Josué 10
Thomas Constable · Citado em PreceptAustin
Josué 10
Constable - According to Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831), a philosopher of war, there are three principle military objectives in any war. First, the aggressor must destroy the military power of the enemy so he cannot continue or resume war. Second, he must conqueror the land of the enemy so a new military force cannot arise from it. Third, he must subdue the will of the enemy. Joshua accomplished all three of these basic objectives.144 Joshua 10:40 Thus Joshua struck all the land, the hill country and the Negev and the lowland and the slopes and all their kings. He left no survivor, but he utterly destroyed all who breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded. the hill country: Jos 15:21-63 18:21-28 19:1-8,40-48 utterly: Jos 10:35,37 1Ki 15:29 Ps 9:17 2Th 1:7-9 as the Lord: Jos 6:17 8:2,27 9:24 Ex 23:31-33 34:12 De 7:2-16 26:16,17 Joshua 10 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries JOSHUA UTTERLY DESTROYS ALL THE KINGS IN HILL COUNTRY & NEGEV Thus Joshua struck (nāḵāh) all the land, the hill country and the Negev and the lowland and the slopes and all their kings. He left no survivor, but he utterly destroyed (charam) all who breathed - All the land refers to the southern campaign "(1) “hill country” names Judah’s mountains, traversing north–south; (2) “Negev” names the area southward; and (3) “western foothills” (lit., “lowlands,” Shephelah) describes Judah’s foothills, which slope toward the seacoast." (Matthews) Just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded - Don't miss this! Joshua obeys all the LORD's commands. THOUGHT - Dear disciple of Christ, how are you faring against your powerful enemies, the world, the flesh and the devil? Victory over each is your's for the possessing, but you must obey just as the Lord commands you!
Josué 10
Constable - God’s people do not have to engage every enemy that exists immediately any more than the Israelites had to kill every individual Canaanite or attack every city immediately. At this stage in their national life God’s will was that they attack only certain selected targets. Sometimes we can experience discouragement when we look at the host of wicked people that surrounds us or the many sins that plague us. We may think, “What can one individual do to stem the tide of lawlessness?” We may even think it is useless to do anything in view of the huge task we face (Matt. 28:19–20). In those situations we need to do what God puts before us to do day by day rather than taking on more responsibility than God wants us to assume immediately (cf. Matt. 6:25–34). George Bush - Notes Critical and Practical on the Book of Joshua - Chapter 10 42. At one time. Heb. פעם אחת paam, ehâth, at one turn or one stroke, i. e. in one uninterrupted course of vigorous action; or, as we should say, in one campaign. The leading idea is that from the time Joshua entered upon this career of victories, till it was closed, there was no pause, no intermission, no cessation. Because the Lord fought for Israel. This clause is introduced in order to give credibility to the foregoing narrative. Viewed in any other light than as the result of omnipotence, such a tide of victories would naturally stagger all belief. Joshua 10:43 So Joshua and all Israel with him returned to the camp at Gilgal. the camp at Gilgal. Jos 10:15 4:19 1Sa 11:14 Joshua 10 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Proposed Location of Gilgal Near Jericho ISRAEL RETURNS TO HOME BASE So Joshua and all Israel with him returned to the camp at Gilgal - The southern campaign completed, Joshua returns to base camp. Davis - The conquest here seems so decisive that some find problems when they arrive at Judges 1 where, apparently, so much of the conquest remains to be done by the individual tribes. According to verse 43, after the southern campaign Joshua and Israel returned to camp at Gilgal, near the Jordan and what used to be Jericho. Such action implies that Joshua had no intention of occupying the (south) land at that point. Leaving the scene of her victories, Israel has little control over those sites (i.e. they could eventually be repopulated), although one could suppose that Israel had broken the backbone of Canaanite power in the region. (Joshua: No Falling Words) Davis adds that "The emphasis in Joshua 10 is on the fact that Joshua ‘took’ (Heb., lakad) the land or cities. To be sure, he ‘smote’ (nakah) populations and ‘put them under the ban’ (from the root hrm); but the overall emphasis is that Joshua took the cities and land (Josh 10:28, 32, 35, 37, 39, 42). This verb (lakad) must be carefully distinguished from various forms of yarash (to possess, dispossess, drive out), which dominates Judges 1 and denotes effective occupation of territory. Much of the problem of the conquest arises from a failure to distinguish the freight these two verbs carry. What has been ‘lakaded’ may need to be ‘re-lakaded’ later; but what has been ‘yarashed’ has been definitely nailed down." (Joshua: No Falling Words) Campbell - When Mark Twain was traveling in Europe with his young daughter, he was feted in several cities by royalty and famed people in the arts and sciences. Toward the end of their journeys, his daughter said to him, "Papa, you know everybody but God, don't you?" Joshua was a man who knew God above all else. The results are impressively recorded here. As Daniel later wrote, "The people who know their God will display strength and take action" (Dan. 11:32b). For Joshua, for Daniel, and for you, knowing God and trusting Him implicitly is the key to victory. (No Time for Neutrality) Brian Harbour - What seems to be merely an aside in verse 43 is in fact a significant statement: “Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.” Gilgal (the word means “circle” and probably refers to a circle of stones which formed an altar there) was a significant city for Israel during the time of the invasion. Where Gilgal was -- Scholars believe there were actually a number of different “Gilgals” in Palestine. However, the Gilgal in our text was near the city of Jericho and was the first Hebrew foothold on Palestinian soil, the first worship place for Israel, and the base of operations for Israel’s military operations (Josh 9:6; 10:6; 14:6). What Gilgal represented.- Gilgal was to have an illustrious history in the following days of Hebrew history. Samuel held circuit court their annually (1 Sam. 7:16); Saul was both crowned and rejected as king there (1 Sam 11:14–15; 13:14–15); David passed through Gilgal as he fled from Absalom (2 Sam. 19:15,40). But the significance for our story is that Joshua seemed to return to Gilgal as a place of spiritual renewal as he led Israel to fulfill God’s challenge of taking possession of the promised land.