asked. 20:18,28; Ex 28:30; Nu 27:21; 1Sa 22:9,10; 23:9,10; Ge 49:8-10; Nu 2:3; 7:12; Ps 78:68-70; Heb 7:14; Re 5:5; 19:11-16;
I likewise. ver. 17; 2Sa 10:11;
Lord. Ex 23:28,29; De 7:2; 9:3; Jos 10:8-10; 11:6-8; 1Sa 14:6,10; 1Sa 17:46,47; 1Ki 22:6,15;
Bezek. Eusebius and Jerome mention two villages of this name, near each other, about seventeen miles from Shechem, towards Scythopolis. 1Sa 11:8; ver. 5; ver. 6;
their thumbs. Heb. the thumbs of their hands and of their feet. This was not an unusual act of cruelty in ancient times towards enemies.--�lian informs us, that in after ages "the Athenians, at the instigation of Cleon, son of Cleoenetus, made a decree that all the inhabitants of the island of �gina should have the thumb cut off from the right hand, so that they might ever after be disabled from holding a spear, yet might handle an oar." It was a custom among those Romans who did not like a military life, to cut off their thumbs, that they might be incapable of serving in the army; and for the same reason, parents sometimes cut off the thumbs of their children.
gathered. or, gleaned. as I have. Ex 21:23-25; Le 24:19-21; 1Sa 15:33; Isa 33:1; Mt 7:1,2; Lu 6:37,38; Ro 2:15; Jas 2:13; Re 13:10; 16:6; ver. 21; Jos 15:63;
afterward. Jos 10:36; 11:21; 15:13-20;
Kirjath-arba. Jos 14:15;
Sheshai. ver. 20; Nu 13:22,33; Jos 15:13,14; Ps 33:16,17; Ec 9:11; Jer 9:23;
And Caleb. The whole of this account is found in Jos 15:13-19, and seems to be inserted here by way of recapitulation. Jos 15:16,17; 1Sa 17:25; 18:23;
to him. In ancient times fathers assumed an absolute right over their children, especially in disposing of them in marriage; and it was customary for a king or great man to promise his daughter in marriage to him who should take a city, etc. 3:9;
and she lighted. {Watitznach,} "she hastily or suddenly alighted," as if she had forgotten something, or was about to return.
a blessing. Ge 33:11; 1Sa 25:18,27; 2Co 9:5; Heb 6:7; 1Pe 3:9;
a south land. Which was probably dry, or very ill watered.
give me also springs of water. Let me have some fields with brooks, or wells already digged.
the Kenite. 4:11,17; Nu 10:29-32; 24:21,22; 1Sa 15:6; 1Ch 2:15; Jer 35:2;
Moses. Ex 3:1; 4:18; 18:1,7,12,14-17,27; Nu 10:29;
city of palm. 3:13; De 34:3; 2Ch 28:16;
they went. Nu 10:29-32; 1Sa 15:6;
And Judah. ver. 3;
Zephath. 2Ch 14:10;
Zephathah. Hormah. Nu 14:45; 21:3; Jos 19:4;
Also Judah. There is the following remarkable variation here in the Septuagint: [Kai ouk ekl�ronom�sen Ioudas t�n Gazan, oude ta horia aut�s; oude t�n Askal�na, oude ta horia aut�s; kai t�n Akkar�n, oude ta horia aut�s; t�n Az�ton, oude ta perisporia aut�s.] "But Judah did not possess Gaza, nor the coasts thereof; nor Askelon, nor the coasts thereof; nor Ekron, nor the coasts thereof; nor Ashdod, nor the coasts thereof." Procopius and Augustine read the same; and Josephus (Ant. 1. v. c. 2) says that the Israelites only took Askelon and Ashdod, but not Gaza or Ekron; and from ch. 3:3, and the whole succeeding history, it appears that these cities were not in the possession of the Israelites, but of the Philistines.
Gaza. 3:3; 16:1,2,21; Ex 23:31;
See on Jos 11:22; 13:3; 15:45-47; 1Sa 6:17;
the Lord. ver. 2; 6:12,13; Ge 39:2,21; Jos 1:5,9; 14:12; 2Sa 5:10; 2Ki 18:7; Ps 46:7,11; 60:12; Ec 9:11; Isa 7:14; 8:10; 41:10,14,15; Mt 1:23; Ro 8:31;
he drave, etc. or he possessed the mountain. but could. Not because the iron chariots were too strong for Omnipotence, or because he refused to help them; but because their courage and faith failed when they saw them. ver. 27-32; Jos 7:12; Mt 14:30,31; 17:19,20; Php 4:13;
chariots. Ex 14:7-31; Jos 11:1-9; 17:16-18; Ps 46:9;
they gave. Nu 14:24; De 1:36; Jos 14:9-14; 15:13,14; 21:11,12;
the three sons. ver. 10; Nu 13:22; 19:10-12; Jos 15:63; 18:11-28; 2Sa 5:6-9;
the house. Nu 1:10,32; Jos 14:4; 16:1-4; 1Ch 7:29; Re 7:8;
the Lord. ver. 19; Ge 49:24; 2Ki 18:7;
we will. Jos 2:12-14; 1Sa 30:15;
they smote. Jos 6:22-25;
Manasseh. Jos 17:11-13;
the Canaanites. Ex 23:32; De 7:2; 1Sa 15:9; Ps 106:34,35; Jer 48:10; ver. 28; Jos 16:10; 1Ki 9:16;
Kitron. The Talmudists say Kitron is "tzippor," that is, Sepphoris, or Dioc�sarea, a celebrated city of Galilee, now the village Safoury, situated in the plain of Esdraelon, twenty miles (north-west) from Tiberias, according to Benjamin of Tudela.
Nahalol. Jos 19:15;
Asher. Jos 19:24-30;
Accho. Accho, the Ptolemais of the Greeks and Romans, and called Saint John of Acre by the Crusaders, is situated on the Mediterranean, in a fine plain, at the north angle of a bay to which it gives name, and which extends in a semicircle of three leagues as far as Carmel, and nine leagues from Tyre.
Zidon. Another celebrated city of Phoenicia, now Said�, situated in a fine country on the Mediterranean, 400; stadia from Berytus, and 200; (north) from Tyre, according to Strabo, one day's journey from Paneas, according to Josephus, and sixty-six miles from Damascus, according to Abulfeda.
Achzib. Or, Ecdippa, now Zib, nine miles north, from Accho. Ps 106:34,35;
Naphtali. Jos 19:32-38;
he dwelt. ver. 32;
became. ver. 30,35; Ps 18:24; 18:1; Jos 19:47;
from the going. or, Maaleh-akrabbim. Nu 34:4; Jos 15:2;