Joshua 11:10 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 11:10

At that time Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword, because Hazor was formerly the head of all these kingdoms.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.

KJV

And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.

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Commentary

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John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

The king - In his royal city, to which he fled out of the battle. Head of these kingdoms - Not of all Canaan, but of all those who were confederate with him in this expedition.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּ֨שָׁב	vai.Ya.shov	and he turned back	H7725 →
יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ	ye.ho.Shu.a'	Joshua	H3091 →
בָּעֵ֤ת	ba.'Et	at the time	H6256 →
הַהִיא֙	ha.Hi'	<the> that	H1931 →
וַיִּלְכֹּ֣ד	vai.yil.Kod	and he captured	H3920 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
חָצ֔וֹר	cha.Tzor	Hazor	H2674 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
מַלְכָּ֖הּ	mal.Kah	king its	H4428 →
הִכָּ֣ה	hi.Kah	he struck	H5221 →
בֶחָ֑רֶב	ve.Cha.rev	with the sword	H2719 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
חָצ֣וֹר	cha.Tzor	Hazor	H2674 →
לְפָנִ֔ים	le.fa.Nim	<to> before	H6440 →
הִ֕יא	hi'	it	H1931 →
רֹ֖אשׁ	rosh	[was] [the] head of	H7218 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הַמַּמְלָכ֥וֹת	ha.mam.la.Khot	the kingdoms	H4467 →
הָאֵֽלֶּה׃	ha.'E.leh	<the> these	H428 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Judges 4:2
So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.
leads to
- Judges 4:16
  Then Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth-hagoyim, and the whole army of Sisera fell by the sword; not a single man was left.
- Judges 4:13
  he summoned all nine hundred of his iron chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the River Kishon.
- Joshua 11:1
  Now when Jabin king of Hazor heard about these things, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon; to the kings of Shimron and Achshaph;
- 1 Samuel 12:9
  But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of…
- Psalms 83:9
  Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,
Through
Joshua 11:1
Now when Jabin king of Hazor heard about these things, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon; to the kings of Shimron and Achshaph;
leads to
- Joshua 10:3–4
  Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,
- Judges 4:2
  So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.
- Psalms 2:1–4
  Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?