBERG].

Literally, "on their heaps." It was a Phœnician custom to build cities on heights, natural or artificial [HENGSTENBERG].

Clarke: Jos 11:13 - -- The cities that stood still in their strength - The word תלם tillam , which we translate their strength, and the margin, their heap, has been un...

The cities that stood still in their strength - The word תלם tillam , which we translate their strength, and the margin, their heap, has been understood two ways

1.    As signifying those cities which had made peace with the Israelites, when conditions of peace were offered according to the command of the law; and consequently were not destroyed. Such as the cities of the Hivites; see Jos 11:19

2.    The cities which were situated upon hills and mountains, which, when taken, might be retained with little difficulty. In this sense the place is understood by the Vulgate, as pointing out the cities quae erant in collibus et tumulis sitae , "which were situated on hills and eminences."As the cities of the plain might be easily attacked and carried, Joshua destroyed them; but as those on mountains, hills, or other eminences, might be retained with little trouble, prudence would dictate their preservation, as places of refuge in any insurrection of the people, or invasion of their adversaries. The passage in Jeremiah, Jer 30:18, Jerusalem shall be builded on her own heap, תלה tillah , if understood as above, conveys an easy and clear sense: Jerusalem shall be re-established on her Own Hill.

TSK: Jos 11:13 - -- in their : Heb. on their heap, The Vulgate, Syriac, Onkelos and Waterland render âl tillom , ""on their hills.""As the cities of the plain might ...

in their : Heb. on their heap, The Vulgate, Syriac, Onkelos and Waterland render âl tillom , ""on their hills.""As the cities of the plain might be easily attacked and carried, Joshua destroyed them; but as those on mountains, hills, or other eminences, might be retained by him with little trouble, prudence would dictate their preservation. Jer 30:18

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Jos 11:13 - -- Render: "But the cities standing each on its own hill"(compare Jer 30:18). The meaning is simply that, with the exception of Hazor, Joshua did not b...

Render: "But the cities standing each on its own hill"(compare Jer 30:18). The meaning is simply that, with the exception of Hazor, Joshua did not burn the cities, but left them standing, each on its former site. This site is spoken of as a hill, because such was the ordinary site chosen for cities in Canaan (compare Mat 5:14).

Poole: Jos 11:13 - -- In their strength Heb. with (for so this preposition is oft used, as Exo 35:12 Lev 2:2 Eze 16:37 , &c.) their fence or fences , walls or bulwark...

In their strength Heb. with (for so this preposition is oft used, as Exo 35:12 Lev 2:2 Eze 16:37 , &c.) their fence or fences , walls or bulwarks, i.e. which were not utterly ruined together with their walls in the taking of them.

Save Hazor only which though taken by the Israelites, was not so much destroyed as other places were.

That did Joshua burn because this city began the war; and being the chief and royal city, might renew the war, if the Canaanites should ever seize upon it.

Haydock: Jos 11:13 - -- Fire. Several towns built on eminences, were reserved to keep the country in subjection. But it was thought proper to destroy Asor. Hebrew may be,...

Fire. Several towns built on eminences, were reserved to keep the country in subjection. But it was thought proper to destroy Asor. Hebrew may be, "He burnt not the towns which remained standing, with their fortifications," &c., or such as had opened their gates to the Israelites. (Chaldean; Septuagint; &c.)

Gill: Jos 11:13 - -- But as for the cities that stood still in their strength,.... Whose walls were not demolished when taken, as Kimchi and Jarchi interpret it, or that "...

But as for the cities that stood still in their strength,.... Whose walls were not demolished when taken, as Kimchi and Jarchi interpret it, or that "stood upon their heaps" y; upon an eminence, being built on hills and mountains:

Israel burned none of them; but reserved them for their own habitations, being well fortified, and having no need of new walls being built to them, or being in a very agreeable situation:

save Hazor only, that did Joshua burn; because it was the chief city where the scheme was formed, and the combination against Israel was made, and was the rendezvous of the confederate forces against them: the Jews have a tradition z, that God said to Moses, and Moses said to Joshua, that he should burn it, and that only.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jos 11:13 For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

Geneva Bible: Jos 11:13 But [as for] the cities that stood still in their ( g ) strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; [that] did Joshua burn. ( g ) Which we...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Jos 11:1-23 - --1 Divers kings overcome at the waters of Merom.10 Hazor is taken and burnt.16 All the country taken by Joshua.21 The Anakims cut off.23 The land rest ...

