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Joshua 10:5

in Joshua 10

So the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces and advanced with all their armies. They camped before Gibeon and made war against it.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it.

KJV

Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.

This verse in Joshua 10

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

The five kings of the Amorites - This is a general name for the inhabitants of Canaan, otherwise called Canaanites; and it is very likely that they had this appellation because the Amorites were the most powerful tribe or nation in that country. The inhabitants of Jerusalem were Jebusites, Jos 15:63; those of Hebron were Hittites, Gen 23:2, Gen 23:3; Gen 25:9, Gen 25:10; and the Gibeonites were Hivites, Jos 9:7; and yet all these are called Amorites occasionally, probably for the reason already mentioned, viz., because that tribe was most numerous and powerful.

This site's exposition

unto Hoham king of Hebron

on Joshua 10:3-5

Four kings are summoned by name, and the five cities are Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and Eglon, all of them in the hill country and lowland south of Gibeon. This is the first alliance in the book, since Jericho and Ai each fell as a single city, and from here Joshua meets armies rather than towns. All five are called Amorites, a term Scripture uses both of one people and as a label for the inhabitants of the land, and Genesis 15:16 had put it in place long before. The same five are counted again in the king list at Joshua 12:10 to 12.

The words behind it

23 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיֵּאָסְפ֨וּand they gathered

    vaiyeasefuH622200 times

  • וַֽיַּעֲל֜וּand they went up

    vaiyaaluH5927890 times

  • חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת׀[the] five

    chameshetH2568343 times

  • מַלְכֵ֣י[the] kings of

    malkheiH44282525 times

  • הָאֱמֹרִ֗יthe Amorite[s]

    haemoriH56787 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH44282525 times

  • יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜םJerusalem

    yerushalimH3389643 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H44282525 times

  • חֶבְר֤וֹןHebron

    chevronH227572 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H44282525 times

  • יַרְמוּת֙Jarmuth

    yarmutH34127 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H44282525 times

  • לָכִ֣ישׁLachish

    lakhishH392324 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H44282525 times

  • עֶגְל֔וֹןEglon

    eglonH570013 times

  • הֵ֖םthey

    hemH1992553 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH36055413 times

  • מַֽחֲנֵיהֶ֑םarmies their

    machaneihemH4264215 times

  • וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙and they encamped

    vaiyachanuH2583143 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H59215755 times

  • גִּבְע֔וֹןGibeon

    givonH139138 times

  • וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֖וּand they waged war

    vaiyilachamuH3898177 times

  • עָלֶֽיהָ׃on it

    ʾaleihaH59215755 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Genesis 15:16

    In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 21:26

      He committed the most detestable acts by going after idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.)

    • Daniel 8:23

      In the latter part of their reign, when the rebellion has reached its full measure, an insolent king, skilled in intrigue, will come to the throne.

    • Exodus 12:40

      Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years.

    • Matthew 23:32–35

      Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.

    • 1 Thessalonians 2:16

      hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.

  • Through

    Numbers 13:29

    The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”

    it leads to

    • Numbers 14:43

      For there the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the LORD, He will not be with you.”

    • Judges 6:3

      Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,

  • Through

    Joshua 10:6

    Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, because all the kings of the Amorites from…

    it leads to

    • Joshua 9:6

      They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land; please make a treaty with us.”

About Joshua

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth.