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Joshua 11:5
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All these kings joined forces; they came and camped together at the Waters of Merom to attack Israel.
All these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Yisra'el.
And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
And all these kings joined forces, and they came and camped together by the waters of Merom to fight with Israel.
And all these kings joined their forces and came and encamped together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.
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.
All these kings gathered and joined forces at the Waters of Merom to fight Israel.
So all these kings met and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
So all of these kings gathered together, and came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
So all these Kings met together, and came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, for to fight against Israel.
So all of these kings agreed to meet, and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
All these kings met together, then came and pitched camp together at the Merom Spring, to fight Isra'el.
And all these kings met together, and came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
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.
And when all these kings were met together, they came and encamped together at the waters of Meron, and prepared to fight against Israel.
All of these kings joined forces and came together and set up camp at Merom Brook to fight against Israel.
And all these kings met together. And they came and camped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
All these kinges gathered the selues, and came, and pitched together by ye water of Meram, to fighte with Israel.
And all these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
And all these kings came together, and put their forces in position at the waters of Merom, to make war on Israel.
And all these kinges met together, and came & pitched together at the waters of Merom, for to fight against Israel.
And all these kings met together, and they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
And when all these Kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
And all the kings assembled in person, and came to the same place, and encamped at the waters of Maron to war with Israel.
And all these kings met together; and they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
All these kings joined forces and encamped at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.
And alle these kyngis camen togidere at the watris of Meron, to fiyte ayens Israel.
and all these kings are met together, and they come and encamp together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
And all these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
And when all these kings were met together, they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
All these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
And when all these kings had met together, they came and camped together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.
The kings joined forces and established their camp around the water near Merom to fight against Israel.
All of these kings met and came and stayed together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
All these kings joined their forces, and came and camped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
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.
And all these kings assembled together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
So all of these kings having agreed to meet, came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
Contextual Overview
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
and Arpach'shad lived after the birth of Shelah four hundred and three years, and had other sons and daughters.
When Shelah had lived thirty years, he became the father of Eber;
and Serug lived after the birth of Nahor two hundred years, and had other sons and daughters.
When Nahor had lived twenty-nine years, he became the father of Terah;
I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry which has come to me; and if not, I will know."
and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Per'izzites, the Hivites, and the Jeb'usites.
and be ready by the third day; for on the third day the LORD will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
And Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire; and the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.
And the LORD came down upon Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain; and the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven; his eyes behold, his eyelids test, the children of men.
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.
