And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.
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Gill's Exposition
And at that time came Joshua,.... After he had made a conquest of the land, or at the time he made it, as before related:
and cut off the Anakims from the mountains; whither, upon the conquest of…
Barnes' Notes
At that time - i. e. in course of the “long time” mentioned in Jos 11:18. The Anakims - See Num 13:22. As it was the report of the spies respecting the Anakims which, above all, struck terror into the…
Adam Clarke
Cut off the Anakims - from Hebron, from Debir - This is evidently a recapitulation of the military operations detailed Jos 10:36-41.
Destroyed - their cities - That is, those of the Anakims; for from…
We have here the conclusion of this whole matter.
I. A short account is here given of what was done in four things: - 1. The obstinacy of the Canaanites in their opposition to the Israelites. It was…
Extermination of the Anakims
21. at that time That is, in the course of the "long time," the seven years spoken of in Jos 11:18. We have now a supplementary notice of the destruction of the Anakims,…
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