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: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.
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Gill's Exposition
And Joshua smote them, from Kadeshbarnea,.... Which lay to the south of the land of Canaan, Num 13:17,
even unto Gaza, which lay to the southwest, and was one of the five principalities of the…
Barnes' Notes
See Jos 9:1. “The south” was the Negeb Num 13:17. Render “the springs” “slopes.” The word here means the district of undulating ground between “the vale” (or שׁפלה shephêlâh) last named and “the…
Adam Clarke
All the country of the hills - See the note on Deu 1:7.
Destroyed all that breathed - Every person found in arms who continued to resist; these were all destroyed, - those who submitted were spared:…
We are here informed how Joshua improved the late glorious victory he had obtained and the advantages he had gained by it, and to do this well is a general's praise.
I. Here is a particular account of…
Survey of the Results of the Campaign in Southern Canaan
40. all the country Rather, all the land, the hill country, &c. The entire region is comprehensively surveyed, and then treated with special…
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