Joshua 11:3
in Joshua 11to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill-country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
KJV
And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
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This verse in Joshua 11
Commentary
9 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Hermon - See Deu 3:9 note. The land of Mizpeh - or Mizpah,” the land of the watch-tower” The locality is probably identified as a plain stretching at the foot of Hermon southwestward, from Hasbeya, toward the Bahr el Huleh. In a land abounding in striking points of view like Palestine, the name Mizpah was naturally, like “Belle Vue” among ourselves, bestowed on many places. The Mizpeh here mentioned must not be confounded with the Mizpeh of Gilead (Jos 13:26, and Jdg 11:29); nor with the Mizpeh of Judah Jos 15:38; nor yet with that of Moab 1Sa 22:3.
This site's exposition
when Jabin king of Hazor
on Joshua 11:1-3
Barnes and Jamieson, Fausset and Brown take Jabin as a throne name, since a Jabin king of Hazor reigns again at Judges 4:2. The muster runs from Chinnereth by the lake to Dor on the coast and up to Hermon, calling in every terrain of the north.
This site's exposition
the Hivites at the foot of Hermon
The Hivites at the foot of Hermon share a name with the people at Gibeon, called Hivites at Joshua 9:7. John Wesley keeps the two groups apart by their mountain. Albert Barnes explains Mizpah as watchtower, and separates this one from the Mizpeh of Gilead at Joshua 13:26.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The Canaanite - The Canaanites properly so called, lived part of them on the east near Jordan, and part on the west near the sea, and both are here united. The Hivite - That dwelt under mount Hermon in the north of Canaan, whereby they are differenced from those Hivites who lived in Gibeon. Mizpeh - That Mizpeh which was in the northern part of Gilead.
Thus are the children of this world more unanimous, and therein wiser, than the children of light. The oneness of the church's enemies should shame the church's friends out of their discords and divisions, and engage them to be one. The head of this confederacy was Jabin king of Hazor (
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And to the Canaanites on the east and on the west,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Jabin ("the Intelligent"), which seems to have been a hereditary title (Jud 4:2), took the lead, from Hazor being the capital of the northern region (Jos 11:10). It was situated on the borders of lake Merom. The other cities mentioned must have been in the vicinity though their exact position is unknown.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
It was the northern boundary of Canaan on the east of the Jordan. land of Mizpeh--now CÅ“lo-Syria. 4, 5. they went out, . . . as the sand that is upon the sea-shore in multitude--The chiefs of these several tribes were summoned by Jabin, being all probably tributary to the kingdom of Hazor.
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1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The Canaanite on the east, etc. - Those who dwelt on the borders of Jordan, south of the sea of Tiberias. On the west - Those were the Phoenicians who dwelt on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, from Dor northwards, on the way to Mount Libanus. - Calmet. The Hivite under Hermon - Mount Hermon was to the east of Libanus and the fountains of Jordan; it is the same with Syrion and Baal Hermon in Scripture. The land of Mizpeh - There were several cities of this name: one in the tribe of Judah, (Jos 15:38); a second in the tribe of Benjamin, (Jos 18:26); a third beyond Jordan, in the tribe of Gad; and a fourth beyond Jordan, in the tribe of Manasseh, which is that mentioned in the text. See Wells’s Geography. Calmet supposes this Mizpeh to be the place where Laban and Jacob made their covenant, and from which circumstance it took its name. See Gen 31:48, Gen 31:49.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
South of Kinros. — South of Ginosar. 1 Genosar is an area near Tiberias, around Lake Kinneres.
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The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ | hakenaani | the Canaanite[s] | H3669 → | 73 times |
| מִמִּזְרָ֣ח | mimizrach | from [the] east | H4217 → | 74 times |
| וּמִיָּ֔ם | umiyam | and from [the] west | H3220 → | 396 times |
| וְהָאֱמֹרִ֧י | vehaemori | and the Amorite[s] | H567 → | 87 times |
| וְהַחִתִּ֛י | vehachiti | and the Hittite[s] | H2850 → | 48 times |
| וְהַפְּרִזִּ֥י | vehapperizi | and the Perizzite[s] | H6522 → | 23 times |
| וְהַיְבוּסִ֖י | vehayvusi | and the Jebusite[s] | H2983 → | 41 times |
| בָּהָ֑ר | bahar | in the hill country | H2022 → | 546 times |
| וְהַֽחִוִּי֙ | vehachivi | and the Hivite[s] | H2340 → | 25 times |
| תַּ֣חַת | tachat | under | H8478 → | 505 times |
| חֶרְמ֔וֹן | chermon | Hermon | H2768 → | 13 times |
| בְּאֶ֖רֶץ | beeretz | in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃ | hamitzpah | <the> Mizpah | H4709 → |
הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙the Canaanite[s]
hakenaaniH3669 →73 times
מִמִּזְרָ֣חfrom [the] east
mimizrachH4217 →74 times
וּמִיָּ֔םand from [the] west
umiyamH3220 →396 times
וְהָאֱמֹרִ֧יand the Amorite[s]
vehaemoriH567 →87 times
וְהַחִתִּ֛יand the Hittite[s]
vehachitiH2850 →48 times
וְהַפְּרִזִּ֥יand the Perizzite[s]
vehapperiziH6522 →23 times
וְהַיְבוּסִ֖יand the Jebusite[s]
vehayvusiH2983 →41 times
בָּהָ֑רin the hill country
baharH2022 →546 times
וְהַֽחִוִּי֙and the Hivite[s]
vehachiviH2340 →25 times
תַּ֣חַתunder
tachatH8478 →505 times
חֶרְמ֔וֹןHermon
chermonH2768 →13 times
בְּאֶ֖רֶץin [the] land of
beeretzH776 →2504 times
הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃<the> Mizpah
hamitzpahH4709 →
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
Joshua 15:63But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.
it leads to
- Judges 1:21
The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.
- Judges 1:8
Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.
- 2 Samuel 5:6–9
Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel…
- 1 Chronicles 11:4–8
Then David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus), where the Jebusites inhabited the land.
- Judges 1:21
Through
Genesis 31:49It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.
it leads to
- Judges 10:17
Then the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Judges 11:29
Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.
- Judges 10:17
Through
Judges 3:3the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.
it leads to
- Joshua 13:3
All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites, from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of…
- Joshua 13:5
the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.
- Joshua 13:3
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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); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.