Commentary on Joshua - Keil & Delitzsch - David Cox

Keil and Delitzsch <strong>Commentary</strong> on the Old Testament
the town, the former leader of all those kingdoms. He did just the same to the other
towns, except that he did not burn them, but left them standing upon their hills. `altilaam
haa`omªdowt (v. 13) neither contains an allusion to any special fortification of
the towns, nor implies a contrast to the towns built in the valleys and plains, but
simply expresses the thought that these towns were still standing upon their hill, i.e.,
upon the old site (cf. Jer 30:18: the participle does not express the preterite, but the
present). At the same time, the expression certainly implies that the towns were
generally built upon hills. The pointing in tilaam (OT:8510) is not to be altered, as
Knobel suggests. The singular "upon their hill" is to be taken as distributive:
standing, now as then, each upon its hill. - With v. 15, "as Jehovah commanded His
servant Moses" (cf. Num 33:52ff.; Deut 7:1ff., 20:16), the account of the wars of
Joshua is brought to a close, and the way opened for proceeding to the concluding
remarks with reference to the conquest of the whole land (vv. 16-23). daabaar
(OT:1697) heeciyr (OT:5493) lo' (OT:3808), he put not away a word, i.e., left
nothing undone.
Joshua 11:16-17
So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of
Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of
the same;
Retrospective View of the Conquest of the Whole Land. - Vv. 16, 17. Joshua took all
this land, namely, those portions of Southern Canaan that have already been
mentioned in Josh 10:40-41; also the Arabah, and the
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