the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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Ki̇tap (Turkish Bible)
Yeşu 11:9
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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
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.
