And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.
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Gill's Exposition
And it came to pass a long time after,.... Or "after many days" (o), that is, years:
that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about; the greatest part of the land of…
Barnes' Notes
This and the next chapter contain the last addresses of Joshua. These addresses were no doubt among the closing acts of Joshua’s life, but were evidently given on different occasions, and are of…
Adam Clarke
A long time after that the Lord had given rest - This is supposed to have been in the last or one hundred and tenth year of the life of Joshua, about thirteen or fourteen years after the conquest of…
Cambridge Bible
Jos 23:1-16. Joshua's first Farewell Address
1. had given rest Comp. Jos 21:43-44; Jos 22:3-4.
waxed old Comp. Jos 13:1, "Now Joshua was old and stricken in years."
stricken in age Heb. come into…
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