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Joshua 11:5

All these kings joined forces; they came and camped together at the Waters of Merom to attack Israel.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Canaanites;   Confederacies;   Jabin;   Merom;   Thompson Chain Reference - Alliances;   Evil;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Protection;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Hazor;   Jabin;   Merom;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Amorites;   Joshua the son of nun;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Camp;   Encamp;   Hazor;   Jabin;   Laish;   Merom;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Barak;   Jabin;   Merom, Waters of;   Syria;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Amorites;   Conquest of Canaan;   Hazor;   Joshua, the Book of;   Merom;   Meroz;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Jabin;   Jordan;   Joshua;   Merom, the Waters of;   Mizpah, Mizpeh;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Galilee;   Joram;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hazor ;   Jabin ;   Merom, Waters of (See Also Jordan, Lake of Huleh);   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Merom;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Journeyings of israel from egypt to canaan;   Merom;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ja'bin;   Me'rom;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jabin;   Joshua, Book of;   Lake;   Palestine;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Camp;   Judges, Period of;   Merom;   Palestine;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
All these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Yisra'el.
King James Version
And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
Lexham English Bible
And all these kings joined forces, and they came and camped together by the waters of Merom to fight with Israel.
English Standard Version
And all these kings joined their forces and came and encamped together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.
New Century Version
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.
New English Translation
All these kings gathered and joined forces at the Waters of Merom to fight Israel.
Amplified Bible
So all these kings met and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
New American Standard Bible
So all of these kings gathered together, and came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So all these Kings met together, and came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, for to fight against Israel.
Legacy Standard Bible
So all of these kings agreed to meet, and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
Complete Jewish Bible
All these kings met together, then came and pitched camp together at the Merom Spring, to fight Isra'el.
Darby Translation
And all these kings met together, and came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
Easy-to-Read Version
All these kings met together at the small river of Merom. They joined their armies together into one camp and made plans for the battle against Israel.
George Lamsa Translation
And when all these kings were met together, they came and encamped together at the waters of Meron, and prepared to fight against Israel.
Good News Translation
All of these kings joined forces and came together and set up camp at Merom Brook to fight against Israel.
Literal Translation
And all these kings met together. And they came and camped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
All these kinges gathered the selues, and came, and pitched together by ye water of Meram, to fighte with Israel.
American Standard Version
And all these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
Bible in Basic English
And all these kings came together, and put their forces in position at the waters of Merom, to make war on Israel.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And all these kinges met together, and came & pitched together at the waters of Merom, for to fight against Israel.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And all these kings met together, and they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
King James Version (1611)
And when all these Kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And all the kings assembled in person, and came to the same place, and encamped at the waters of Maron to war with Israel.
English Revised Version
And all these kings met together; and they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
All these kings joined forces and encamped at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And alle these kyngis camen togidere at the watris of Meron, to fiyte ayens Israel.
Young's Literal Translation
and all these kings are met together, and they come and encamp together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
Update Bible Version
And all these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
Webster's Bible Translation
And when all these kings were met together, they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
World English Bible
All these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
New King James Version
And when all these kings had met together, they came and camped together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.
New Living Translation
The kings joined forces and established their camp around the water near Merom to fight against Israel.
New Life Bible
All of these kings met and came and stayed together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
New Revised Standard
All these kings joined their forces, and came and camped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when all these kings were gathered together, they came in, and encamped as one man, at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And all these kings assembled together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
Revised Standard Version
And all these kings joined their forces, and came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So all of these kings having agreed to meet, came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.

Contextual Overview

1When King Jabin of Hazor heard this news, he sent a message to: King Jobab of Madon, the kings of Shimron and Achshaph, 2and the kings of the north in the hill country, the Arabah south of Chinnereth, the Judean foothills, and the Slopes of Dor to the west, 3the Canaanites in the east and west, the Amorites, Hethites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country, and the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah. 4They went out with all their armies—a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore—along with a vast number of horses and chariots. 5All these kings joined forces; they came and camped together at the Waters of Merom to attack Israel.6The Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for at this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to be killed before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.” 7So Joshua and all his troops surprised them at the Waters of Merom and attacked them. 8The Lord handed them over to Israel, and they struck them down, pursuing them as far as greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and to the east as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down, leaving no survivors. 9Joshua treated them as the Lord had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

all these: Psalms 3:1, Psalms 118:10-12, Isaiah 8:9, Revelation 16:14

met together: Heb. assembled by appointment

waters: This is what Josephus calls the lake Semechon, now called Bahr-el-Houle - Lake Julius between the head of the Jordan and the lake of Tiberias. According to Josephus it was seven miles long; and according to modern authorities, it is not above two miles broad, except at the north end, where it may be four.

Cross-References

Genesis 11:13
After he fathered Shelah, Arpachshad lived 403 years and fathered other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:14
Shelah lived 30 years and fathered Eber.
Genesis 11:23
After he fathered Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and fathered other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:24
Nahor lived 29 years and fathered Terah.
Genesis 18:21
I will go down to see if what they have done justifies the cry that has come up to me. If not, I will find out.”
Exodus 3:8
and I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to bring them from that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the territory of the Canaanites, Hethites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Exodus 19:11
and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
Exodus 19:18
Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke because the Lord came down on it in fire. Its smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.
Exodus 19:20
The Lord came down on Mount Sinai at the top of the mountain. Then the Lord summoned Moses to the top of the mountain, and he went up.
Psalms 11:4
The Lord is in his holy temple;the Lord—his throne is in heaven.His eyes watch;his gaze examines everyone.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when all those kings were met together,.... At some certain place, which Jabin had appointed:

they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom: Josephus a says it was at Berotha; perhaps it should be Merotha, a city of upper Galilee, not far from Cedesa, the same he elsewhere calls b Meroth, These waters are the same with the lake Samachonitis, on which Hazor was situated; so that it was near Jabin where the rendezvous was. This lake is thought c to have its name from the Arabic word "Samacha", which signifies high, as Merom does in Hebrew. It was, as Josephus says d thirty furlongs broad, and sixty long, and its waters clayish. Jerom says e, in his time there was here a village called Merrus, twelve miles from the city Sebaste by Dothaim: here the kings and their armies met

to fight against Israel; so that they were the aggressors, which made the war still more lawful.

a Ibid. (Antiq. l. 5. c. 1. sect. 8.) b De Bello Jud. l. 2. c. 20. sect. 6. c Reland. Palestin. Illustrat. tom. 1. p. 262. d De Bello Jud. l. 4. c. 1. sect. 1. & l. 3. c. 9. sect. 7. e De loc. Heb. fol. 93. D.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Waters of Merom - i. e. “the upper waters,” the modern Bahr el Huleh, the lake Semechonitis, or Samochonitis of Josephus. This lake occupies the southern half of the Ard el Huleh, a depressed basin some 15 miles long and 3 or 4 miles wide lying between the hills of Galilee on the west and the lower spurs of Hermon on the east. The size of the lake varies with the season, and the northern side of it ends in a large swamp. The shape of the lake is triangular, the point being at the south, where the Jordan, which enters it on the north, again quits it. There is a considerable space of tableland along the southwestern shore, and here probably the troops of Jabin and his confederates were encamped, preparing to move southward when Joshua and his army fell suddenly upon them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 11:5. The waters of Merom — Where these waters were, interpreters are not agreed. Whether they were the waters of the Lake Semechon, or the waters of Megiddo, mentioned Judges 5:19, cannot be easily determined. The latter is the more probable opinion.


 
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