Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 14:7
As it was in mine heart - Neither fear nor favor influenced him on the occasion; he told what he believed to be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. read more
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Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 14:9
The land whereon thy feet have trodden - This probably refers to Hebron, which was no doubt mentioned on this occasion. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 14:10
These forty and five years - See the note on Joshua 13:1 . read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 14:11
Even so is my strength now - I do not ask this place because I wish to sit down now, and take my ease; on the contrary, I know I must fight, to drive out the Anakim, and I am as able and willing to do it as I was forty-five years ago, when Moses sent me to spy out the land. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 14:12
I shall be able to drive them out - He cannot mean Hebron merely, for that had been taken before by Joshua; but in the request of Caleb doubtless all the circumjacent country was comprised, in many parts of which the Anakim were still in considerable force. It has been conjectured that Hebron itself had again fallen under the power of its former possessors, who, taking the advantage of the absence of the Israelitish army, who were employed in other parts of the country, re-entered the city,... read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 14:13
Joshua blessed him - As the word bless often signifies to speak good or well of or to any person, (see the note on Genesis 2:3 ;), here it may mean the praise bestowed on Caleb's intrepidity and faithfulness by Joshua, as well as a prayer to God that he might have prosperity in all things; and especially that the Lord might be with him, as himself had expressed in the preceding verse. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 14:14
Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb - Joshua admitted his claim, recognized his right, and made a full conveyance of Hebron and its dependencies to Caleb and his posterity; and this being done in the sight of all the elders of Israel, the right was publicly acknowledged, and consequently this portion was excepted from the general determination by lot; God having long before made the cession of this place to him and to his descendants. read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 14:6
Verse 6 6.Then the children of Judah came, etc Here the account which had been begun as to the partition of the land is broken off to make way for the insertion of a narrative, namely, that Caleb requested Mount Hebron to be given to him as he had been promised by Moses. This happened a long time before the people had ceased from making war, and it became necessary to cast lots. It is stated to be the fifth year since their entrance into the land, and he does not ask for a locality to be given... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 14:7
Verse 7 7.Forty years old was I, etc He seems to talk of his own virtue in rather loftier terms than becomes a pious and modest man. But let us remember that, seeing the thing was in itself invidious and liable to many objections, it stood in need of special commendation as a means of suppressing envy. He therefore mentions that he had acted in good faith in bringing back an account of what he had learned concerning the land. For the expression, “As it was in my heart,” evidently denotes... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 14:6
Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite - In the note on the parallel place, Numbers 32:12 , it is said Kenaz was probably the father of Jephunneh, and that Jephunneh not Caleb, was the Kenezite; but still, allowing this to be perfectly correct, Caleb might also be called the Kenezite, as it appears to have been a family name, for Othniel, his nephew and son-in-law, is called the son of Kenaz, Joshua 15:17 ; Judges 1:13 , and 1 Chronicles 4:13 ; and a grandson of Caleb is also called... read more