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Joshua 12:15

The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adullam;   Libnah;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Adullam;   King, Kings;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Adullam;   Libnah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Adullam;   Libnah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Adullam;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Adullam ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Libnah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Adul'lam;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Adullam;   Kings;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Adullam;   Joshua (2);   Libnah;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Adullam;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Adoni-Bezek;   Adullam;   War;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
the king of Libnah one
Hebrew Names Version
the king of Livna, one; the king of `Adullam, one;
King James Version
The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
Lexham English Bible
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
English Standard Version
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
New Century Version
Libnah, Adullam,
New English Translation
the king of Libnah (one), the king of Adullam (one),
Amplified Bible
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
New American Standard Bible
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
Geneva Bible (1587)
The King of Libnah, one: the King of Adullam, one:
Legacy Standard Bible
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
Complete Jewish Bible
the king of Livnah, the king of ‘Adulam,
Darby Translation
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
Easy-to-Read Version
the king of Libnah, the king of Adullam,
George Lamsa Translation
The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adam, one;
Good News Translation
Libnah, Adullam,
Literal Translation
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
ye kynge of Libna, the kynge of Adulla,
American Standard Version
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The king of Libna, one: the king of Adullam, one:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
King James Version (1611)
The king of Libnah, one: the king of Adullam, one:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
the king of Lebna, the king of Odollam,
English Revised Version
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
Berean Standard Bible
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
the kyng of Hedreth, oon; the kyng of Lempna, oon; the kyng of Odollam, oon;
Young's Literal Translation
The king of Libnah, one; The king of Adullam, one;
Update Bible Version
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
Webster's Bible Translation
The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
World English Bible
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
New King James Version
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
New Living Translation
The king of Libnah The king of Adullam
New Life Bible
the king of Libnah, the king of Adullam,
New Revised Standard
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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The king of Libnah, one, the king of Adullam, one,
Douay-Rheims Bible
The king of Lebna one, the king of Odullam one,
Revised Standard Version
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
THE MESSAGE
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New American Standard Bible (1995)
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

Contextual Overview

7 And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel overcame on the west side of Jordan, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which goes up to Seir; and Joshua gave the land to the tribes of Israel for a heritage, in keeping with their divisions; 8 In the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the Arabah, and on the mountain slopes, and in the waste land, and in the South; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 9 The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is near Beth-el, one; 10 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; 11 The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; 12 The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; 13 The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; 14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; 15 The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; 16 The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Beth-el, one;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Libnah: Eusebius and Jerome inform us, that Libnah was a town or village in their time, lying in the district of Eleutheropolis. Joshua 10:29, Joshua 10:30

Adullam: 1 Samuel 22:1

Reciprocal: Genesis 38:1 - Adullamite Joshua 15:35 - Adullam Joshua 15:42 - Libnah 2 Samuel 23:13 - the cave 2 Kings 19:8 - Libnah 1 Chronicles 11:15 - the cave 2 Chronicles 11:7 - Adullam Nehemiah 11:30 - Adullam

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:
Genesis 12:4
So Abram went as the Lord had said to him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went away from Haran.
Genesis 12:5
And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their goods and the servants which they had got in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan.
Genesis 12:16
And because of her, he was good to Abram, and he had sheep and oxen and asses, and men-servants and women-servants, and camels.
Genesis 20:2
And Abraham said of Sarah, his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.
Genesis 40:2
And Pharaoh was angry with his two servants, with the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker;
Genesis 41:1
Now after two years had gone by, Pharaoh had a dream; and in his dream he was by the side of the Nile;
Exodus 2:5
Now Pharaoh's daughter came down to the Nile to take a bath, while her women were walking by the riverside; and she saw the basket among the river-plants, and sent her servant-girl to get it.
Exodus 2:15
Now when Pharaoh had news of this, he would have put Moses to death. But Moses went in flight from Pharaoh into the land of Midian: and he took his seat by a water-spring.
1 Kings 3:1
Solomon became the son-in-law of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter as his wife, keeping her in the town of David, till the house he was building for himself, and the house of the Lord and the wall round Jerusalem, were complete.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The king of Libnah, one,.... Taken at the same time as the kings of Makkedah, Debir, and of other places were, Joshua 10:29;

the king of Adullam, one; a city in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:35; Jerom says k there was a village in his time, not a small one, called by this name, ten miles to the east of Eleutheropolis: near to this place was a cave where David hid himself when he fled from Saul, 1 Samuel 22:1;

1 Samuel 22:1- :.

k De loc. Heb. fol. 88. F.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The names of the kings are given in the order of their actual encounter with Joshua. Those enumerated in Joshua 12:10-18 either belonged to the league of the southern Canaanites (Joshua 10:1 ff), the power of which was broken in the battle of Beth-horon, or were at any rate conquered in the campaign following that battle. Those mentioned in Joshua 12:19-24 were in like manner connected with the northern confederates (Joshua 11:1 ff), who were defeated at the Waters of Merom.

Joshua 12:13-20

The identification of several of these places is still uncertain: the same name (e. g. Aphek, Joshua 12:18) being applied to various places in various parts of Palestine. Geder, or Gedor Joshua 15:58, a city in the mountain district in the south of the territory of Judah, is no doubt the modern “Jedur”.

Joshua 12:21

Taanach - A Levitical town Joshua 21:25 in the territory of Issachar, but assigned to the Manassites (Joshua 17:11; Compare 1 Chronicles 7:29), is identified with “Taanuk”. It was here that Barak encountered the host of Sisera Judges 5:19. Megiddo was near it, and is thought to have been “el Lejjun” (the Roman Legion), (or Mujedd’a (Conder)).

Joshua 12:22

Kedesh - i. e. Kedesh Naphtali, a city of refuge, a Levitical city, and the home of Barak Judges 9:6.

Jokneam - A Levitical city in the territory of Zebulon Joshua 19:11; perhaps the modern “Kaimon”. “Tell Kaimon” is a conspicuous and important position, commanding the main pass across the ridge of Carmel from Phoenicia to Egypt. This famous mountain range (about 15 miles long) no doubt received the name Carmel (the word means “a fruitful field” as opposed to “wilderness”) as descriptive of its character; and thus the name became an emblem of beauty and luxuriance (Isaiah 35:2; Song of Solomon 7:5, etc.). Its highest part, about 4 miles from Tell Kaimon, is nearly 1,750 feet above the sea. Its modern name, “Jebel Mar Elias”, preserves still that association with the great deeds of Elijah, from which Carmel derives its chief Biblical interest. Mount Carmel was probably, like Lebanon, from very ancient Canaanite times, regarded as especially sacred; and since the altar of the Lord repaired by Elijah 1 Kings 18:30 was an old one which had been broken down, Carmel was probably no less esteemed by the Israelites also. In later times the caves which abound toward the western bluffs of the range have been frequented by Christian, Jewish, and Mussulman anchorites. The order of Carmelite or barefooted friars took its rise from the convent founded by Louis, which still crowns the western headland.

Joshua 12:23

The king of the nations - See Genesis 14:1 and note. It means king of certain mixed and probably nomadic tribes, which regarded Gilgal Joshua 9:19 as their center and capital.

Joshua 12:24

Tirzah - This place, the capital of Jeroboam and his successors until the clays of Omri (1Ki 14:17; 1 Kings 15:21, etc.), is identified by some with “Tulluzah”, a town 3 miles northeast of Nablous, (by others with Teiasir).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 12:15. Adullam — A city belonging to the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:35. In a cave at this place David often secreted himself during his persecution by Saul; 1 Samuel 22:1.


 
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