YuēShūyàjì 17:16

16 Yūesè de zǐsūn shuō , nà shān dì róng bú xià wǒmen , bìngqiĕ zhù píngyuán de Jiānán rén , jiù shì zhù bǎi shàn hé shǔ bǎi shàn de zhèn shì , bìng zhù yé sī liè píngyuán de rén , dōu yǒu tiĕ chē .

YuēShūyàjì 17:16 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 17:16

And the children of Joseph said, the hill is not enough for
us
Meaning either Mount Ephraim, and all included in it; or it may be rather the wood country on the hills and mountains they were bid to go up to; signifying, that if they could gain that out of the hands of the Perizzites and giants, and clear it of the wood, and make it habitable, even that would not be sufficient for them; or that hill and mountain cannot be "found by us" ^F18 or obtained and possessed by us; we are not able to get it into our hands; there being a valley between us and that:

and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have
chariots of iron;
not chariots made of iron, but chariots with iron scythes fastened to the sides, or axle trees of them, which when driven with great force and fury, would cut down the infantry in battle, as grass is cut down with scythes, see ( Judges 4:2 Judges 4:3 ) ;

[both they] who [are] of Bethshean and her towns, and [they] who [are]
of the valley of Jezreel;
both which belonged to the tribe of Manasseh, or were on the borders of it, though as yet they had not got possession, see ( Joshua 17:11 ) ; and this circumstance seems to favour the notion, that tribe of Manasseh were at least chiefly concerned in this address.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 (wnl aumy al) "non invenietur nobis", Montanus; "non possumus montem istum assequi", Tigurine version; "non obtinebitur a nobis", Masius.

YuēShūyàjì 17:16 In-Context

14 Yūesè de zǐsūn duì Yuēshūyà shuō , Yēhéhuá dào rújīn jìrán cì fú yǔ wǒmen , wǒmen yĕ zú dà rén duō , nǐ wèishénme jǐn jiāng yī jiū yī duàn zhī dì fēn gĕi wǒmen wèi yè ne .

15 Yuēshūyà shuō , nǐmen rúguǒ zú dà rén duō , xián Yǐfǎlián shān dì zhǎi xiǎo , jiù kĕyǐ shàng Bǐlìxǐrén , Lìfáyīnrén zhī dì , zaì shùlín zhōng kǎn fá shùmù .

16 Yūesè de zǐsūn shuō , nà shān dì róng bú xià wǒmen , bìngqiĕ zhù píngyuán de Jiānán rén , jiù shì zhù bǎi shàn hé shǔ bǎi shàn de zhèn shì , bìng zhù yé sī liè píngyuán de rén , dōu yǒu tiĕ chē .

17 Yuēshūyà duì Yūesè jiā , jiù shì Yǐfǎlián hé Mǎnáxī rén , shuō , nǐ shì zú dà rén duō , bìngqiĕ qiángshèng , bùkĕ jǐn yǒu yī jiū zhī dì ,

18 Shān dì yĕ yào guī nǐ , suī shì shùlín , nǐ yĕ kĕyǐ kǎn fá . kàojìn zhī dì bì guī nǐ . Jiānán rén suī yǒu tiĕ chē , suī shì qiángshèng , nǐ yĕ néng bǎ tāmen gǎn chū qù .