Commentary on Joshua - Keil & Delitzsch - David Cox

Keil and Delitzsch <strong>Commentary</strong> on the Old Testament
definitely fixed, and therefore before the building of Solomon's temple.
Victory at Gibeon, and Conquest of Southern Canaan. Ch. 10.
Joshua 10:1-4
Now it came to pass, when Adonizedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua
had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king,
so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made
peace with Israel, and were among them;
The report that Joshua had taken Ai, and put it, like Jericho, under the ban, and that
the Gibeonites had concluded a treaty with Israel, filled Adonizedek the king of
Jerusalem with alarm, as Gibeon was a large town, like one of the king's towns, even
larger than Ai, and its inhabitants were brave men. He therefore joined with the kings
of Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon, to make a common attack upon Gibeon, and
punish it for its alliance with the Israelites, and at the same time to put a check upon
the further conquests of Israel. Adonizedek , i.e., lord of righteousness, is synonymous
with Melchizedek (king of righteousness), and was a title of the Jebusite kings, as
Pharaoh was of the Egyptian. Jerusalem , i.e., the founding or possession of peace,
called Salem in the time of Abraham (Gen 14:18), was the proper name of the town,
which was also frequently called by the name of its Canaanitish inhabitants Jebus
(Judg 19:10-11; 1 Chron 11:4), or "city of the Jebusite" ( Ir-Jebusi , Judg 19:11),
sometimes also in a contracted form, Jebusi ( hayªbuwciy (OT:2983), Josh 18:16,28;
15:8; 2 Sam 5:8).
(Note: In our English version, we have the Hebrew word itself simply transposed in Josh 18:16,28; whilst
it is rendered "the Jebusite" in Josh 15:8, and "the Jebusites" in 2 Sam 5:8. - Tr.)
On the division of the land it was allotted to the tribe of Benjamin (Josh 18:28); but
being situated upon the border of Judah (Josh 15:8), it was conquered, and burned by
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