约书亚记 11:9

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

約書亞照著耶和華吩咐他的對待他們；他砍斷了他們的馬蹄筋，用火燒了他們的車輛。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
约 书 亚 就 照 耶 和 华 所 吩 咐 他 的 去 行 ， 砍 断 他 们 马 的 蹄 筋 ， 用 火 焚 烧 他 们 的 车 辆 。

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

he houghed, Joshua 11:6, Ezekiel 39:9, Ezekiel 39:10

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 20:1 - horses 2 Samuel 8:4 - chariots 1 Chronicles 18:4 - David Psalms 46:9 - burneth Nahum 2:13 - I will burn

Cross-References

Genesis 10:5
Those who lived in the lands around the Mediterranean Sea came from these sons of Japheth. All the families grew and became different nations, each nation with its own land and its own language.

Genesis 10:10
At first Nimrod's kingdom covered Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Babylonia.

Genesis 10:20
All these people were the sons of Ham, and all these families had their own languages, their own lands, and their own nations.

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 11:1
At this time the whole world spoke one language, and everyone used the same words.

Genesis 11:14
When Shelah was 30 years old, his son Eber was born.

Genesis 11:31
Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran's son), and his daughter-in-law Sarai (Abram's wife) and moved out of Ur of Babylonia. They had planned to go to the land of Canaan, but when they reached the city of Haran, they settled there.

Genesis 11:32
Terah lived to be 205 years old, and then he died in Haran.

Acts 17:26
God began by making one person, and from him came all the different people who live everywhere in the world. God decided exactly when and where they must live.

1 Corinthians 14:23
Suppose the whole church meets together and everyone speaks in different languages. If some people come in who do not understand or do not believe, they will say you are crazy.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him,.... Namely, in the following instances:

he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire; not consulting his own worldly interest or that of the people of Israel, but the command of God, which he carefully obeyed, and reserved none for himself or them, as David in another case afterwards did; see 2 Samuel 8:4.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 11:9. He houghed their horses — The Hebrew word עקר akar, which we render to hough or hamstring, signifies to wound, cut, or lop off. It is very likely that it means here, not only an act by which they were rendered useless, but by which they were destroyed; as God had purposed that his people should not possess any cattle of this kind, that a warlike and enterprising spirit might not be cultivated among them; and that, when obliged to defend themselves and their country, they might be led to depend upon God for protection and victory. On the same ground, God had forbidden the kings of Israel to multiply horses, Deuteronomy 17:16. See the note there containing the reasons on which this prohibition was founded.

Burnt their chariots — As these could have been of no use without the horses.