Jos 9:1-27. THE KINGS COMBINE AGAINST ISRAEL.
1. all the kings which were on this side--that is, the western side of
Jordan.
in the hills, and in ther valleys, and in all the coasts of the great
sea--This threefold distinction marks out very clearly a large portion
of Canaan. The first designates the hill country, which belonged
afterwards to the tribes of Judah and Ephraim: the second, all the low
country from Carmel to Gaza; and the third, the shores of the
Mediterranean, from the Isthmus of Tyre to the plain of Joppa. (As for
the tribes mentioned,
see on
Nu 13:29).
heard thereof--that is, of the sacking of Jericho and Ai, as well
as the rapid advance of the Israelites into the interior of the
country.
JFB.
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