
Text -- Joshua 11:13 (NET)




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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
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
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
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,
TSK -> Jos 11:13
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

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Barnes -> Jos 11:13
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
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
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
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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TSK Synopsis -> Jos 11:1-23
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
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
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
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; Jos 11:1-15
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...
