YuēShūyàjì 11:18

18 Yuēshūyà hé zhè zhū wáng zhēng zhàn le xǔduō nián rì .

YuēShūyàjì 11:18 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 11:18

Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
] For, though the account of the conquest of them is put together, and lies in a small compass, yet those victories were not obtained at once, or in a few days, as were those of the five kings, and others, related in the preceding chapter, ( Joshua 10:10-14 ) ; but were the work of some years; Josephus ^F2 says five years, but the common notion of the Jews is, that Joshua was seven years in subduing the land of Canaan ^F3; our Bishop Usher ^F4 thinks it was done in six years; and it may be concluded that it was about six or seven years ere this work was completely finished.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 Antiqu. l. 5. c. 1. sect. 19.
F3 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 11. p. 31.
F4 Annal. Vet. Test. p. 39, 40.

YuēShūyàjì 11:18 In-Context

16 Yuēshūyà duó le nà quán dì , jiù shì shān dì , yī daì nán dì , Gēshān quán dì , gāo yuán , Yàlābā , Yǐsèliè de shān dì , hé shān xià de gāo yuán .

17 Cóng shàng Xīĕr de Hālā shān , zhídào Hēimén shān xià Lìbānèn píngyuán de Bālìjiādé , bìngqiĕ qín huò nàxiē dì de zhū wáng , jiāng tāmen shā sǐ .

18 Yuēshūyà hé zhè zhū wáng zhēng zhàn le xǔduō nián rì .

19 Chúle Jībiàn de Xīwèirén zhī waì , méiyǒu yī chéng yǔ Yǐsèliè rén jiǎng hé de , dōu shì Yǐsèliè rén zhēng zhàn duó lái de .

20 Yīnwei Yēhéhuá de yìsi shì yào shǐ tāmen xīnli gāng yìng , lái yǔ Yǐsèliè rén zhēng zhàn , hǎo jiào tāmen jìn beì shā miè , bú mĕng liánmǐn , zhēng rú Yēhéhuá suǒ fēnfu Móxī de .