Jos 12:7-24 - Commentary

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Text -- Joshua 12:7-24 (NET)

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12:7 These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the Israelites defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley to Mount Halak on up to Seir. Joshua assigned this territory to the Israelite tribes, 12:8 including the hill country, the lowlands, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev– the land of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites: 12:9 the king of Jericho (one), the king of Ai– located near Bethel– (one), 12:10 the king of Jerusalem (one), the king of Hebron (one), 12:11 the king of Jarmuth (one), the king of Lachish (one), 12:12 the king of Eglon (one), the king of Gezer (one), 12:13 the king of Debir (one), the king of Geder (one), 12:14 the king of Hormah (one), the king of Arad (one), 12:15 the king of Libnah (one), the king of Adullam (one), 12:16 the king of Makkedah (one), the king of Bethel (one), 12:17 the king of Tappuah (one), the king of Hepher (one), 12:18 the king of Aphek (one), the king of Lasharon (one), 12:19 the king of Madon (one), the king of Hazor (one), 12:20 the king of Shimron Meron (one), the king of Acshaph (one), 12:21 the king of Taanach (one), the king of Megiddo (one), 12:22 the king of Kedesh (one), the king of Jokneam near Carmel (one), 12:23 the king of Dor– near Naphath Dor– (one), the king of Goyim– near Gilgal– (one), 12:24 the king of Tirzah (one), a total of thirty-one kings.

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Names, People and Places:

· Achshaph a town of Canaanites in Asher (OS)

· Adullam a resident of the town of Adullam

· Ai a town of Canaanites in Benjamin

· Amorites members of a pre-Israel Semitic tribe from Mesopotamia

· Aphek a town of Asher 10 km SSE of Acco near the coast

· Arabah a town of Judea west of Jerusalem on the border of Benjamin

· Arad a town of Canaanites in Judah 16 km east of Beer-Sheba,son of Beriah of Benjamin

· Baal a pagan god,a title of a pagan god,a town in the Negeb on the border of Simeon and Judah,son of Reaiah son of Micah; a descendant of Reuben,the forth son of Jeiel, the Benjamite

· Bethel a town of Benjamin bordering Ephraim 18 km north of Jerusalem

· Canaanite residents of the region of Canaan

· Carmel a woman resident of the town of Carmel

· Debir the Amorite king of Eglon,a town of Judah 14 km SW of Hebron,a border town of Judah, about 16 km east of Jerusalem,a northern border town of Gad, about 80 km NE of Jerusalem

· Dor a coastal town of Canaanites in Manasseh 25 km west of Megiddo

· Eglon a town in the western foothills of Judah near Lachish,king of Moab

· Galilee the region of Palestine north of Sameria and west of the upper Jordan River,a region west of Lake Galilee and north of the Jezreel Valley

· Geder a town of Canaanites; location unknown

· Gezer a town of Ephraim 25 km SE of Joppa & 12 km NW of Beth-Shemesh

· Gilgal a place where Israel encamped between Jericho and the Jordan,a town between Dor and Tirza in the territory of Ephraim (YC),a town just north of Joppa, originally a military base (YC),a place 12 miles south of Shechem now called Jiljiliah (YC)

· Goiim a country defeated by Abraham,a country or town defeated by Joshua

· Halak a mountain 70 km south of Hebron & 20 km west of Tamar (SMM)

· 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)

· Hebron a valley and town of Judah 25 km west of the dead sea,son of Kohath son of Levi,son of Mareshah of Judah

· Hepher the head of a clan of Gileadites; the father of Zelophehad; the son of Gilead,son of Ashhur and his wife Naarah in Moses time,a Mecherathite man who was one of David's military elite,a town of Manasseh 25 km north of Aphek & 25 km south of Dor

· Hittite a person/people living in the land of Syro-Palestine

· Hivite a person/people descended from Canaan son of Ham son of Noah

· Hormah a town of Simeon about 10 km east of Beersheba

· Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

· Jarmuth a town of Judah 23 km NW of Hebron & 21 km west of Bethlehem,a town of Issachar

· Jebusite resident(s) of the town of Jebus (Jerusalem)

· Jericho a town five miles west of the Jordan and 15 miles northeast of Jerusalem,a town of Benjamin 11 km NW of the mouth of the Jordan River

· Jerusalem the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin

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Verse Notes / Footnotes NET Notes

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jos 12:7 Heb “Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their allotted portions.”

NET Notes: Jos 12:8 The words “the land of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

NET Notes: Jos 12:9 For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

NET Notes: Jos 12:10 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

NET Notes: Jos 12:16 For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

NET Notes: Jos 12:19 For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

NET Notes: Jos 12:21 For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.

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