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Commentary on Joshua - Keil & Delitzsch - David Cox

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<strong>Keil</strong> and <strong>Delitzsch</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Commentary</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> the Old Testament<br />

that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.<br />

Summary of the C<strong>on</strong>quest of the Whole of Southern Canaan. - In the further<br />

prosecuti<strong>on</strong> of his victory over the five allied kings, <strong>Joshua</strong> smote the whole land, i.e.,<br />

the whole of the south of Canaan from Gibe<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong>wards, in all its districts, namely the<br />

mountains (Josh 15:48), the Negeb (the south land, Josh 15:21), the lowlands (ch.<br />

15:33), and the slopes, i.e., the hill regi<strong>on</strong> (Josh 12:8, and comm. <strong>on</strong> Num 21:15), and<br />

all the kings of these different districts, banning every living thing ( kaalnªshaamaah<br />

= kaal-nepesh , vv. 28, 30, i.e., all the men; vid., Deut 7:1-2; 20:16. He<br />

smote them from Kadesh-barnea, <strong>on</strong> the southern boundary of Canaan (Josh 15:3; see<br />

at Num 12:16), to Gaza (see at Gen 10:9), and all the country of Goshen , a different<br />

place from the Goshen of Egypt, deriving its name in all probability from the town of<br />

Goshen <strong>on</strong> the southern porti<strong>on</strong> of the mountains (Josh 15:51). As the line "from<br />

Kadesh-barnea to Gaza" defines the extent of the c<strong>on</strong>quered country from south to<br />

north <strong>on</strong> the western side, so the parallel clause, "all the country of Goshen, even unto<br />

Gibe<strong>on</strong>," defines the extent from south to north <strong>on</strong> the eastern side. There is no<br />

tenable ground for the view expressed by Knobel , which rests up<strong>on</strong> very uncertain<br />

etymological combinati<strong>on</strong>s, that the land of Goshen signifies the hill country between<br />

the mountains and the plain, and is equivalent to 'asheedowt (OT:794).<br />

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http://207.44.232.113/~bible/comment/ot/k&d/josh/jos64.html (2 of 2) [13/08/2004 01:17:58 p.m.]

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