Joshua 11:20 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 11:20

For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For it was of Jehovah to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

KJV

For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the Lord commanded Moses.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Against the Pelagians 1.33 (420)

"There was no city which the Lord did not deliver to the children of Israel, except perhaps those who lived in Gibeon. Israel violently overthrew all of them because the Lord hardened their hearts that they would fight Israel and be killed and not be shown mercy and die, just as the Lord had commanded Moses." If it happened by the will of the Lord that Israel not receive or accept peace, then let us say with the apostle, "Why, therefore, does he object? For who can resist the will of the Lord?"

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

It was of the Lord to harden their hearts - They had sinned against all the light they had received, and God left them justly to the hardness, obstinacy, and pride of their own hearts; for as they chose to retain their idolatry, God was determined that they should be cut off. For as no city made peace with the Israelites but Gibeon and some others of the Hivites, Jos 11:19, it became therefore necessary to destroy them; for their refusal to make peace was the proof that they wilfully persisted in their idolatry.

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
מֵאֵ֣ת	me.'Et	from with	H854 →
יְהוָ֣ה׀	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
הָיְתָ֡ה	ha.ye.Tah	it was	H1961 →
לְחַזֵּ֣ק	le.cha.Zek	to strengthen	H2388 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
לִבָּם֩	li.Bam	heart their	H3820 →
לִקְרַ֨את	lik.Rat	to meet	H7122 →
הַמִּלְחָמָ֤ה	ha.mil.cha.Mah	the battle	H4421 →
אֶת־	'et-	with	H854 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
לְמַ֣עַן	le.Ma.'an	so as	H4616 →
הַֽחֲרִימָ֔ם	ha.cha.ri.Mam	to totally destroy them	H2763 →
לְבִלְתִּ֥י	le.vil.Ti	to not	H1115 →
הֱיוֹת־	he.yot-	to belong	H1961 →
לָהֶ֖ם	la.Hem	to <the> them
תְּחִנָּ֑ה	te.chi.Nah	favor	H8467 →
כִּ֚י	ki	for	H3588 →
לְמַ֣עַן	le.Ma.'an	so as	H4616 →
הַשְׁמִידָ֔ם	hash.mi.Dam	to destroy them	H8045 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
צִוָּ֥ה	tzi.Vah	he had commanded	H6680 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מֹשֶֽׁה׃ ס	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →

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
Romans 9:18
Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.
leads to
- Exodus 4:21
  The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Romans 9:15–16
  For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
- 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12
  and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.
Through
Deuteronomy 7:16
You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
leads to
- Exodus 23:33
  They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
- Judges 8:27
  From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
Through
Exodus 4:21
The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that…
leads to
- Romans 9:18
  Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.
- Isaiah 63:17
  Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.
Through
Deuteronomy 2:30
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as…
leads to
- Numbers 21:23
  But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.