Joshua 12:15
in Joshua 12the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
KJV
The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
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This verse in Joshua 12
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThe king of Libnah, one,.... Taken at the same time as the kings of Makkedah, Debir, and of other places were, Jos 10:29, the king of Adullam, one; a city in the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:35; Jerom says (k) there was a village in his time, not a small one, called by this name, ten miles to the east of Eleutheropolis: near to this place was a cave where David hid himself when he fled from Saul, 1Sa 22:1; See Gill on Mic 1:15. (k) De loc. Heb. fol. 88. F.
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 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 |
| לִבְנָה֙ | livnah | Libnah | H3841 → | 18 times |
| אֶחָ֔ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| מֶ֥לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| עֲדֻלָּ֖ם | ʾadulam | Adullam | H5725 → | |
| אֶחָֽד׃ | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
מֶ֤לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
לִבְנָה֙Libnah
livnahH3841 →18 times
אֶחָ֔דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
עֲדֻלָּ֖םAdullam
ʾadulamH5725 →
אֶחָֽד׃one
ʾechadH259 →971 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
1 Samuel 22:1So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
it leads to
- Psalms 57:1–11
Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.
- Psalms 34:1
I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.
- Psalms 142:1–7
I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy.
- 1 Chronicles 11:15
Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
- Hebrews 11:38
The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.
- Psalms 57:1–11
About Joshua
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.