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Joshua 11:21

in Joshua 11

At that time Joshua proceeded to eliminate the Anakim from the hill country of Hebron, Debir, and Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua devoted them to destruction, along with their cities.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the hill-country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill-country of Judah, and from all the hill-country of Israel: Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.

KJV

And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.

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This verse in Joshua 11

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
At that time - i. e. in course of the “long time” mentioned in Jos 11:18. The Anakims - See Num 13:22. As it was the report of the spies respecting the Anakims which, above all, struck terror into the Israelites in the wilderness, and caused their faithless complaining and revolt, so the sacred writer goes back here in his story to record pointedly the overthrow of this gigantic and formidable race. They had their chief settlements in the mountains around Hebron Jos 10:3 or Debir. See Jos 15:

This site's exposition

Joshua proceeded to eliminate the Anakim

on Joshua 11:21-22

The Anakim are the people the spies saw at Hebron in Numbers 13:22, whose report at 13:33 turned the nation back for thirty-eight years. Verse 22 leaves survivors “only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod”, Philistine cities, and the champion of 1 Samuel 17:4 is Goliath of Gath.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

At that time - In that war, but in divers years. The mountain - Or, mountains, the singular number for the plural; these barbarous and monstrous persons either chose to live in the dens or caves, which were frequent in the mountains of those parts, or else they were driven thither by the arms and success of the Israelites.
And at that time came Joshua,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Note, God sometimes reserves the sharpest trials of his people by affliction and temptation for the latter end of their days. Therefore let not him that girds on the harness boast as he that puts it off. Death, that tremendous son of Anak, is the last enemy that is to be encountered; but it is to be destroyed, 1 Cor. xv.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Cut off the Anakims - from Hebron, from Debir - This is evidently a recapitulation of the military operations detailed Jos 10:36-41. Destroyed - their cities - That is, those of the Anakims; for from Jos 11:13 we learn that Joshua preserved certain other cities.

The words behind it

25 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.

  • וַיָּבֹ֨אand he came

    vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times

  • יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַJoshua

    yehoshua'H3091 →218 times

  • בָּעֵ֣תat the time

    baetH6256 →296 times

  • הַהִ֗יא<the> that

    hahi'H1931 →1879 times

  • וַיַּכְרֵ֤תand he cut off

    vaiyakhretH3772 →288 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הָֽעֲנָקִים֙the Anakites

    haanakimH6062 →9 times

  • מִן־from

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הָהָ֤רthe hill country

    haharH2022 →546 times

  • מִן־from

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • חֶבְרוֹן֙Hebron

    chevronH2275 →72 times

  • מִן־from

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • דְּבִ֣רDebir

    devirH1688 →14 times

  • מִן־from

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • עֲנָ֔בAnab

    ʾanavH6024 →

  • וּמִכֹּל֙and from all

    umikolH3605 →5413 times

  • הַ֣ר[the] hill country of

    harH2022 →546 times

  • יְהוּדָ֔הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • וּמִכֹּ֖לand from all

    umikolH3605 →5413 times

  • הַ֣ר[the] hill country of

    harH2022 →546 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • עִם־with

    ʾim-H5973 →1050 times

  • עָרֵיהֶ֖םcities their

    ʾareihemH5892 →1090 times

  • הֶחֱרִימָ֥םhe totally destroyed them

    hecherimamH2763 →52 times

  • יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ׃Joshua

    yehoshua'H3091 →218 times

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

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Deuteronomy 9:2The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?”4 worksJoshua 15:13–14According to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)3 worksDeuteronomy 1:28Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”3 worksNumbers 13:22–23They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.3 worksJoshua 11:16So Joshua took this entire region: the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the western foothills, the Arabah, and the mountains of Israel and their foothills,3 worksJoshua 15:14And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.3 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Psalms 149:6–9May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a double-edged sword in their hands,2 worksJudges 1:10–11Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.2 worksRevelation 6:2So I looked and saw a white horse, and its rider held a bow. And he was given a crown, and he rode out to overcome and conquer.2 worksJoshua 10:42And because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.2 worksNumbers 13:33We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”2 worksPsalms 110:5–6The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.2 worksJeremiah 3:23Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.2 worksDeuteronomy 2:21They were a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place,2 worksJoshua 24:11–12After this, you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I delivered them into your hand.2 worksRevelation 19:11–21Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.2 worksJoshua 14:12–14Now therefore give me this hill country that the LORD promised me on that day, for you yourself heard then that the Anakim were there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps with the LORD’s help I will drive them out, as the LORD has spoken.”2 worksJeremiah 9:23This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.2 works

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

    Deuteronomy 1:28

    Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 9:1–2

      Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.

    • Numbers 13:28–33

      Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.

    • Joshua 11:22

      No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.

    • Judges 1:20

      Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.

    • Joshua 14:8

      Although my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to the LORD my God.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 9:2

    The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?”

    it leads to

    • Numbers 13:22

      They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.

    • Deuteronomy 7:24

      He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand against you; you will annihilate them.

    • Nahum 1:6

      Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.

Where this verse is studied

About Joshua

Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, John Martin, 1816, National Gallery of Art. Public domain.
Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, John Martin, 1816, National Gallery of Art. Public domain.
Joshua: the study guide →Read Joshua 11 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on 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 Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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