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Joshua 12:15

the king of Libnah, the king of Adullam,

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;
Bible in Basic English
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 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 These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the sons of Israel won the war against west of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon as far as Mount Halak which goes up to Seir. (Joshua gave their land as a gift to the family groups of Israel, by each one's share. 8 He gave them the hill country, the valleys, the Arabah, the hill-sides, the desert, and the Negev. It was the land of the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite.) 9 There was the king of Jericho, the king of Ai which is beside Bethel, 10 the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, 11 the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, 12 the king of Eglon, and the king of Gezer. 13 There was the king of Debir, the king of Geder, 14 the king of Horman, the king of Arad, 15 the king of Libnah, the king of Adullam, 16 the king of Makkedah, and the king of Bethel.

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 you a great nation. I will bring good to you. I will make your name great, so you will be honored.
Genesis 12:4
So Abram left as the Lord told him to do, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
Genesis 12:5
Abram took his wife Sarai, and his brother's son Lot, and all the things they had gathered, and the people who joined them in Haran. And they left to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan.
Genesis 12:16
And Pharaoh acted well toward Abram because of Sarai. He gave Abram sheep, cattle, male and female donkeys, and camels, and men and women servants.
Genesis 20:2
Abraham said about his wife Sarah, "She is my sister." So Abimelech king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her for his wife.
Genesis 40:2
Pharaoh was angry with these two important men, the head cup-carrier and the head bread-maker.
Genesis 41:1
After two years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream. He dreamed that he was standing by the Nile River.
Exodus 2:5
Then the daughter of Pharaoh came to wash herself in the Nile. Her young women walked beside the Nile. She saw the basket in the tall grass and sent the woman who served her to get it.
Exodus 2:15
When Pharaoh heard what had happened, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses ran away from Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian. He sat down there by a well.
1 Kings 3:1
Then Solomon made a marriage agreement with Pharaoh the king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her to the city of David. She stayed there until he had finished building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall around Jerusalem.

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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