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Joshua 10:5

in Joshua 10

So the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces and advanced with all their armies. They camped before Gibeon and made war against it.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it.

KJV

Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.

This verse in Joshua 10

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

The five kings of the Amorites - This is a general name for the inhabitants of Canaan, otherwise called Canaanites; and it is very likely that they had this appellation because the Amorites were the most powerful tribe or nation in that country. The inhabitants of Jerusalem were Jebusites, Jos 15:63; those of Hebron were Hittites, Gen 23:2, Gen 23:3; Gen 25:9, Gen 25:10; and the Gibeonites were Hivites, Jos 9:7; and yet all these are called Amorites occasionally, probably for the reason already mentioned, viz., because that tribe was most numerous and powerful.

This site's exposition

to Hoham king of Hebron

on Joshua 10:3-5

The five cities, Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and Eglon, lie in the hills and lowland south of Gibeon. This is the first alliance in the book, so from here Joshua meets armies instead of single towns. All five are called Amorites, and the same five are counted again at 12:10-12.

This site's exposition

the five kings of the Amorites

Adam Clarke lists which peoples the five cities actually held. Jerusalem was Jebusite, by 15:63, and Hebron Hittite, by Genesis 23:2-3. He suggests the Amorite name covered them all because the Amorites were the strongest nation, and Wesley reads the name in the same broad way.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Origen of Alexandria

HOMILIES ON JOSHUA 11.2 · Written before 253.

proposed

There is no doubt that when a human soul associates itself with the Word of God, it is immediately going to have enemies, and that those it once considered friends will be changed into adversaries. The soul should not only expect to suffer this from humans, but it should also know that such will likewise be forthcoming from opposing powers and spiritual iniquities.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

Of the Amorites - This name being here taken largely for any of the Canaanites, as is frequent; for, to speak strictly, the citizens of Hebron here mentioned, ver. 3, were Hittites.
Therefore the five kings of the Amorites,....

The words behind it

23 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.

  • וַיֵּאָסְפ֨וּand they gathered

    vaiyeasefuH622 →200 times

  • וַֽיַּעֲל֜וּand they went up

    vaiyaaluH5927 →890 times

  • חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת׀[the] five

    chameshetH2568 →343 times

  • מַלְכֵ֣י[the] kings of

    malkheiH4428 →2525 times

  • הָאֱמֹרִ֗יthe Amorite[s]

    haemoriH567 →87 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜םJerusalem

    yerushalimH3389 →643 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H4428 →2525 times

  • חֶבְר֤וֹןHebron

    chevronH2275 →72 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H4428 →2525 times

  • יַרְמוּת֙Jarmuth

    yarmutH3412 →7 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H4428 →2525 times

  • לָכִ֣ישׁLachish

    lakhishH3923 →24 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H4428 →2525 times

  • עֶגְל֔וֹןEglon

    eglonH5700 →13 times

  • הֵ֖םthey

    hemH1992 →553 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • מַֽחֲנֵיהֶ֑םarmies their

    machaneihemH4264 →215 times

  • וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙and they encamped

    vaiyachanuH2583 →143 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • גִּבְע֔וֹןGibeon

    givonH1391 →38 times

  • וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֖וּand they waged war

    vaiyilachamuH3898 →177 times

  • עָלֶֽיהָ׃on it

    ʾaleihaH5921 →5755 times

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

The walk

8 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

    Genesis 15:16

    In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 21:26

      He committed the most detestable acts by going after idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.)

    • Daniel 8:23

      In the latter part of their reign, when the rebellion has reached its full measure, an insolent king, skilled in intrigue, will come to the throne.

    • Exodus 12:40

      Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years.

    • Matthew 23:32–35

      Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.

    • 1 Thessalonians 2:16

      hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.

  • Through

    Numbers 13:29

    The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”

    it leads to

    • Numbers 14:43

      For there the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the LORD, He will not be with you.”

    • Judges 6:3

      Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,

  • Through

    Joshua 10:6

    Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, because all the kings of the Amorites from…

    it leads to

    • Joshua 9:6

      They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land; please make a treaty with us.”

Where this verse is studied

About Joshua

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON JOSHUA 11.2.