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Joshua 11:1-23
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Matthew Henry on Joshua 11:1-9Joshua 11:1-9 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryThe wonders God wrought for the Israelites were to encourage them to act vigorously themselves. Thus the war against Satan's kingdom, carried on by preaching the gospel, was at first forwarded by miracles; but being ful…Confederacy Against Israel. (b. c. 1450.)Joshua 11:1-9 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleCONFEDERACY AGAINST ISRAEL. (B. C. 1450.) We are here entering upon the story of another campaign that Joshua made, and it was a glorious one, no less illustrious than the former in the success of it, though in respect…The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 11:1Joshua 11:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryAnd it came to pass. The political constitution of Palestine was, humanly speaking, the cause of its overthrow. The division of the country into a host of petty states, and the consequent want of cohesion and concert, m…The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 11:1-23Joshua 11:1-23 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe continuation of the struggle. The same class of thoughts is suggested by this chapter as by the former. We have, as before But the course of the narrative gives a somewhat different form to our reflections. I. JOSHU…The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 11:1-5Joshua 11:1-5 · The Pulpit CommentaryMany adversaries. Another league is here. One in the south destroyed; another in the north is formed. A formidable one scattered; one more so gathers. Four kings are mentioned, and probably a dozen others of those menti…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Joshua 11:1-9The wonders God wrought for the Israelites were to encourage them to act vigorously themselves. Thus the war against Satan's kingdom, carried on by preaching the gospel, was at first forwarded by miracles; but being ful…Matthew HenrycommentaryConfederacy Against Israel. (b. c. 1450.)CONFEDERACY AGAINST ISRAEL. (B. C. 1450.) We are here entering upon the story of another campaign that Joshua made, and it was a glorious one, no less illustrious than the former in the success of it, though in respect…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 11:1-5Many adversaries. Another league is here. One in the south destroyed; another in the north is formed. A formidable one scattered; one more so gathers. Four kings are mentioned, and probably a dozen others of those menti…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 11:1And it came to pass. The political constitution of Palestine was, humanly speaking, the cause of its overthrow. The division of the country into a host of petty states, and the consequent want of cohesion and concert, m…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 11:1-23The continuation of the struggle. The same class of thoughts is suggested by this chapter as by the former. We have, as before But the course of the narrative gives a somewhat different form to our reflections. I. JOSHU…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 11:2On the north of the mountains. Rather, to the northward, in the mountain district. Not necessarily the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon range, but the mountains of Galilee, which lay within the boundaries of Naphtali. The LXX.…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 11:3To the Canaanite (see note on Joshua 3:10). This confederacy was yet more formidable than the other (Joshua 11:5), but was as signally defeated by Joshua's promptitude (see verse 7). We are reminded of the swift march o…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 11:4And they went out. Dean Stanley (Lectures, 1:259) compares this "last struggle" of the Canaanites with the conflict between the Saxons and the British chiefs "driven to the Land's End." The comparison is more picturesqu…Joseph S. Exell and contributors