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Joshua 12:11

in Joshua 12

the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;

KJV

The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;

This verse in Joshua 12

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
The king of Jarmuth, one,.... Whose name was Piram, a third of the five kings before observed, Jos 10:3, the king of Lachish, one; another of them, whose name was Japhia, Jos 10:3.

This site's exposition

the king of Jericho, one

on Joshua 12:9-18

The five kings of 10:3 who hid in the cave stand at verses 10 to 12, and Makkedah, where the cave was, at verse 16. Jerusalem is in the tally though 15:63 says Judah could not drive out its Jebusites, so a king killed and a city held differ here.

This site's exposition

the king of Lachish, one

John Gill names these two kings from Joshua 10:3 as Piram of Jarmuth and Japhia of Lachish. Lachish held out longer than its neighbours. Joshua 10:32 says it fell on the second day.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Ephrem the Syrian

COMMENTARY ON TATIAN'S DIATESSARON 19.8 · Written before 373.

proposed

Whoever believes in me will also do the works which I do, and will do even greater ones. And where is this word which he said, "The disciple is not greater than his master" [illustrated]? For example, Moses killed only three kings, but Joshua killed …

The words behind it

6 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.

  • מֶ֤לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • יַרְמוּת֙Jarmuth

    yarmutH3412 →7 times

  • אֶחָ֔דone

    ʾechadH259 →971 times

  • מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • לָכִ֖ישׁLachish

    lakhishH3923 →24 times

  • אֶחָֽד׃one

    ʾechadH259 →971 times

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

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.

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Ephrem the Syrian, COMMENTARY ON TATIAN'S DIATESSARON 19.8; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.