Joshua 22:33

And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
thing	הַדָּבָ֗ר ha.da.Var	H1697	a word · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
pleased	וַיִּיטַ֣ב vai.yi.Tav	H3190	to be (causative) make well · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
children	בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
children	בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
blessed	וַיְבָרֲכ֥וּ vay.va.ra.Khu	H1288	to kneel · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
God	אֱלֹהִ֖ים 'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural absolute
intend	אָמְר֗וּ 'a.me.Ru	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
up	לַעֲל֤וֹת la.'a.Lot	H5927	to ascend · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
battle	לַצָּבָ֔א la.tza.Va'	H6635	a mass of persons (or figuratively · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
destroy	לְשַׁחֵת֙ le.sha.Chet	H7843	to decay · preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct
land	הָאָ֔רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
children	בְּנֵי be.nei-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Reuben	רְאוּבֵ֥ן re.'u.Ven	H7205	Reuben · proper noun, a man's name
Gad	גָ֖ד gad	H1410	Gad · proper noun, a man's name
dwelt	יֹשְׁבִ֥ים yo.she.Vim	H3427	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Chronicles 29:20 And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bow…
Daniel 2:19 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
Luke 2:28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
Joshua 22:30 And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words…
1 Samuel 25:32-33 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
Nehemiah 8:5-6 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:
Acts 15:12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the G…
Acts 15:31 Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.

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Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 22:33

THE DEPUTIES SATISFIED. (Jos 22:30-34) the thing pleased the children of Israel--The explanation not only gave perfect satisfaction to the deputies, but elicited from them expressions of unbounded joy and thankfulness. "This day we perceive that the Lord is among us" [Jos 22:31], that is, by His gracious presence and preventing goodness, which has kept you from falling into the suspected sin and rescued the nation from the calamity of a fratricidal war or providential judgments. This episode reflects honor upon all parties and shows that piety and zeal for the honor and worship of God animated the people that entered Canaan to an extent far beyond what was exemplified in many other periods…

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Adam Clarke on Joshua 22:33

And did not intend to go up against them in battle - That is, they now relinquished the intention of going against them in battle, as this explanation proved there was no cause for the measure.

John Gill on Joshua 22:33

And the thing pleased the children of Israel,.... They were quite satisfied with the account of things, and were pleased and delighted with what their brethren, the other two tribes, had done: and the children of Israel blessed God: returned thanks to him, that there was no trespass committed against him, and no schism like to be made among them, nor any wrath to come upon them: and did not intend to go up against them in battle; for though upon first hearing of their building an altar, which they supposed was for idolatry, they had intended to make war against them, but now understanding the design of that building, they laid aside all thoughts of that kind: to destroy the land wherein t…

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John Calvin on Joshua 22:21–end

Joshua 22:21-34 21. Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel, 21. Responderunt autem filii Ruben, et filii Gad, et dimidia tribus Manasse, loquutique sunt cum principibus millium Israel. 22. The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,) 22. Deus deorum Jehova, Deus deorum Jehova ipse novit, et Israel cognoscet, si per rebellionem, et si per prevaricationem in Jehovam, ne serves nos die hac. 23. That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if…

Dictionary and topics

Manasseh — Who makes to forget. “God hath made me forget” (Heb. nashshani), Gen. 41:51. (1.) The elder of the two sons of Joseph. He and his brother Ephraim were afterwards adopted by Jacob as his own sons…
Haste · In — In
Motive · .When they built the memorial — .When they built the memorial
Prudence · tribes — tribes
Reubenites · of the river; the mo — of the river; the mo
War · Averted — Averted

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Joshua 22:33

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 22:33

Adam Clarke on Joshua 22:33

John Gill on Joshua 22:33

John Calvin on Joshua 22:21–end

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Joshua 22:33

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 22:33

Adam Clarke on Joshua 22:33

John Gill on Joshua 22:33

John Calvin on Joshua 22:21–end

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Keil & Delitzsch on Joshua 22:32-33

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Joshua 22:33

Rashi on Joshua 22:33