The MacArthur Study Bible, NKJV

by John MacArthur

  13:5 k Josh. 12:7

  13:5 1 Or Giblites

  13:6 l Josh. 11:8

  13:6 m Josh. 23:13; Judg. 2:21, 23

  13:6 n Josh. 14:1, 2

  13:6 2 Heb. Misrephoth Maim, lit. Burnings of Water

  13:6 3 apportion

  13:8 o Num. 32:33; Deut. 3:12, 13; Josh. 22:4

  13:8 p Josh. 12:1–6

  13:9 q Num. 21:30; Josh. 13:16

  13:10 r Num. 21:24, 25

  13:11 s Num. 32:1; Josh. 12:5

  13:12 t Deut. 3:11; Josh. 12:4

  13:12 u Num. 21:24, 34, 35

  13:12 4 Lit. struck

  13:12 5 dispossessed

  13:13 v Josh. 13:11

  13:14 w Num. 18:20, 23, 24; Deut. 18:1; Josh. 14:3, 4

  13:14 x Josh. 13:33

  13:14 6 no land as a possession

  13:15 y Num. 34:14; Josh. 13:15–23

  13:16 z Josh. 12:2

  13:16 a Num. 21:28

  13:16 b Num. 21:30; Josh. 13:9

  13:17 c Num. 21:28, 30

  13:18 d Num. 21:23; Judg. 11:20; Is. 15:4; Jer. 48:34

  13:19 e Num. 32:37; Jer. 48:1, 23; Ezek. 25:9

  13:19 f Num. 32:38

  13:20 g Deut. 3:17; Josh. 12:3

  13:21 h Deut. 3:10

  13:21 i Num. 21:24

  13:21 j Num. 31:8

  13:22 k Num. 22:5; 31:8

  13:22 7 diviner

  13:24 l Num. 34:14; 1 Chr. 5:11

  13:25 m Num. 32:1, 35

  13:25 n Judg. 11:13, 15

  13:25 o Deut. 3:11; 2 Sam. 11:1; 12:26

  13:27 p Num. 32:36

  13:27 q Gen. 33:17; 1 Kin. 7:46

  13:27 r Num. 34:11; Deut. 3:17

  13:27 8 Sea of Galilee

  13:29 s Num. 34:14; 1 Chr. 5:23

  13:30 t Num. 32:41; 1 Chr. 2:23

  13:31 u Josh. 9:10; 12:4; 13:12; 1 Chr. 6:71

  13:31 v Num. 32:39, 40; Josh. 17:1

  13:32 9 apportioned

  13:33 w Deut. 18:1; Josh. 13:14; 18:7

  13:33 x Num. 18:20; Deut. 10:9; 18:1, 2

  Joshua 14

  14:1 a Num. 34:16–29

  14:2 b Num. 26:55; 33:54; 34:13; Ps. 16:5

  14:3 c Num. 32:33; Josh. 13:8, 32, 33

  14:4 d Gen. 41:51; 46:20; 48:1, 5; Num. 26:28; 2 Chr. 30:1

  14:4 e Num. 35:2–8; Josh. 21:1–42

  14:5 f Num. 35:2; Josh. 21:2

  14:6 g Num. 32:11, 12

  14:6 h Num. 14:24, 30

  14:6 i Num. 13:26

  14:7 j Num. 13:6, 17; 14:6

  14:8 k Num. 13:31, 32; Deut. 1:28

  14:8 l Num. 14:24; Deut. 1:36

  14:8 1 courage of the people fail

  14:9 m Num. 14:23, 24

  14:9 n Num. 13:22; Deut. 1:36

  14:10 o Num. 14:24, 30, 38

  14:10 p Josh. 5:6; Neh. 9:21

  14:10 2 Lit. walked

  14:11 q Deut. 34:7

  14:11 r Deut. 31:2

  14:12 s Num. 13:28, 33

  14:12 t Rom. 8:31

  14:12 u Josh. 15:14; Judg. 1:20

  14:13 v Josh. 22:6

  14:13 w Josh. 10:37; 15:13

