Joshua 10:19

And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath delivered them into your hand.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
stay	תַּעֲמֹ֔דוּ ta.'a.Mo.du	H5975	to stand · verb, qal jussive, 2nd person masculine plural
pursue	רִדְפוּ֙ rid.Fu	H7291	to run after (usually with hostile intent · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
after	אַחֲרֵ֣י 'a.cha.Rei	H310	properly · cardinal number, masculine plural construct
enemies	אֹֽיְבֵיכֶ֔ם 'o.ye.vei.Khem	H341	hating · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
hindmost	וְזִנַּבְתֶּ֖ם ve.zi.nav.Tem	H2179	to curtail · conjunction + verb, piel sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
suffer	תִּתְּנ֗וּם ti.te.Num	H5414	to give · verb, qal jussive, 2nd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
enter	לָבוֹא֙ la.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
cities	עָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם 'a.rei.Hem	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
LORD	יְהוָ֥ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם 'e.lo.hei.Khem	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
delivered	נְתָנָ֛ם ne.ta.Nam	H5414	to give · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
hand	בְּיֶדְכֶֽם be.yed.Khem	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Psalms 18:37-41 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
Joshua 10:20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were cons…
2 Samuel 17:13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be no…
2 Samuel 20:6 And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue aft…
Isaiah 9:14-15 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
Jeremiah 8:14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath p…
Jeremiah 48:10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 10:15-27

It was a brave appearance, no doubt, which the five kings made when they took the field for the reducing of Gibeon, and a brave army they had following them; but they were all routed, put into disorder first, and then brought to destruction by the hail-stones. And now Joshua thought, his work being done, he might go with his army into quarters of refreshment. Accordingly it was resolved, perhaps in a council of war, that they should presently return to the camp at Gilgal (Jos 10:15), till they should receive orders from God to take possession of the country they had now conquered; but he soon finds he has more work cut out for him. The victory must be pursued, that the spoils might be divide…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 10:16

THE FIVE KINGS HANGED. (Jos 10:16-27) these five kings . . . hid themselves in a cave--Hebrew, "the cave." at Makkedah--The pursuit was continued, without interruption, to Makkedah at the foot of the western mountains, where Joshua seems to have halted with the main body of his troops while a detachment was sent forward to scour the country in pursuit of the remaining stragglers, a few of whom succeeded in reaching the neighboring cities. The last act, probably the next day, was the disposal of the prisoners, among whom the five kings were consigned to the infamous doom of being slain (Deu 20:16-17); and then their corpses were suspended on five trees till the evening.

Adam Clarke on Joshua 10:16

Hid themselves in a cave - It is very likely that this cave was a fortified place among some rocks; for there were many such places in different parts of Palestine.

John Gill on Joshua 10:19

And stay you not, but pursue after your enemies,.... That is, do not stay at this cave, but having placed a sufficient guard there, go in pursuit of the enemy, with as much celerity as possible: and smite the hindmost of them; their rear; or "tail" them (o), as the word is, cut off the tail of them: suffer them not to enter their cities; where they would not only be safe themselves for a while, but would be able to hold out against a siege for some time, and give much trouble to conquer them: for the Lord your God hath delivered them into your hands; this he said to encourage them, and quicken them to the pursuit of them with all eagerness and vehemence. According to the Samaritan Chronic…

Dictionary and topics

Adoni-zedec — Lord of justice or righteousness, was king in Jerusalem at the time when the Israelites invaded Palestine (Josh. 10:1, 3). He formed a confederacy with the other Canaanitish kings against the…
Adonizedek — (lord of justice), the Amorite king of Jerusalem who organized a league with four other Amorite princes against Joshua. The confederate kings having laid siege to Gibeon, Joshua marched to the relief…
Gibeon — Hill-city, “one of the royal cities, greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty” (Josh. 10:2). Its inhabitants were Hivites (11:19). It lay within the territory of Benjamin, and became a…
Makkedah — Herdsman’s place, one of the royal cities of the Canaanites (Josh. 12:16), near which was a cave where the five kings who had confederated against Israel sought refuge (10:10-29). They were put to…
Adoni-Zedek · A king of — A king of
Amorites · Kings of — Kings of
Captive · .Putting to — .Putting to
Cave · Place of refuge — Place of refuge
Debir · 1. King of Eglon — 1. King of Eglon
Hebron · against Joshua — against Joshua
Jerusalem · The king of, defeated and slain by Joshua — The king of, defeated and slain by Joshua
Makkedah · by Joshua — by Joshua
War · Of extermination

Joshua 10:19

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 10:15-27

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 10:16

Adam Clarke on Joshua 10:16

John Gill on Joshua 10:19

Dictionary and topics

Joshua 10:19

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 10:15-27

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 10:16

Adam Clarke on Joshua 10:16

John Gill on Joshua 10:19

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Joshua 10:15-28

Keil & Delitzsch on Joshua 10:16-19

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Joshua 10:18-19

Rashi on Joshua 10:18