MHCC: Jos 11:10-14 - --The Canaanites filled up the measure of their iniquity, and were, as a judgment, left to the pride, obstinacy, and enmity of their hearts, and to the ...

Matthew Henry: Jos 11:10-14 - -- We have here the same improvement made of this victory as was made of that in the foregoing chapter. 1. The destruction of Hazor is particularly rec...

Keil-Delitzsch: Jos 11:1-15 - -- The War in Northern Canaan. - Jos 11:1-3. On receiving intelligence of what had occurred in the south, the king of Hazor formed an alliance with the...

Constable: Jos 5:13--13:1 - --C. Possession of the land 5:13-12:24 Before Israel entered the land of Canaan, God had been preparing fo...

Constable: Jos 11:1-15 - --8. Conquests in northern Canaan 11:1-15 The leaders of the northern Canaanite cities also decided to unite to withstand the threat of Israelite expans...

Guzik: Jos 11:1-23 - --Joshua 11 - The Northern Canaanite Armies Defeated A. The defeat of the northern kings. 1. (1-5) The northern kings of Canaan gather against Israel....

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Joshua (Book Introduction) JOSHUA. The title of this book is derived from the pious and valiant leader whose achievements it relates and who is commonly supposed to have been it...

JFB: Joshua (Outline) THE LORD APPOINTS JOSHUA TO SUCCEED MOSES. (Jos. 1:1-18) RAHAB RECEIVES AND CONCEALS THE TWO SPIES. (Jos 2:1-7) THE COVENANT BETWEEN HER AND THEM. (J...

TSK: Joshua (Book Introduction) The Book of Joshua is one of the most important documents in the Old Testament. The rapid conquest of the Promised Land, and the actual settlement of...

TSK: Joshua 11 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Jos 11:1, Divers kings overcome at the waters of Merom; Jos 11:10, Hazor is taken and burnt; Jos 11:16, All the country taken by Joshua; ...

Poole: Joshua (Book Introduction) BOOK OF JOSHUA THE ARGUMENT IT is not material to know who was the penman of this book, whether Joshua, as seems most probable from Jos 24:26 , o...

Poole: Joshua 11 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 11 The other kings and cities of Canaan gather themselves together to fight against Israel, Jos 11:1-5 . God encourages Joshua, promising h...

MHCC: Joshua (Book Introduction) Here is the history of Israel's passing into the land of Canaan, conquering and dividing it, under the command of Joshua, and their history until his ...

MHCC: Joshua 11 (Chapter Introduction) (Jos 11:1-9) Divers kings overcome at the waters of Merom. (Jos 11:10-14) Hazor is taken and burned. (Jos 11:15-23) All that country subdued, the An...

Matthew Henry: Joshua (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of Joshua I. We have now before us the history of the Jewish nation in this book and those tha...

Matthew Henry: Joshua 11 (Chapter Introduction) This chapter continues and concludes the history of the conquest of Canaan; of the reduction of the southern parts we had an account in the foregoi...

Constable: Joshua (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The name of this book in Hebrew, Greek, and English comes from the ...

Constable: Joshua (Outline) Outline I. The conquest of the land chs. 1-12 A. Preparations for entering Canaan chs. 1-2 ...

Constable: Joshua Joshua Bibliography Aharoni, Yohanan. "The Province-List of Judah." Vetus Testamentum 9 (1959):225-46. ...

Haydock: Joshua (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION. THE BOOK OF JOSUE. This book is called Josue , because it contains the history of what passed under him, and, according to the comm...

Gill: Joshua (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA The Jews distinguish the prophets into former and latter; the first of the former prophets is Joshua, or Sepher Joshua, the ...

Gill: Joshua 11 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 11 This chapter relates how that the kings of the northern parts of Canaan combine together against Joshua, Jos 11:1; and th...

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