Joshua 11:1-23 ASV

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 11:14

Jos 11:14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe. Ver. 14. Neither left they any to breathe, ] viz., Upon that air which they had so infected while they filled the land from one end to another with their uncleanness. Ezr 9:11 read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 11:15

Jos 11:15 As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses. Ver. 15. As the Lord commanded. ] This is often repeated, to free Joshua from suspicion of inhumanity and cruelty in all these bloody executions. Julius Caesar, and such like conquerors, had no such warrant for his slaughtering a million of men, after three hundred nations vanquished, and three thousand towns taken by him. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 11:16

Jos 11:16 So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same; Ver. 16. So Joshua took all that land. ] Here we have Joshua’s victories summed up: who quickly sheathed his sword, but never laid it off, as Seneca saith of Caesar. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 11:17

Joshua 11:17 [Even] from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them. Ver. 17. Even from the mount Halak. ] Or, The smooth or bare mountain; not unlike that they call Axylon, by which Manlius marched against the Gallo-Grecians. a a Non ligni modo quicquam, sed ne spinas quidem habet. - Liv., lib. 38. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 11:18

Jos 11:18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. Ver. 18. Joshua made war a long time. ] Near seven years, though in few words related. Of him it might be said, as was once of our Alfred, “ Si modo victor eras, ad crastina bella pavebas; Si modo rictus eras (as at Ai ) ad crastina bella parabas. ” The Romans’ war with the pirates was finished by Pompey with incredible swiftness, and in a very short time, saith Augustine; a but so was not this with the Canaanites. "Slay them not,... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 11:19

Jos 11:19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all [other] they took in battle. Ver. 19. There was not a city that made peace. ] Hence the war held out so long: they generally stood out to the last man. There is nothing more pertinacious than a strong lust: nothing more obstinate or inexpugnable than those Canaanites. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 11:20

Jos 11:20 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, [and] that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses. Ver. 20. For it was of the Lord. ] Punishing them with a judiciary hardness, who were before hardened by the deceitfulness of sin and malice of Satan. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 11:21

Jos 11:21 And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities. Ver. 21. And cut off all the Anakims. ] Whom the spies had once represented, and reported insuperable. Num 14:43-45 The lion is not so fierce as he is painted: to faith nothing is impossible. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 11:22

Jos 11:22 There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained. Ver. 22. Only in Gaza, &c. ] Three Philistine cities. See 2 Samuel 21:15-22 . read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 11:23

Jos 11:23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war. Ver. 23. And the land rested. ] Peace is the daughter of war; a fair and happy daughter of an ugly and direful mother, as the Romans said of Pompey the Great, εχθορον πατρος φιλτατον τεκνον . read more

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 11:14

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 11:15

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 11:16

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 11:17

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 11:18

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 11:19

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 11:20

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 11:21

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 11:22

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 11:23

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