Joshua 10:30

10:30 The Lord handed it and its king over to Israel, and Israel put the sword to all who lived there; they left no survivors. They did to its king what they had done to the king of Jericho.

Joshua 11:8

11:8 The Lord handed them over to Israel and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the Mizpah Valley to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.

Joshua 11:1

Israel Defeats a Northern Coalition

11:1 When King Jabin of Hazor heard the news, he organized a coalition, including King Jobab of Madon, the king of Shimron, the king of Acshaph,

Joshua 14:10

14:10 So now, look, the Lord has preserved my life, just as he promised, these past forty-five years since the Lord spoke these words to Moses, during which Israel traveled through the wilderness. Now look, I am today eighty-five years old.

Joshua 15:29

15:29 Baalah, Iim, Ezem,

Joshua 16:1

Joseph’s Tribal Lands

16:1 The land allotted to Joseph’s descendants extended from the Jordan at Jericho 10  to the waters of Jericho to the east, through the desert and on up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel. 11 

Joshua 21:22

21:22 Kibzaim, and Beth Horon, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities.

Job 18:19

18:19 He has neither children nor descendants 12  among his people,

no survivor in those places he once stayed. 13 

Psalms 109:13

109:13 May his descendants 14  be cut off! 15 

May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives! 16 

Isaiah 14:21-22

14:21 Prepare to execute 17  his sons

for the sins their ancestors have committed. 18 

They must not rise up and take possession of the earth,

or fill the surface of the world with cities.” 19 

14:22 “I will rise up against them,”

says the Lord who commands armies.

“I will blot out all remembrance of Babylon and destroy all her people, 20 

including the offspring she produces,” 21 

says the Lord.


tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

tn The meaning of the Hebrew name “Misrephoth Maim” is perhaps “lime-kilns by the water” (see HALOT 2:641).

map For location see Map1-D2; Map2-D3; Map3-A2; Map4-C1.

tn Heb “he sent to.”

10 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

11 tn Heb “The lot went out to the sons of Joseph from the Jordan [at] Jericho to the waters of Jericho to the east, the desert going up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.”

12 tn The two words נִין (nin, “offspring”) and נֶכֶד (nekhed, “posterity”) are always together and form an alliteration. This is hard to capture in English, but some have tried: Moffatt had “son and scion,” and Tur-Sinai had “breed or brood.” But the words are best simply translated as “lineage and posterity” or as in the NIV “offspring or descendants.”

13 tn Heb “in his sojournings.” The verb גּוּר (gur) means “to reside; to sojourn” temporarily, without land rights. Even this word has been selected to stress the temporary nature of his stay on earth.

14 tn Or “offspring.”

15 sn On the expression cut off see Ps 37:28.

16 tn Heb “in another generation may their name be wiped out.”

17 tn Or “the place of slaughter for.”

18 tn Heb “for the sin of their fathers.”

19 sn J. N. Oswalt (Isaiah [NICOT], 1:320, n. 10) suggests that the garrison cities of the mighty empire are in view here.

20 tn Heb “I will cut off from Babylon name and remnant” (ASV, NAB, and NRSV all similar).

21 tn Heb “descendant and child.”