Joshua 12:11
in Joshua 12the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
KJV
The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
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This verse in Joshua 12
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThe king of Jarmuth, one,.... Whose name was Piram, a third of the five kings before observed, Jos 10:3, the king of Lachish, one; another of them, whose name was Japhia, Jos 10:3.
This site's exposition
The king of Jericho
on Joshua 12:9-18
The kings are counted in the order Joshua met them, Jericho and Ai first from chapters 6 and 8, then the southern league. Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and Eglon at verses 10 to 12 are the five kings of Joshua 10:3 who hid in the cave, and Makkedah, where the cave was, is counted at verse 16. Jerusalem stands in the tally although Joshua 15:63 says the children of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites who lived there, so a king struck down and a city held are two different things in this book.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Whoever believes in me will also do the works which I do, and will do even greater ones. And where is this word which he said, "The disciple is not greater than his master" [illustrated]? For example, Moses killed only three kings, but Joshua killed …
The words behind it
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מֶ֤לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יַרְמוּת֙ | yarmut | Jarmuth | H3412 → | 7 times |
| אֶחָ֔ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| מֶ֥לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| לָכִ֖ישׁ | lakhish | Lachish | H3923 → | 24 times |
| אֶחָֽד׃ | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
מֶ֤לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
יַרְמוּת֙Jarmuth
yarmutH3412 →7 times
אֶחָ֔דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
לָכִ֖ישׁLachish
lakhishH3923 →24 times
אֶחָֽד׃one
ʾechadH259 →971 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Ephrem the Syrian, COMMENTARY ON TATIAN'S DIATESSARON 19.8; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.