Chapter 12:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Deuteronomy Judges
Joshua 12
The conquests of Israel, under Moses, ver. 1-6. Under Joshua,
ver. 7-24.
Verse 1. Plain on the east - On the east of Jordan, called the plain, Deut.
i, 1.
Verse 2. Middle of the river - It is not unusual even among us, for a river
to be divided between two lords, and for their territories or
jurisdictions to meet in the middle of the river: and besides, here
is a very particular reason for this expression, because the city Ar,
which was no part of Sihon's dominions, but belonged to the
Moabites, Deut. ii, 9, 18, was in the middle of the river Arnon,
Deut. ii, 36; iii, 16, and therefore the middle of the river is
properly here mentioned, as the bound of Sihon's dominion on
that side. Half Gilead - Hebrew. and the half Gilead, that is, half
of the country of Gilead; this doth not denote the bound from
which his dominion began, but the country, over which his
dominion was, which began at Arnon, and took in half Gilead,
and ended at Jabbok, beyond which was the other half of Gilead
which belonged to Og.
Verse 3. On the east - Which words describe the situation not of the sea
of Cinneroth, which was part of the western border of Sihon's
dominion, but of the plain, which is here said to lie eastward from
the sea of Cinneroth, and also eastward from the salt sea. And this
was indeed the situation of the plains of Moab, which are here
spoken of; they lay between the two seas, that of Cinneroth and
the salt sea, and eastward to them both. Sea of the plain - The salt
sea was a famous plain, pleasant and fruitful, before it was turned
into a sea.
Verse 4. Ashtaroth and Edrei - Sometimes at the one, sometimes at the
other city; both being his royal mansions. But Israel made one
grave serve him, who could not be contented with one palace.
Verse 6. Smile - Fresh mercies must not drown the remembrance of
former mercies: nor must the glory of the present instruments of
good to the church, diminish the just honour of those that went
before them. Joshua's services were confessedly great. But let not
those under Moses be forgotten. Both together proclaim God to be
the Alpha and Omega of his peoples salvation.
Verse 8. The wilderness - This word here and elsewhere in scripture
notes not a land wholly desert and uninhabited, but one thin of
inhabitants, as 1 Kings ii, 34; ix, 18 Matt. iii, 1, 3. The
Gargashites either were now incorporated with some other of
these nations, or as the tradition of the Jews is, upon the approach
of Israel under Joshua, they all withdrew and went unto Africk,
leaving their land to be possessed by the Israelites, with whom
they saw, it was fruitless to contend.
Verse 23. King of Gilgal - Not of that Gilgal where Joshua first lodged
after his passage over Jordan; where it doth not appear, that there
was either king or city; but of a city of the same name, probably in
Galilee towards the sea, where divers people might possibly resort
for trade and merchandise, over whom this was a king, as
formerly Tidal seems to have been, Gen. xiv, 1.
Verse 24. Thirty one - Each being king only of one city or small
province belonging to it, which was by the wise and singular
providence of God, that they might be more easily conquered. But
what a fruitful land must Canaan then be, which could subsist so
many kingdoms! And yet at this day it is one of the most barren
and despicable countries in the world. Such is the effect of the
curse it lies under, since its inhabitants rejected the Lord of glory!
Chapter 12:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
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| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Deuteronomy Judges
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