Joshua 23:1
in Joshua 23A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it came to pass after many days, when Jehovah had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well stricken in years;
KJV
And it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.
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This verse in Joshua 23
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
This and the next chapter contain the last addresses of Joshua. These addresses were no doubt among the closing acts of Joshua’s life, but were evidently given on different occasions, and are of different character and scope.
This site's exposition
the LORD had given Israel rest
on Joshua 23:1-2
The rest of verse 1 repeats the narrator's summary at 21:44, and verse 9 repeats its other half, that no one could stand against them. Hebrews 4:8 takes up the word: if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken of another day. Joshua is "old and well along in years", as at 13:1 and as David is at 1 Kings 1:1.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
), probably to consult about the common concerns of their land, and to set in order that which, after some years' trial, being left to their prudence, was found wanting. Joshua's speech to them as the opening, or perhaps at the concluding, of the sessions, to hear which was the principal design of their coming together.
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), probably it was in the last year of his life, and he lived to be 110 years old, ch. xxiv. And he himself takes notice of it, in the first words of his discourse,
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And it came to pass a long time after,....
So long as that Israel had time to feel the comforts of their rest and possessions in Canaan, and to enjoy the advantages of that good land. So long as that Joshua had time to observe which ways their danger lay of being corrupted, namely, by their intimacy with the Canaanites that remained, against which he is therefore careful to arm them.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A long time after that the Lord had given rest - This is supposed to have been in the last or one hundred and tenth year of the life of Joshua, about thirteen or fourteen years after the conquest of Canaan, and seven after the division of the land among the tribes.
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיְהִי֙ | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| מִיָּמִ֣ים | miyamim | from days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| רַבִּ֔ים | rabim | many | H7227 → | 454 times |
| אַ֠חֲרֵי | ʾacharei | after | H310 → | 715 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הֵנִ֨יחַ | heniach | he had given rest | H5117 → | 142 times |
| יְהוָ֧ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל | leyisrael | to Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| מִכָּל־ | mikol | from all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֹיְבֵיהֶ֖ם | ʾoyeveihem | enemies their | H341 → | 282 times |
| מִסָּבִ֑יב | misaviv | from round about | H5439 → | 336 times |
| וִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ | vihoshua' | and Joshua | H3091 → | 218 times |
| זָקֵ֔ן | zaken | he was old | H2204 → | 27 times |
| בָּ֖א | ba' | he had come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| בַּיָּמִֽים׃ | baiyamim | in <the> days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
וַֽיְהִי֙and it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
מִיָּמִ֣יםfrom days
miyamimH3117 →2304 times
רַבִּ֔יםmany
rabimH7227 →454 times
אַ֠חֲרֵיafter
ʾachareiH310 →715 times
אֲשֶׁר־that
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
הֵנִ֨יחַhe had given rest
heniachH5117 →142 times
יְהוָ֧הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לto Israel
leyisraelH3478 →2507 times
מִכָּל־from all
mikolH3605 →5413 times
אֹיְבֵיהֶ֖םenemies their
ʾoyeveihemH341 →282 times
מִסָּבִ֑יבfrom round about
misavivH5439 →336 times
וִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַand Joshua
vihoshua'H3091 →218 times
זָקֵ֔ןhe was old
zakenH2204 →27 times
בָּ֖אhe had come
ba'H935 →2568 times
בַּיָּמִֽים׃in <the> days
baiyamimH3117 →2304 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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
Psalms 46:9He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
it leads to
- Isaiah 2:4
Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against…
- Micah 4:3–4
Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take…
- Micah 5:10
“In that day,” declares the LORD, “I will remove your horses from among you and wreck your chariots.
- Isaiah 2:4
Through
Genesis 25:8And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
it leads to
- Genesis 35:28–29
And Isaac lived 180 years.
- Genesis 15:15
You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
- 1 Chronicles 29:28
He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.
- Genesis 49:33
When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.
- Job 42:17
And so Job died, old and full of years.
- Genesis 35:28–29
About Joshua
Who and where
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.