约书亚记 11:8

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

耶和華把他們交在以色列人手裡，以色列人就擊殺他們，追趕他們直到西頓大城、米斯利弗．瑪音，以及在東邊的米斯巴谷；以色列人擊殺他們，沒有留下一個。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
耶 和 华 将 他 们 交 在 以 色 列 人 手 里 ， 以 色 列 人 就 击 杀 他 们 ， 追 赶 他 们 到 西 顿 大 城 ， 到 米 斯 利 弗 玛 音 ， 直 到 东 边 米 斯 巴 的 平 原 ， 将 他 们 击 杀 ， 没 有 留 下 一 个 。

Contextual Overview

¹ When Jabin king of Hazor heard about all that had happened, he sent messages to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Acshaph. ² He sent messages to the kings in the northern mountains and also to the kings in the Jordan Valley south of Lake Galilee and in the western hills. He sent a message to the king of Naphoth Dor in the west ³ and to the kings of the Canaanites in the east and in the west. He sent messages to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the mountains. Jabin also sent one to the Hivites, who lived below Mount Hermon in the area of Mizpah. ⁴ So the armies of all these kings came together with their horses and chariots. There were as many soldiers as grains of sand on the seashore. ⁵ All of these kings met together at the waters of Merom, joined their armies together into one camp, and made plans to fight against the Israelites. ⁶ Then the Lord said to Joshua, "Don't be afraid of them, because at this time tomorrow I will give them to you. You will cripple their horses and burn all their chariots." ⁷ So Joshua and his whole army surprised the enemy by attacking them at the waters of Merom. ⁸ The Lord handed them over to Israel. They chased them to Greater Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the Valley of Mizpah in the east. Israel fought until none of the enemy was left alive. ⁹ Joshua did what the Lord said to do; he crippled their horses and burned their chariots.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Lord: Joshua 21:44

great Zidon: or, Zidon-rabbah, Joshua 19:28, Genesis 10:15, Genesis 49:13, Zechariah 9:2

Misrephothmaim: or, salt pits, Heb. burning of waters, Joshua 13:6

Reciprocal: Joshua 10:10 - the Lord Joshua 10:39 - he left none Judges 3:3 - Sidonians Judges 4:16 - pursued Judges 18:28 - far from 2 Samuel 23:10 - the Lord 2 Samuel 24:6 - Zidon 2 Kings 10:11 - he left 2 Chronicles 13:15 - God smote Isaiah 23:12 - daughter Ezekiel 27:8 - Zidon Habakkuk 3:13 - thou woundedst Matthew 15:21 - Tyre

Cross-References

Genesis 10:25
Eber was the father of two sons—one named Peleg, because the earth was divided during his life, and the other was named Joktan.

Genesis 10:32
This is the list of the families from the sons of Noah, arranged according to their nations. From these families came all the nations who spread across the earth after the flood.

Genesis 11:4
Then they said to each other, "Let's build a city and a tower for ourselves, whose top will reach high into the sky. We will become famous. Then we will not be scattered over all the earth."

Genesis 11:9
The place is called Babel since that is where the Lord confused the language of the whole world. So the Lord caused them to spread out from there over the whole world.

Genesis 49:7
May their anger be cursed, because it is too violent. May their violence be cursed, because it is too cruel. I will divide them up among the tribes of Jacob and scatter them through all the tribes of Israel.

Deuteronomy 32:8
God Most High gave the nations their lands, dividing up the human race. He set up borders for the people and even numbered the Israelites.

Luke 1:51
He has done mighty deeds by his power. He has scattered the people who are proud and think great things about themselves.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel,.... The whole host, who either were killed or wounded, or put to flight: it was of the Lord that Israel was directed to make so quick a march, and come upon them so suddenly, and that they were off their guard, and unprovided for them, and so fell into their hands:

who smote them; with the edge of the sword killed and wounded great numbers; and the rest fleeing, they

chased them unto great Zidon; not that there was another Zidon called the less, as Kimchi and Ben Melech thought there seemed to be, and which also Jerom i suggests; but this was so called because of its greatness, the large extent of it, and the abundance of wealth and riches in it: Curtius says k, it was renowned for its antiquity and the fame of its buildings; and Mela says l, that before it was conquered by the Persians, it was the greatest of the maritime cities, though now greatly reduced: Mr Maundrell m says of it,

"Sidon is stocked well enough with inhabitants but is very much shrunk from its ancient extent, and more from its splendour, as appears from a great many beautiful pillars that lie scattered up and down the gardens without the present walls:''

it lay, according to Strabo, not more than two hundred furlongs from Tyre n, or twenty five miles: it was more ancient than that, which is called the daughter of it: Homer speaks much of Sidon, as the same writer observes, but not a word of Tyre: Josephus o thinks it had its name from Sidon, the firstborn of Canaan, and that he built it,

