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Joshua 11:18

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Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long period of time.

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Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.

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Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.

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This verse in Joshua 11

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Joshua made war a long time - The whole of these conquests were not effected in one campaign: they probably required six or seven years. There are some chronological notices in this book, and in Deuteronomy, by which the exact time may be nearly ascertained. Caleb was forty years old when he was sent from Kadesh-barnea by Moses to search out the land, about A.M.

This site's exposition

So Joshua took all that

on Joshua 11:16-18

The summary sweeps from mount Halak going up to Seir in the far south to Baalgad under Hermon in the north, which is the length of the country in one line. Verse 18 is the check on reading chapters 10 and 11 as a few weeks of fighting, because it says Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. Caleb supplies the arithmetic at Joshua 14:7-10, forty years old when Moses sent him and eighty-five when he asks for Hebron, and the forty-five years he counts leave about seven years of campaigning after the crossing on the usual reckoning.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

For many days did Yehoshua. This verse was said to criticize Yehoshua, who intended to delay the conquest of the land, in order to lengthen his days, for it is said, “And you will apportion it to them.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Joshua 11:18:1, via Sefaria, The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997
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The bare, divided mountain. A smooth mountain. 5 It was so called because there were no trees on it. It was divided between Yaakov and Eisov. The part belonging to Yaakov was bare and smooth as Yaakov himself. See Bereishis:11.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Joshua 11:17:1, via Sefaria, The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

9 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.

  • יָמִ֣יםdays

    yamimH3117 →2304 times

  • רַבִּ֗יםmany

    rabimH7227 →454 times

  • עָשָׂ֧הhe did

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַJoshua

    yehoshua'H3091 →218 times

  • אֶת־with

    ʾet-H854 →929 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַמְּלָכִ֥יםthe kings

    hamelakhimH4428 →2525 times

  • הָאֵ֖לֶּה<the> these

    haelehH428 →746 times

  • מִלְחָמָֽה׃battle

    milchamahH4421 →320 times

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

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Joshua 11:23So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.2 worksJoshua 14:7–10I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back to him an honest report.2 worksJudges 11:26For three hundred years Israel has lived in Heshbon, Aroer, and their villages, as well as all the cities along the banks of the Arnon. Why did you not take them back during that time?2 worksJoshua 14:10Now behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old,2 works

The walk

5 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

    Joshua 11:23

    So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then…

    it leads to

    • Joshua 21:44–45

      And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their…

    • Numbers 26:52–55

      Then the LORD said to Moses,

    • Psalms 46:9

      He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.

    • Joshua 14:1–15

      Now these are the portions that the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan, as distributed by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of…

    • Exodus 23:27–31

      I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.

Where this verse is studied

About Joshua

The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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