Joshua 11:15-18

15 As the LORD commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did it; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses.

16 So Joshua took this entire land: the hill country, all the Negev, the whole region of Goshen, the western foothills, the Arabah and the mountains of Israel with their foothills,

17 from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, to Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and put them to death.

18 Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long time.

Joshua 11:15-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 11

This chapter relates how that the kings of the northern parts of Canaan combine together against Joshua, Jos 11:1-5; and that the Lord encouraged him to fight with them, and did deliver them into his hands, who, with all their people, were smitten by him, Jos 11:6-11; and how that he took their cities, and destroyed the inhabitants of them, and took the spoil of them for a prey, Jos 11:12-15; and so became master of the whole country, both southern and northern, which is described Jos 11:16-20; and the chapter is concluded with an account of his cutting off the Anakim from various parts, which finished the conquest of the whole land, Jos 10:21-23.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 34:11; Deuteronomy 7:2; S Joshua 1:7
• 2. Numbers 13:17
• 3. S Deuteronomy 1:7
• 4. S Joshua 10:41
• 5. S Genesis 14:6; S Numbers 24:18; S Deuteronomy 33:2
• 6. Joshua 13:5
• 7. S Deuteronomy 3:25; Joshua 12:7
• 8. Deuteronomy 3:9; Joshua 12:8
• 9. Deuteronomy 7:24