Chapter 1

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Now Josh 24:29-30

asked Judg 20:18, Judg 20:28; Exod 28:30; Num 27:21; 1Sam 22:9-10, 1Sam 23:9-10


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Gen 49:8-10; Num 2:3, Num 7:12; Ps 78:68-70; Heb 7:14; Rev 5:5, Rev 19:11-16


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Simeon Gen 29:33; Josh 19:1

I likewise Judg 1:17; 2Sam 10:11


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Lord Exod 23:28-29; Deut 7:2, Deut 9:3; Josh 10:8-10, Josh 11:6-8; 1Sam 14:6, 1Sam 14:10; 1Sam 17:46-47; 1Kgs 22:6, 1Kgs 22:15

Bezek Eusebius and Jerome mention two villages of this name, near each other, about seventeen miles from Shechem, towards Scythopolis. 1Sam 11:8


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their thumbs Heb. the thumbs of their hands and of their feet, This was not an unusual act of cruelty in ancient times towards enemies. - Alian informs us, that in after ages "the Athenians, at the instigation of Cleon, son of Cleoenetus, made a decree that all the inhabitants of the island of Agina should have the thumb cut off from the right hand, so that they might ever after be disabled from holding a spear, yet might handle an oar." It was a custom among those Romans who did not like a military life, to cut off their thumbs, that they might be incapable of serving in the army; and for the same reason, parents sometimes cut off the thumbs of their children.

gathered or, gleaned

as I have Exod 21:23-25; Lev 24:19-21; 1Sam 15:33; Isa 33:1; Matt 7:1-2; Luke 6:37-38; Rom 2:15; Jas 2:13; Rev 13:10, Rev 16:6


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Judg 1:21; Josh 15:63


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afterward Josh 10:36, Josh 11:21, Josh 15:13-20

valley or, low country


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Kirjatharba Josh 14:15

Sheshai Judg 1:20; Num 13:22, Num 13:33; Josh 15:13-14; Ps 33:16-17; Eccl 9:11; Jer 9:23


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Debir Josh 10:38-39, Josh 15:15


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And Caleb The whole of this account is found in Josh 15:13-19, and seems to be inserted here by way of recapitulation. Josh 15:16-17; 1Sam 17:25, 1Sam 18:23

to him In ancient times fathers assumed an absolute right over their children, especially in disposing of them in marriage; and it was customary for a king or great man to promise his daughter in marriage to him who should take a city, etc.


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Judg 3:9


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And it came Josh 15:18-19

and she lighted Watitznach, "she hastily or suddenly alighted," as if she had forgotten something, or was about to return.


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a blessing Gen 33:11; 1Sam 25:18, 1Sam 25:27; 2Cor 9:5 *marg. Heb 6:7; 1Pet 3:9

a south land Which was probably dry, or very ill watered.

give me also springs of water Let me have some fields with brooks, or wells already digged.


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the Kenite Judg 4:11, Judg 4:17; Num 10:29-32, Num 24:21-22; 1Sam 15:6; 1Chr 2:15; Jer 35:2

Moses' Exod 3:1, Exod 4:18, Exod 18:1, Exod 18:7, Exod 18:12, Exod 18:14-17, Exod 18:27; Num 10:29

city of palm Judg 3:13; Deut 34:3; 2Chr 28:16

which Num 21:1; Josh 12:14

they went Num 10:29-32; 1Sam 15:6


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And Judah Judg 1:3

Zephath 2Chr 14:10, Zephathah

Hormah Num 14:45, Num 21:3; Josh 19:4


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Josh 11:22, Josh 13:3, Josh 15:45-47; 1Sam 6:17

Also Judah There is the following remarkable variation here in the Septuagint:

Και ουκ εκληρονομησεν Ιουδας την Γαζαν, ουδε τα ορια αυτης; ουδε την Ασκαλωνα, ουδε τα ορια αυτης; και την Ακκαρων, ουδε τα ορια αυτης; την Αζωτον, ουδε τα περισπορια αυτης.

