Joshua 10:29
in Joshua 10Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
KJV
Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
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This verse in Joshua 10
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd Joshua passed from Makkedah,.... After he had taken it, and destroyed its inhabitants, and its king: and all Israel with him; that is, all the men of war he took with him from the camp at Gilgal, from whence he went to the relief of Gibeon: unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah; a city that fell to the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:42. Jerom (r) says, in his time it was a village, in the region of Eleutheropolis, and was called Libnah; according to Bunting (s) it was but two miles from Makkedah. (r) De loc. Heb. fol.
This site's exposition
that day Joshua took Makkedah
on Joshua 10:28-30
From here the chapter runs as a formula, town after town, with the refrain as he did unto the king of Jericho holding the list together. Makkedah falls the same day the kings are executed and Libnah next, and Libnah surfaces again at 2 Kings 8:22 as a town that revolted from Judah in the reign of Jehoram. The repetition is the writer's method rather than a shortage of material, since Joshua 11:18 says plainly that Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Libnah - The word means “white” or “distinct,” and undoubtedly points to some natural feature of the spot, perhaps the “Garde Blanche” of the Crusaders, a castle which stood on or near the white cliffs which bound the plain of Philistia to the east opposite to Ascalon. It was in the southern part of the hill-country of Judah Jos 15:42, and was one of the cities afterward assigned to the priests Jos 21:13.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּעֲבֹ֣ר | vaiyaavor | and he passed on | H5674 → | 556 times |
| יְ֠הוֹשֻׁעַ | yehoshua' | Joshua | H3091 → | 218 times |
| וְכָֽל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| עִמּ֛וֹ | imo | with him | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| מִמַּקֵּדָ֖ה | mimakedah | from Makkedah | H4719 → | 9 times |
| לִבְנָ֑ה | livnah | Libnah | H3841 → | 18 times |
| וַיִּלָּ֖חֶם | vaiyilachem | and he engaged in battle | H3898 → | 177 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| לִבְנָֽה׃ | livnah | Libnah | H3841 → | 18 times |
וַיַּעֲבֹ֣רand he passed on
vaiyaavorH5674 →556 times
יְ֠הוֹשֻׁעַJoshua
yehoshua'H3091 →218 times
וְכָֽל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֥לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
עִמּ֛וֹwith him
imoH5973 →1050 times
מִמַּקֵּדָ֖הfrom Makkedah
mimakedahH4719 →9 times
לִבְנָ֑הLibnah
livnahH3841 →18 times
וַיִּלָּ֖חֶםand he engaged in battle
vaiyilachemH3898 →177 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
לִבְנָֽה׃Libnah
livnahH3841 →18 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Kings 8:22So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled at the same time.
it leads to
- Joshua 21:13
So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah,
- 2 Kings 19:8
When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
- Genesis 27:40
You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”
- Joshua 21:13
Through
Joshua 21:13So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah,
it leads to
- Joshua 15:42
Libnah, Ether, Ashan,
- Joshua 20:7
So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
- Joshua 15:54
Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine cities, along with their villages.
- Joshua 15:42
Through
Joshua 6:21At the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.
it leads to
- Psalms 137:8–9
O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
- Jeremiah 48:18
Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.
- Psalms 137:8–9
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth.