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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof,.... For this also was a royal city, and had others dependent on it; and therefore must lie further from Hebron than before suggested; and indeed Burchard (k) says it was five or six miles from it, and another writer (l) says ten miles: and they smote them with the edge of the sword;...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
So Joshua smote all the country of the hills and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings,.... That part of the land of Canaan which lay southward, and consisted of hills and vales; which abounded with springs, and was a well watered country, and agrees with the description Moses gives of it, though he never saw it,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Joshua smote them, from Kadeshbarnea,.... Which lay to the south of the land of Canaan, Numbers 13:17; even unto Gaza, which lay to the southwest, and was one of the five principalities of the Philistines; of which city [See comments on Amos 1:7]; and [See comments on Acts 8:26]; and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon; to which he...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And all these kings, and their land, did Joshua take at one time,.... Not in one day, but in a very short time, in a few days, as the history clearly shows: because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel; which is the true reason of such quick dispatch being made, otherwise in all probability much longer time must have been consumed in subduing...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Joshua returned,.... After all these kings and their cities had been taken by him, and not before; though the same is said, Joshua 10:15, before the history of those facts; [See comments on Joshua 10:15]: and all Israel with him to the camp in Gilgal; where the body of the people were left, and where was the tabernacle of the Lord; and no...