Joshua 11:8

And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֥ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
delivered	וַיִּתְּנֵ֨ם vai.yi.te.Nem	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
hand	בְּיַֽד be.yad-	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
smote	וַיַּכּוּם֒ vai.ya.Kum	H5221	to strike (lightly or severely · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
chased	וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֞וּם vai.yir.de.Fum	H7291	to run after (usually with hostile intent · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
great	רַבָּ֗ה ra.Bah	H7227	abundant (in quantity · adjective, feminine singular absolute
Zidon	צִיד֣וֹן tzi.Don	H6721	Tsidon · proper noun, a place name
Misrephoth-maim	מִשְׂרְפ֣וֹת mis.re.Fot	H4956	Misrephoth-Majim · proper noun, a place name
valley	בִּקְעַ֥ת bik.'At	H1237	properly · noun, common feminine singular construct
Mizpeh	מִצְפֶּ֖ה mitz.Peh	H4708	Mitspeh · proper noun, a place name
eastward	מִזְרָ֑חָה miz.Ra.chah	H4217	sunrise · noun, common masculine singular absolute + directional suffix
smote	וַיַּכֻּ֕ם vai.ya.Kum	H5221	to strike (lightly or severely · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
left	הִשְׁאִֽיר hish.'ir-	H7604	properly · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
remaining	שָׂרִֽיד sa.Rid	H8300	a survivor · noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Joshua 13:6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the chil…
Joshua 19:28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon;
Genesis 10:15 And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
Genesis 49:13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
Joshua 11:3 And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains,…
Joshua 21:44 And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies b…
Zechariah 9:2 And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 11:1-9

We are here entering upon the story of another campaign that Joshua made, and it was a glorious one, no less illustrious than the former in the success of it, though in respect of miracles it was inferior to it in glory. The wonders God then wrought for them were to animate and encourage them to act vigorously themselves. Thus the war carried on by the preaching of the gospel against Satan's kingdom was at first forwarded by miracles; but, the war being by them sufficiently proved to be of God, the managers of it are now left to the ordinary assistance of divine grace in the use of the sword of the Spirit, and must not expect hail-stones nor the standing still of the sun. In this story we ha…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 11:8

they left none remaining--of those whom they overtook. All those who fell into their hands alive were slain.

Adam Clarke on Joshua 11:8

Great Zidon - If this were the same with the Sidon of the ancients, it was illustrious long before the Trojan war; and both it and its inhabitants are frequently mentioned by Homer as excelling in works of skill and utility, and abounding in wealth: - Ενθ' εσαν οἱ πεπλοι παμποικιλοι, εογα γυναικων Σιδονιων. Iliad, lib. vi., ver. 289. "There lay the ventures of no vulgar art, Sidonian maids embroidered every part." Pope. Αργυρεον κρητηρα τετυγμενον· ἑξ δ' αρα μετρα Χανδανεν, αυταρ καλλει ενικα πασαν επ' αιαν Πολλον, επι Σιδονες πολυδαιδαλοι ευ ησκησαν. Iliad, lib. xxiii., ver. 741. "A silver urn that full six measures held, By none in weight or workmanship excell'd; Sidonian artists taught…

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John Gill on Joshua 11:8

And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel,.... The whole host, who either were killed or wounded, or put to flight: it was of the Lord that Israel was directed to make so quick a march, and come upon them so suddenly, and that they were off their guard, and unprovided for them, and so fell into their hands: who smote them; with the edge of the sword killed and wounded great numbers; and the rest fleeing, they chased them unto great Zidon; not that there was another Zidon called the less, as Kimchi and Ben Melech thought there seemed to be, and which also Jerom (i) suggests; but this was so called because of its greatness, the large extent of it, and the abundance of wealth and ri…

Dictionary and topics

Amorites — Highlanders, or hillmen, the name given to the descendants of one of the sons of Canaan (Gen. 14:7), called Amurra or Amurri in the Assyrian and Egyptian inscriptions. On the early Babylonian…
Jabin — Discerner; the wise. (1.) A king of Hazor, at the time of the entrance of Israel into Canaan (Josh. 11:1-14), whose overthrow and that of the northern chief with whom he had entered into a…
Misrephoth-maim — Burning of waters, supposed to be salt-pans, or lime-kilns, or glass-factories, a place to which Joshua pursued a party of Canaanites after the defeat of Jabin (Josh. 11:8). It is identified with the…
Mizpah — Or Miz’peh, watch-tower; the look-out. (1.) A place in Gilead, so named by Laban, who overtook Jacob at this spot (Gen. 31:49) on his return to Palestine from Padan-aram. Here Jacob and Laban set up…
Salmon — Garment, the son of Nashon (Ruth 4:20; Matt. 1:4, 5), possibly the same as Salma in 1 Chr. 2:51.
Vale, Valley — It is hardly necessary to state that these words signify a hollow sweep of ground between two more or less parallel ridges of high land. The structure of the greater part of the holy land does not…
Zidon — A fishery, a town on the Mediterranean coast, about 25 miles north of Tyre. It received its name from the “first-born” of Canaan, the grandson of Noah (Gen. 10:15, 19). It was the first home of the…
Zidon, Or Sidon — (Genesis 10:15,19; Joshua 11:8; 19:28; Judges 1:31; 18:28; Isaiah 23:2,4,12; Jeremiah 25:22; 27:3; Ezekiel 28:21,22; Joel 3:4) (Joel 4:4); Zech 9:2; Matt 11:21,22; 15:21; Mark 3:8; 1:24,31; Luke…
Canaanites · General references — General references
Jabin · Names of two kings of Hazor — Names of two kings of Hazor
Misrephoth-Maim · A city of east Zidon

Joshua 11:8

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Joshua 11:8

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