  14:14 x Josh. 21:12

  14:14 y Josh. 14:8, 9

  14:15 z Gen. 23:2; Josh. 15:13

  14:15 a Josh. 11:23

  Joshua 15

  15:1 a Num. 34:3

  15:1 b Num. 33:36

  15:1 1 allotment

  15:2 c Num. 34:3, 4

  15:3 d Num. 34:4

  15:4 e Num. 34:5

  15:5 f Josh. 18:15–19

  15:6 g Josh. 18:19, 21

  15:6 h Josh. 18:17

  15:7 i Josh. 13:26

  15:7 j Josh. 7:26

  15:7 k 2 Sam. 17:17; 1 Kin. 1:9

  15:8 l Josh. 18:16; 2 Kin. 23:10; Jer. 19:2, 6

  15:8 m Josh. 15:63; 18:28; Judg. 1:21; 19:10

  15:8 n Josh. 18:16

  15:8 2 Lit. Giants

  15:9 o Josh. 18:15

  15:9 p 1 Chr. 13:6

  15:9 q Judg. 18:12

  15:10 r Gen. 38:13; Judg. 14:1

  15:10 3 turned around

  15:11 s Josh. 19:43

  15:12 t Num. 34:6, 7; Josh. 15:47

  15:13 u Josh. 14:13

  15:13 v Num. 13:6

  15:13 w Josh. 14:15

  15:14 x Judg. 1:10, 20

  15:14 y Num. 13:22

  15:15 z Josh. 10:38; Judg. 1:11

  15:16 a Judg. 1:12

  15:16 4 Lit. strikes

  15:17 b Judg. 1:13; 3:9

  15:17 c Num. 32:12; Josh. 14:6

  15:17 d Judg. 1:12

  15:18 e Judg. 1:14

  15:18 f Gen. 24:64; 1 Sam. 25:23

  15:19 g Gen. 33:11

  15:21 h Gen. 35:21

  15:24 i 1 Sam. 23:14

  15:28 j Gen. 21:31; Josh. 19:2

  15:30 k Josh. 19:4

  15:31 l Josh. 19:5; 1 Sam. 27:6; 30:1

  15:32 m Judg. 20:45, 47

  15:33 n Judg. 13:25; 16:31

  15:35 o 1 Sam. 22:1

  15:38 p 2 Kin. 14:7

  15:39 q 2 Kin. 14:19

  15:39 r Josh. 10:3

  15:40 5 Or Lahmam

  15:42 s Josh. 21:13

  15:46 t Josh. 11:22

  15:47 u Josh. 15:4

  15:47 v Num. 34:6

  15:51 w Josh. 10:41; 11:16

  15:54 x Josh. 14:15

  15:55 y 1 Sam. 23:24, 25

  15:60 z Josh. 18:14; 1 Sam. 7:1, 2

  15:62 a 1 Sam. 23:29; Ezek. 47:10

  15:63 b Judg. 1:8, 21; 2 Sam. 5:6; 1 Chr. 11:4

  15:63 c Judg. 1:21

  Joshua 16

  16:1 a Josh. 8:15; 18:12

  16:1 1 Lit. went out

  16:1 2 LXX Bethel Luz

  16:2 b Josh. 18:13; Judg. 1:26

  16:2 3 LXX to Bethel,

  16:3 c Josh. 18:13; 1 Kin. 9:17; 2 Chr. 8:5

  16:3 d Josh. 21:21; 1 Kin. 9:15; 1 Chr. 7:28

  16:3 4 Lit. the goings out of it were at the sea

  16:4 e Josh. 17:14

  16:4 5 possession

  16:5 f Judg. 1:29; 1 Chr. 7:28, 29

  16:5 g Josh. 18:13

  16:5 h 2 Chr. 8:5

  16:6 i Josh. 17:7

  16:7 6 Naaran, 1 Chr. 7:28

  16:8 j Josh. 17:8

  16:8 k Josh. 17:9

  16:8 7 Lit. the goings out of it were at the sea

  16:9 l Josh. 17:9

  16:10 m Josh. 15:63; 17:12, 13; Judg. 1:29; 1 Kin. 9:16