"But Judah did not possess Gaza, nor the coasts thereof; nor Askelon, nor the coasts thereof; nor Ekron, nor the coasts thereof; nor Ashdod, nor the coasts thereof." Procopius and Augustine read the same; and Josephus (Ant. 1. v. c. 2 sec. 4) says that the Israelites only took Askelon and Ashdod, but not Gaza or Ekron; and from Judg 3:3, and the whole succeeding history, it appears that these cities were not in the possession of the Israelites, but of the Philistines.

Gaza Judg 3:3, Judg 16:1-2, Judg 16:21; Exod 23:31


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the Lord Judg 1:2, Judg 6:12-13; Gen 39:2, Gen 39:21; Josh 1:5, Josh 1:9, Josh 14:12; 2Sam 5:10; 2Kgs 18:7; Ps 46:7, Ps 46:11, Ps 60:12; Eccl 9:11; Isa 7:14, Isa 8:10, Isa 41:10, Isa 41:14-15; Matt 1:23; Rom 8:31

he drave etc. or he possessed the mountain

but could Not because the iron chariots were too strong for Omnipotence, or because he refused to help them; but because their courage and faith failed when they saw them. Judg 1:27-32; Josh 7:12; Matt 14:30-31, Matt 17:19-20; Phil 4:13

chariots Exod 14:7-31; Josh 11:1-9, Josh 17:16-18; Ps 46:9


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they gave Num 14:24; Deut 1:36; Josh 14:9-14, Josh 15:13-14, Josh 21:11-12

the three sons Judg 1:10; Num 13:22


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Judg 19:10-12; Josh 15:63, Josh 18:11-28; 2Sam 5:6-9


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the house Num 1:10, Num 1:32; Josh 14:4, Josh 16:1-4; 1Chr 7:29; Rev 7:8

the Lord Judg 1:19; Gen 49:24; 2Kgs 18:7


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sent Judg 18:2; Josh 2:1, Josh 7:2

Luz Gen 28:19, Gen 35:6, Gen 48:3


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we will Josh 2:12-14; 1Sam 30:15


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they smote Josh 6:22-25


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the land 2Kgs 7:6; 2Chr 1:17


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Manasseh Josh 17:11-13

Taanach Judg 5:19; Josh 21:25

the Canaanites Exod 23:32; Deut 7:2; 1Sam 15:9; Ps 106:34-35; Jer 48:10


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Josh 16:10; 1Kgs 9:16


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Kitron The Talmudists say Kitron is "tzippor," that is, Sepphoris, or Diocesarea, a celebrated city of Galilee, now the village Safoury, situated in the plain of Esdraelon, twenty miles (north-west) from Tiberias, according to Benjamin of Tudela.

Nahalol Josh 19:15


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Asher Josh 19:24-30

Accho Accho, the Ptolemais of the Greeks and Romans, and called Saint John of Acre by the Crusaders, is situated on the Mediterranean, in a fine plain, at the north angle of a bay to which it gives name, and which extends in a semicircle of three leagues as far as Carmel, and nine leagues from Tyre.

Zidon Another celebrated city of Phoenicia, now Saide, situated in a fine country on the Mediterranean, 400 stadia from Berytus, and 200 (north) from Tyre, according to Strabo, one day's journey from Paneas, according to Josephus, and sixty-six miles from Damascus, according to Abulfeda.

Achzib Or, Ecdippa, now Zib, nine miles north, from Accho.


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Ps 106:34-35


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Naphtali Josh 19:32-38

he dwelt Judg 1:32

became Judg 1:30, Judg 1:35; Ps 18:24


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Judg 18:1; Josh 19:47


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Aijalon Judg 12:12; Josh 10:12

Shaalbim Josh 19:42; 1Kgs 4:9

prevailed Heb. was heavy


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from the going or, Maaleh-akrabbim, Num 34:4; Josh 15:2


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