Joshua 11:8
in Joshua 11and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down, leaving no survivors.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they smote them, and chased them unto great Sidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.
KJV
And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth–maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.
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This verse in Joshua 11
Commentary
6 notes on this verseGreat Zidon - If this were the same with the Sidon of the ancients, it was illustrious long before the Trojan war; and both it and its inhabitants are frequently mentioned by Homer as excelling in works of skill and utility, and abounding in wealth: - Ενθ’ εσαν οἱ πεπλοι παμποικιλοι, εογα γυναικων Σιδονιων. Iliad, lib. vi., ver. 289. “There lay the ventures of no vulgar art, Sidonian maids embroidered every part.” Pope. Αργυρεον κρητηρα τετυγμενον· ἑξ δ’ αρα μετρα Χανδανεν, αυταρ καλλει ενικα πασαν επ’ αιαν Πολλον, επι Σιδονες πολυδαιδαλοι ευ ησκησαν.
This site's exposition
pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon
on Joshua 11:8-9
The pursuit runs northwest to Greater Sidon on the coast and east to the Valley of Mizpeh, so the rout scatters both ways from Merom. Verse 9 reads the two orders of verse 6 back as done, the hamstringing and the burning, which is how this book records obedience.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel,....
So the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel; they would not deliver themselves into the hands of Israel to be made proselytes and tributaries, and so offered up to God's grace ( Rom. xv. 16 ), and therefore God delivered them into their hands to be made sacrifices to his justice; for God will be honoured by us or upon us.
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
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
One portion of the defeated host fled north-westward toward Zidon; the other northeastward up the Ard el Huleh. Zidon, as the metropolis of various subject towns and territories, appears Jos 19:28 to have been afterward assigned to Asher, but was not, in fact, conquered by that tribe Jdg 1:31. It is mentioned in Egyptian papyri of great antiquity, and by Homer, and was in the most ancient times the capital of Phoenicia. In later times it was eclipsed by Tyre (compare 2Sa 5:11). The prophets frequently couple Tyre and Sidon together, as does also the New Testament (Isa 23:2, Isa 23:4,Isa 23:12; Jer 27:3; Jer 47:4; Mat 11:22; Mat 15:21, etc.). Both the site and signification of Misre-photh-maim are uncertain. Some have thought it identical with “Zarephath which belongeth to Zidon” 1Ki 17:9, the Sarepta of the New Test. The name is explained by some (see the margin) as meaning hot springs; by others as salt pits; i. e. pits where the sea water was evaporated for the sake of its salt; and again by others as “smelting factories near the waters.” Some, tracing the word to quite another root, render it “heights of waters,” or copious springs.
The words behind it
22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּתְּנֵ֨ם | vaiyitenem | and he gave them | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| יְהוָ֥ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בְּיַֽד־ | beyad- | in [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וַיַּכּוּם֒ | vaiyakum | and they struck down them | H5221 → | 499 times |
| וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֞וּם | vaiyirdefum | and they pursued them | H7291 → | 143 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| צִיד֣וֹן | tzidon | Sidon | H6721 → | |
| רַבָּ֗ה | rabah | great | H7227 → | 454 times |
| וְעַד֙ | vead | and to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| מִשְׂרְפ֣וֹת | misrefot | Misrephoth | H4956 → | 4 times |
| מַ֔יִם | mayim | Maim | H4956 → | 4 times |
| וְעַד־ | vead- | and to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| בִּקְעַ֥ת | bikat | [the] valley of | H1237 → | 20 times |
| מִצְפֶּ֖ה | mitzpeh | Mizpah | H4708 → | 6 times |
| מִזְרָ֑חָה | mizrachah | east -wards | H4217 → | 74 times |
| וַיַּכֻּ֕ם | vaiyakum | and they struck down them | H5221 → | 499 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| בִּלְתִּ֥י | bilti | not | H1115 → | 112 times |
| הִשְׁאִֽיר־ | hishir- | he had left | H7604 → | 133 times |
| לָהֶ֖ם | lahem | to <the> them | ||
| שָׂרִֽיד׃ | sarid | a survivor | H8300 → | 28 times |
וַיִּתְּנֵ֨םand he gave them
vaiyitenemH5414 →2011 times
יְהוָ֥הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בְּיַֽד־in [the] hand of
beyad-H3027 →1618 times
יִשְׂרָאֵל֮Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וַיַּכּוּם֒and they struck down them
vaiyakumH5221 →499 times
וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֞וּםand they pursued them
vaiyirdefumH7291 →143 times
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
צִיד֣וֹןSidon
tzidonH6721 →
רַבָּ֗הgreat
rabahH7227 →454 times
וְעַד֙and to
veadH5704 →1261 times
מִשְׂרְפ֣וֹתMisrephoth
misrefotH4956 →4 times
מַ֔יִםMaim
mayimH4956 →4 times
וְעַד־and to
vead-H5704 →1261 times
בִּקְעַ֥ת[the] valley of
bikatH1237 →20 times
מִצְפֶּ֖הMizpah
mitzpehH4708 →6 times
מִזְרָ֑חָהeast -wards
mizrachahH4217 →74 times
וַיַּכֻּ֕םand they struck down them
vaiyakumH5221 →499 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
בִּלְתִּ֥יnot
biltiH1115 →112 times
הִשְׁאִֽיר־he had left
hishir-H7604 →133 times
לָהֶ֖םto <the> them
lahem
שָׂרִֽיד׃a survivor
saridH8300 →28 times
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 21:44And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their…
it leads to
- Joshua 11:23
So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then…
- Deuteronomy 31:3–5
The LORD your God Himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will dispossess them. Joshua will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said.
- Hebrews 4:9
There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
- Joshua 11:23
Through
Genesis 10:15And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
it leads to
- Genesis 15:18–21
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 34:2–15
“Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance with these boundaries:
- Genesis 15:18–21
Through
Joshua 19:28It went on to Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.
it leads to
- Judges 1:31
Asher failed to drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob.
- Judges 1:31
Through
Zechariah 9:2and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 49:23
Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed.
- Ezekiel 28:12
“Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect…
- Jeremiah 49:23
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About Joshua
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.