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Joshua 12:17

in Joshua 12

the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;

KJV

The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;

This verse in Joshua 12

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Tappuah - There were two places of this name: one in the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:34, and another in the tribe of Ephraim on the borders of Manasseh; but which of the two is meant here cannot be ascertained. See the note on Jos 15:53. Hepher - The same, according to Calmet, as Ophrah in the tribe of Benjamin, Jos 18:23.

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 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.

  • מֶ֤לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH44282525 times

  • תַּפּ֙וּחַ֙Tappuah

    tapuachH85996 times

  • אֶחָ֔דone

    ʾechadH259971 times

  • מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH44282525 times

  • חֵ֖פֶרHepher

    cheferH26609 times

  • אֶחָֽד׃one

    ʾechadH259971 times

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

The walk

4 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

    1 Kings 4:10

    Ben-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);

    it leads to

    • Joshua 15:35

      Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,

    • Joshua 17:2

      So this allotment was for the rest of the descendants of Manasseh—the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of the clans of Manasseh son of…

  • Through

    Joshua 15:34

    Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam,

    it leads to

  • Through

    Joshua 19:13

    From there it crossed eastward to Gath-hepher and to Eth-kazin; it extended to Rimmon and curved around toward Neah.

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 14:25

      This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of…

About Joshua

The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.