Joshua 12:5
“And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And reigned in Mount Hermon,.... That is, over all the people that inhabited that mount or dwelt under it, Jos 11:17,…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Joshua 12:1-6
All the plain on the east - i. e. the Arabah or depressed tract along the east bank of Jordan, the modern El-Ghor (see…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
The border of the Geshurites - The country of Bashan, in the days of Moses and Joshua, extended from the river Jabbok on…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Joshua 12:1-6
Joshua, or whoever else is the historian before he comes to sum up the new conquests Israel had made, in these verses…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
and in Salcah Identical with the town of Sûlkhadat the southern extremity of the Jebel Haurân. It was conquered by the…
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