  Joshua 17

  17:1 a Gen. 41:51; 46:20; 48:18

  17:1 b Gen. 50:23; Judg. 5:14

  17:1 c Deut. 3:15

  17:2 d Num. 26:29–33

  17:2 e 1 Chr. 7:18

  17:2 f Num. 26:31

  17:2 g Num. 26:32

  17:2 1 Jeezer, Num. 26:30

  17:3 h Num. 26:33; 27:1; 36:2

  17:4 i Josh. 14:1

  17:4 j Num. 27:2–11

  17:4 2 possession

  17:5 k Josh. 22:7

  17:7 l Josh. 16:6

  17:8 m Josh. 16:8

  17:9 n Josh. 16:9

  17:9 3 boundary

  17:9 4 Wadi

  17:11 o 1 Chr. 7:29

  17:11 p Judg. 1:27; 1 Sam. 31:10; 1 Kin. 4:12

  17:12 q Judg. 1:19, 27, 28

  17:13 r Josh. 16:10

  17:14 s Josh. 16:4

  17:14 t Gen. 48:22

  17:14 u Gen. 48:19; Num. 26:34, 37

  17:14 5 allotment

  17:16 v Josh. 17:18; Judg. 1:19; 4:3

  17:16 w Josh. 19:18; 1 Kin. 4:12

  17:17 6 allotment

  17:18 x Deut. 20:1

  17:18 7 Lit. goings out

  Joshua 18

  18:1 a Josh. 19:51; 21:2; 22:9; Jer. 7:12

  18:1 b Judg. 18:31; 1 Sam. 1:3, 24; 4:3, 4

  18:3 c Judg. 18:9

  18:5 d Josh. 15:1

  18:5 e Josh. 16:1—17:18

  18:6 f Josh. 14:2; 18:10

  18:6 1 describe in writing

  18:7 g Num. 18:7, 20; Josh. 13
:33

  18:7 h Josh. 13:8

  18:8 i Gen. 13:17

  18:8 2 describe in writing

  18:9 3 described it in writing

  18:10 j Acts 13:19

  18:10 k Num. 34:16–29; Josh. 19:51

  18:10 4 portions

  18:11 l Judg. 1:21

  18:12 m Josh. 16:1

  18:13 n Gen. 28:19; Josh. 16:2; Judg. 1:23

  18:13 o Josh. 16:3

  18:14 p Josh. 15:9

  18:14 5 Lit. its goings out were

  18:15 q Josh. 15:9

  18:16 r Josh. 15:8

  18:16 s Josh. 15:7

  18:16 6 Lit. Giants

  18:17 t Josh. 15:6

  18:18 7 Beth Arabah, Josh. 15:6; 18:22

  18:19 u Josh. 15:2, 5

  18:19 8 Lit. the goings out of the border were

  18:25 v Josh. 11:19; 21:17; 1 Kin. 3:4, 5

  18:25 w Jer. 31:15

  18:28 x Josh. 15:8, 63

  Joshua 19

  19:1 a Judg. 1:3

  19:1 b Josh. 19:9

  19:2 c 1 Chr. 4:28

  19:8 d 1 Sam. 30:27

  19:9 e Josh. 19:1

  19:9 1 too large

  19:9 2 Lit. them

  19:11 f Gen. 49:13

  19:11 g Josh. 12:22

  19:12 h 1 Chr. 6:72

  19:13 i 2 Kin. 14:25

  19:14 3 Lit. the goings out of it were

  19:22 j Josh. 15:10; Judg. 1:33

  19:24 k Judg. 1:31, 32

  19:26 l 1 Sam. 15:12; 1 Kin. 18:20; Is. 33:9; 35:2; Jer. 46:18

  19:27 m 1 Kin. 9:13

  19:28 n Gen. 10:19; Josh. 11:8; Judg. 1:31; Acts 27:3

  19:28 4 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; a few Heb. mss. Abdon (cf. 21:30 and 1 Chr. 6:74)

