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Joshua 12:18

in Joshua 12

the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lassharon, one;

KJV

The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;

This verse in Joshua 12

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Aphek - There were several cities of this name: one in the tribe of Asher, Jos 19:30, another in the tribe of Judah, 1Sa 4:1; 1Sa 29:1; and a third in Syria, 1Ki 20:26, and 2Ki 13:17. Which of the two former is here intended cannot be ascertained. Lasharon - There is no city of this name known. Some consider the ל lamed in the word לשרון lashsharon to be the sign of the genitive case, and in this sense it appears to have been understood by the Vulgate, which translates rex Saron, the king of Sharon.

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 Lasharon, one

Adam Clarke counts several towns named Aphek, including one in Asher at Joshua 19:30 and the Philistine camp at 1 Samuel 4:1. Lasharon is otherwise unknown. Clarke records that the Vulgate read it as the king of Sharon, taking its first letter as a preposition.

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 Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

The king of Aphek, one,....

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

  • אֲפֵק֙Aphek

    ʾafekH663 →9 times

  • אֶחָ֔דone

    ʾechadH259 →971 times

  • מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • לַשָּׁר֖וֹןof <the> Sharon

    lasharonH8289 →

  • אֶחָֽד׃one

    ʾechadH259 →971 times

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

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

    Joshua 13:4

    to the south, all the land of the Canaanites, from Mearah of the Sidonians to Aphek, as far as the border of the Amorites;

    it leads to

    • Joshua 19:30

      Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob. There were twenty-two cities, along with their villages.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Samuel 4:1

      Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Judges 1:34–36

      The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain.

  • Through

    1 Samuel 4:1

    Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 29:1

      Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.

    • 1 Samuel 5:1

      After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,

    • 1 Samuel 7:12

      Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”

  • Through

    Isaiah 33:9

    The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 35:2

      It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the…

    • Isaiah 65:10

      Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for My people who seek Me.

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 Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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.