Joshua 11:9 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 11:9

Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Joshua did unto them as Jehovah bade him: he hocked their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.

KJV

And Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He houghed their horses - The Hebrew word עקר akar, which we render to hough or hamstring, signifies to wound, cut, or lop off. It is very likely that it means here, not only an act by which they were rendered useless, but by which they were destroyed; as God had purposed that his people should not possess any cattle of this kind, that a warlike and enterprising spirit might not be cultivated among them; and that, when obliged to defend themselves and their country, they might be led to depend upon God for protection and victory.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him--(See Jos 11:6). Houghing the horses is done by cutting the sinews and arteries of their hinder legs, so that they not only become hopelessly lame, but bleed to death.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּ֤עַשׂ	vai.Ya.'as	and he did	H6213 →
לָהֶם֙	la.Hem	to <the> them
יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ	ye.ho.Shu.a'	Joshua	H3091 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
אָֽמַר־	'a.mar-	he had said	H559 →
ל֖וֹ	lo	to <the> him
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
סוּסֵיהֶ֣ם	su.sei.Hem	horses their	H5483 →
עִקֵּ֔ר	'i.Ker	he hamstrung	H6131 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
מַרְכְּבֹתֵיהֶ֖ם	mar.ke.vo.tei.Hem	chariots their	H4818 →
שָׂרַ֥ף	sa.Raf	he burned	H8313 →
בָּאֵֽשׁ׃ ס	ba.'Esh	with <the> fire	H784 →

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Joshua 11:6
Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn…
leads to
- Joshua 10:8
  The LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for I have delivered them into your hand. Not one of them shall stand against you.”
- 2 Samuel 8:4
  David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.
- 1 Samuel 11:9
  So they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” And when the messengers relayed this to the…
- Judges 20:28
  and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, served before it.) The Israelites asked, “Should we again go out to battle against our brothers the Benjamites, or should we stop?” The LORD answered,…
- 2 Chronicles 20:16
  Tomorrow you are to march down against them. You will see them coming up the Ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the valley facing the Wilderness of Jeruel.