  19:29 o Judg. 1:31

  19:32 p Josh. 19:32–39; Judg. 1:33

  19:33 5 Lit. its goings out were

  19:34 q Deut. 33:23

  19:37 r Josh. 20:7

  19:40 s Josh. 19:40–48; Judg. 1:34–36

  19:41 t Josh. 15:33

  19:42 u Judg. 1:35; 1 Kin. 4:9

  19:42 v Josh. 10:12; 21:24

  19:43 w Josh. 15:11; Judg. 1:18

  19:46 6 over against

  19:46 7 Heb. Japho

  19:47 x Judg. 18

  19:47 y Judg. 18:29

  19:49 8 finished

  19:50 z Josh. 24:30

  19:50 a 1 Chr. 7:24

  19:51 b Num. 34:17; Josh. 14:1

  19:51 c Josh. 18:1, 10

  Joshua 20

  20:2 a Ex. 21:13; Num. 35:6–34; Deut. 19:2, 9

  20:2 1 Designate

  20:4 2 states

  20:5 b Num. 35:12

  20:6 c Num. 35:12, 24, 25

  20:7 d Josh. 21:32; 1 Chr. 6:76

  20:7 e Josh. 21:21; 2 Chr. 10:1

  20:7 f Josh. 14:15; 21:11, 13

  20:7 g Luke 1:39

  20:8 h Deut. 4:43; Josh. 21:36; 1 Chr. 6:78

  20:8 i Josh. 21:38; 1 Kin. 22:3

  20:8 j Josh. 21:27

  20:9 k Num. 35:15

  20:9 l Josh. 20:6

  20:9 3 As a resident alien

  Joshua 21

  21:1 a Num. 35:1–8

  21:1 b Num. 34:16–29; Josh. 14:1; 17:4

  21:2 c Josh. 18:1

  21:2 d Num. 35:2

  21:4 e Josh. 21:8, 19

  21:4 f Josh. 19:51

  21:5 g Josh. 21:20

  21:6 h Josh. 21:27

  21:7 i Josh. 21:34

  21:8 j Josh. 21:3

  21:8 k Num. 35:2

  21:9 1 Lit. called

  21:11 l Josh. 20:7; 1 Chr. 6:55

  21:11 m Josh. 14:15; 15:13, 14

  21:11 n Josh. 20:7; Luke 1:39

  21:11 2 Lit. City of Arba

  21:12 o Josh. 14:14; 1 Chr. 6:56

  21:13 p 1 Chr. 6:57

  21:13 q Josh. 15:54; 20:2, 7

  21:13 r Josh. 15:42; 2 Kin. 8:22

  21:14 s Josh. 15:48

  21:14 t Josh. 15:50

  21:15 u 1 Chr. 6:58

  21:15 v Josh. 15:49

  21:16 w 1 Chr. 6:59

  21:16 x Josh. 15:55

  21:16 y Josh. 15:10

  21:17 z Josh. 18:25

  21:17 a Josh. 18:24

  21:18 b 1 Chr. 6:60

  21:20 c 1 Chr. 6:66

  21:20 3 allotment

  21:21 d Josh. 20:7

  21:21 e Judg. 1:29

  21:24 f Josh. 10:12

  21:27 g Josh. 21:6; 1 Chr. 6:71

  21:27 h Josh. 20:8

  21:32 i Josh. 20:7

  21:34 j Josh. 21:7; 1 Chr. 6:77–81

  21:36 k Deut. 4:43; Josh. 20:8

  21:36 4 So with LXX, Vg. (cf. 1 Chr. 6:78, 79); MT, Bg., Tg. omit vv. 36, 37

  21:38 l Josh. 20:8

  21:41 m Num. 35:7

  21:43 n Gen. 12:7; 26:3, 4; 28:4, 13, 14

  21:43 o Num. 33:53; Josh. 1:11

  21:44 p Deut. 7:23, 24; Josh. 11:23; 22:4

  21:44 q Josh. 1:13, 15; 11:23

  21:44 r Deut. 7:24

