Joshua 5:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.

All the kings

Canaanites

Psalm 135:11

Which were by

Numbers 13:29

Judges 3:3

Zephaniah 2:4

Heard

Neither was

Daniel 5:6

General references

Genesis 35:5

Bible References

All the kings

the king of Jerichoone the king of Ai, which is next to Bethel one

But if it doesn’t please you to worship Yahweh, choose for yourselves today the one you will worship: the gods your fathers worshiped beyond the Euphrates River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my family, we will worship Yahweh.”

Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn, then Heth,

On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I give this land to your offspring, from the brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River:

Over and above what I am giving your brothers, I am giving you the one mountain slope that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

“The Lord God of Israel has now driven out the Amorites before His people Israel, and will you now force us out?

The Gibeonites were not Israelites but rather a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but Saul had tried to kill them in his zeal for the Israelites and Judah. So David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them.

You are to say: This is what the Lord God says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

Yet I destroyed the Amorite as Israel advanced;
his height was like the cedars,
and he was as sturdy as the oaks;
I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.

Canaanites

The descendants of Manasseh could not possess these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.

Abram passed through the land to the site of Shechem, at the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.

I will send the hornet

in front of you, and it will drive the Hivites, Canaanites, and Hittites away from you.

After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the Lord, “Who will be the first to fight for us against the Canaanites?”

So the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera who lived in Harosheth of the Nations.

After these things had been done, the leaders approached me and said: “The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the surrounding peoples whose detestable practices are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.

Sihon king of the Amorites,
Og king of Bashan,
and all the kings of Canaan.

Which were by

The Amalekites are living in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”

These nations included: the five rulers of the Philistines and all of the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the Lebanese mountains from Mount Baal-hermon as far as the entrance to Hamath.

For Gaza will be abandoned,
and Ashkelon will become a ruin.
Ashdod will be driven out at noon,
and Ekron will be uprooted.

Heard

and said to them, “I know that the Lord has given you this land and that the terror of you has fallen on us, and everyone who lives in the land is panicking because of you.

When the peoples hear, they will shudder;
anguish will seize the inhabitants of Philistia.

Look! The kings assembled;
they advanced together.

They will stand far off in fear of her torment, saying:

Woe, woe, the great city,
Babylon, the mighty city!
For in a single hour
your judgment has come.

Neither was

In the morning when Nabal sobered up, his wife told him about these events. Then he had a seizure and became paralyzed.

the food at his table, his servants’ residence, his attendants’ service and their attire, his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he offered at the Lord’s temple, it took her breath away.

Wail! For the day of the Lord is near.
It will come like destruction from the Almighty.

And when they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ then say: Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will become weak. Every spirit will be discouraged, and every knee will turn to water. Yes, it is coming and it will happen.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

his face turned pale, and his thoughts so terrified him that his hip joints shook and his knees knocked together.

General references

When they set out, a terror from God came over the cities around them, and they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.