Genesis 10:15; but Justin says p it had its name from the plenty of fishes there: and Tzaid in the Chaldee and Syriac languages signifies fishing and a fisherman: hence Bethsaida, a city mentioned in the New Testament, Matthew 11:21, had its name; and Sidon is at this day called Said, and is now in the hands of the Turks: and though it was a part of the land of Canaan, and belonged to the tribe of Asher, never was conquered and possessed by them, but remained an Heathen city to the time of Christ:

and unto Misrephothmaim, or "boilings of water", it seems as if it was a place of hot baths, but the Targum renders it "pits of water", which Jarchi, Kimchi, and Ben Melech say, were pits into which the salt waters of the sea were drawn, and where they were heated by the sun, and made salt of; and so it is thought this was a place of salt pits, where salt was boiled, either by the heat of the sun or by fire q: Junius and Tremellius render the word by "glass furnaces", furnaces in which glass was made; and it is certain, that at Sidon, and near it, within the borders of which this place was, Joshua 13:6; glass was made: Pliny r calls Sidon the artificer of glass, or a city where glass was made: and Strabo says s, that between Ace and Tyre is a shore which bears glassy sand, but they say it is not melted there, but carried to Sidon to be melted; and some say the Sidonians have a glassy sand fit for melting: Calmet t thinks this place is the same with Sarepta, Luke 4:26; which had its name from melting: of what construction the furnaces were in this place cannot be said, no doubt great improvement has been since made u:

and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward, and they smote them, until they left them none remaining; the same with the valley of Lebanon; now as Sidon lay northwest and this was eastward, it seems that the armies of the Canaanites, in their consternation and confusion, fled some to the west and some to the east, who were pursued by different bodies of the army of Israel, separated for that purpose.

i De loc. Heb. fol. 92. B. k Hist. l. 4. c. 1. 4. l De Situ Orbis, l. 1. c. 12. m Journey from Aleppo, &c. p. 45. n Geograph. l. 16. p. 521. o Antiqu. l. 1. c. 6. sect. 2. p E Trogo, l. 19. c. 3. q Vid. Adrichom. Theatrum Terrae Sanct. sect. p. 2. r Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 19. s Ut supra. (Geograph. l. 16. p. 521.) t Dictionary on this word. u Vid. Merrett de Fornac. Vitriar. p. 421, &c.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

One portion of the defeated host fled north-westward toward Zidon; the other northeastward up the Ard el Huleh.

Zidon, as the metropolis of various subject towns and territories, appears Joshua 19:28 to have been afterward assigned to Asher, but was not, in fact, conquered by that tribe Judges 1:31. It is mentioned in Egyptian papyri of great antiquity, and by Homer, and was in the most ancient times the capital of Phoenicia. In later times it was eclipsed by Tyre (compare 2 Samuel 5:11). The prophets frequently couple Tyre and Sidon together, as does also the New Testament (Isaiah 23:2, Isaiah 23:4,Isaiah 23:12; Jeremiah 27:3; Jeremiah 47:4; Matthew 11:22; Matthew 15:21, etc.).

Both the site and signification of Misre-photh-maim are uncertain. Some have thought it identical with “Zarephath which belongeth to Zidon” 1 Kings 17:9, the Sarepta of the New Test. The name is explained by some (see the margin) as meaning hot springs; by others as salt pits; i. e. pits where the sea water was evaporated for the sake of its salt; and again by others as “smelting factories near the waters.” Some, tracing the word to quite another root, render it “heights of waters,” or copious springs.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 11:8. Great Zidon — If this were the same with the Sidon of the ancients, it was illustrious long before the Trojan war; and both it and its inhabitants are frequently mentioned by Homer as excelling in works of skill and utility, and abounding in wealth: -

Ενθ' εσαν οἱ πεπλοι παμποικιλοι, εογα γυναικων

Σιδονιων. Iliad, lib. vi., ver. 289.

"There lay the ventures of no vulgar art,

SIDONIAN maids embroidered every part."

POPE.

Αργυρεον κρητηρα τετυγμενον· ἑξ δ' αρα μετρα

Χανδανεν, αυταρ καλλει ενικα πασαν επ' αιαν

Πολλον, επι Σιδονες πολυδαιδαλοι ευ ησκησαν.

Iliad, lib. xxiii., ver. 741.

"A silver urn that full six measures held,

By none in weight or workmanship excell'd;

SIDONIAN artists taught the frame to shine,

Elaborate with artifice divine."

POPE.

Εκ μεν Σιδωνος πολυχαλκου ευχομαι ειναι.

Odyss. xv. 424.

"I am of SIDON, famous for her wealth." The art of making glass is attributed by Pliny to this city: SIDON artifex vitri, Hist. Nat. l. v., c. 19.

Misrephoth-maim — Or, Misrephoth of the waters. What this place was is unknown, but Calmet conjectures it to be the same with Sarepta, a city of Phoenicia, contiguous to Sidon. The word signifies the burning of the waters, or inflammation; probably it was a place noted for its hot springs: this idea seems to have struck Luther, as he translates it, die warme wasser, the hot waters.