  21:45 s (Num. 23:19); Josh. 23:14; 1 Kin. 8:56

  Joshua 22

  22:2 a Num. 32:20–22; Deut. 3:18

  22:2 b Josh. 1:12–18

  22:3 1 forsaken

  22:4 c Josh. 21:44

  22:4 d Num. 32:33

  22:5 e Deut. 6:6, 17; 11:22; Jer. 12:16

  22:5 f Deut. 10:12; 11:13, 22

  22:5 2 be very careful to do

  22:6 g Gen. 47:7; Ex. 39:43; Josh. 14:13; 2 Sam. 6:18; Luke 24:50

  22:7 h Josh. 17:1–13

  22:8 i Num. 31:27; 1 Sam. 30:24

  22:8 3 plunder

  22:9 j Num. 32:1, 26, 29

  22:11 k Deut. 13:12–18; Judg. 20:12, 13

  22:11 4 Lit. front

  22:12 l Josh. 18:1; Judg. 20:1

  22:13 m Deut. 13:14; Judg. 20:12

  22:13 n Ex. 6:25; Num. 25:7, 11–13

  22:14 o Num. 1:4

  22:14 5 Lit. thousands

  22:16 p Deut. 12:5–14

  22:16 q Lev. 17:8, 9

  22:16 6 unfaithful act

  22:17 r Num. 25:1–9; Deut. 4:3

  22:18 s Num. 16:22

  22:19 t Josh. 18:1

  22:19 7 However

  22:20 u Josh. 7:1–26

  22:20 8 act unfaithfully

  22:20 9 devoted thing

  22:21 10 Lit. thousands

  22:22 v Deut. 4:35; 10:17; Is. 44:8; 45:5; 46:9; (1 Cor. 8:5, 6)

  22:22 w (Job 10:7; 23:10; Jer. 12:3; 2 Cor. 11:11, 31)

  22:23 x Deut. 18:19; 1 Sam. 20:16

  22:24 11 Lit. from fear

  22:27 y Gen. 31:48; Josh. 22:34; 24:27

  22:27 z Deut. 12:5, 14

  22:27 12 testimony

  22:29 a Deut. 12:13, 14

  22:30 13 Lit. thousands

  22:31 b Ex. 25:8; Lev. 26:11, 12; 2 Chr. 15:2; Zech. 8:23

  22:33 c 1 Chr. 29:20; Neh. 8:6; Dan. 2:19; Luke 2:28

  22:34 14 LXX adds and half the tribe of Manasseh

  Joshua 23

  23:1 a Josh. 21:44; 22:4

  23:1 b Josh. 13:1; 24:29

  23:2 c Deut. 31:28

  23:3 d Ps. 44:3

  23:3 e Ex. 14:14; Deut. 1:30; Josh. 10:14, 42

  23:4 f Josh. 13:2, 6; 18:10

  23:5 g Ex. 23:30; 33:2

  23:5 h Num. 33:53

  23:6 i Josh. 1:7

  23:6 j Deut. 5:32

  23:7 k Ex. 23:33; Deut. 7:2, 3; (Prov. 4:14; Eph. 5:11)

  23:7 l Ex. 23:13; Ps. 16:4; Jer. 5:7; Hos. 2:17

  23:7 m Deut. 6:13; 10:20

  23:7 n Ex. 20:5

  23:7 1 associate with

  23:8 o Deut. 10:20

  23:9 p Deut. 7:24; 11:23; Josh. 1:5

  23:9 2 dispossessed

  23:10 q Lev. 26:8; Deut. 28:7; Is. 30:17

  23:10 r Ex. 14:14

  23:11 s Josh. 22:5

  23:12 t (2 Pet. 2:20, 21)

  23:12 u Deut. 7:3, 4; Ezra 9:2; Neh. 13:25

  23:13 v Judg. 2:3

  23:13 w Ex. 23:33; 34:12; De
ut. 7:16

  23:14 x 1 Kin. 2:2

  23:14 y Josh. 21:45; (Luke 21:33)

  23:14 3 I am going to die.

  23:15 z Deut. 28:63

  23:15 a Lev. 26:14–39; Deut. 28:15–68

  23:16 b Deut. 4:24–28

  23:16 4 Or if ever

  Joshua 24

  24:1 a Gen. 35:4

  24:1 b Josh. 23:2

  24:1 c 1 Sam. 10:19

  24:2 d Gen. 11:7–32

  24:2 e Josh. 24:14

  24:2 1 The Euphrates

  24:3 f Gen. 12:1; Acts 7:2, 3

  24:3 g Gen. 21:1–8; (Ps. 127:3)

  24:3 2 The Euphrates

  24:3 3 Lit. seed

  24:4 h Gen. 25:24–26

  24:4 i Gen. 36:8; Deut. 2:5

  24:4 j Gen. 46:1, 3, 6

  24:5 k Ex. 3:10

  24:5 l Ex. 7—10

  24:6 m Ex. 12:37, 51; 14:2–31

  24:7 n Ex. 14:20

  24:7 o Deut. 4:34

  24:7 p Josh. 5:6

  24:8 q Num. 21:21–35

  24:9 r Judg. 11:25

  24:9 s Num. 22:2–14

  24:10 t Deut. 23:5

  24:10 u Num. 23:11, 20; 24:10

  24:11 v Josh. 3:14, 17

  24:11 w Josh. 6:1; 10:1

  24:12 x Ex. 23:28; Deut. 7:20

  24:12 y Ps. 44:3

  24:13 z Deut. 6:10, 11

  24:14 a Deut. 10:12, 13; 1 Sam. 12:24

  24:14 b 2 Cor. 1:12

  24:14 c Josh. 24:2, 23; Ezek. 20:18

  24:14 d Ezek. 20:7, 8

  24:14 4 The Euphrates

  24:15 e Ruth 1:15; 1 Kin. 18:21

  24:15 f Josh. 24:2; Ezek. 20:39

  24:15 g Ex. 23:24, 32

  24:15 h Gen. 18:19; Ps. 101:2; (1 Tim. 3:4, 5)

  24:15 5 The Euphrates

  24:18 i Ps. 116:16

  24:19 j Matt. 6:24

  24:19 k Lev. 11:44, 45; 1 Sam. 6:20

  24:19 l Ex. 20:5

  24:19 m Ex. 23:21

  24:20 n 1 Chr. 28:9; Ezra 8:22; Is. 1:28; 63:10; 65:11, 12; Jer. 17:13

  24:20 o Deut. 4:24–26; Josh. 23:15

  24:22 p Ps. 119:173

  24:23 q Gen. 35:2; Josh. 24:14; Judg. 10:15, 16; 1 Sam. 7:3

  24:23 r 1 Kin. 8:57, 58; Ps. 119:36; 141:4

  24:24 s Ex. 19:8; 24:3, 7; Deut. 5:24–27

  24:25 t Ex. 15:25

  24:25 u Josh. 24:1

  24:25 6 Lit. cut a covenant

  24:26 v Deut. 31:24

  24:26 w Judg. 9:6

  24:26 x Gen. 28:18

  24:26 y Gen. 35:4

  24:27 z Gen. 31:48

  24:27 a Deut. 32:1

  24:28 b Judg. 2:6, 7

  24:29 c Judg. 2:8

  24:30 d Josh. 19:50; Judg. 2:9

  24:31 e Judg. 2:7

  24:31 f Deut. 11:2

  24:32 g Gen. 50:25; Ex. 13:19; Heb. 11:22

  24:32 h Gen. 33:19; John 4:5

  24:32 7 Heb. qesitah, an unknown ancient measure of weight

  24:33 i Ex. 28:1; Num. 20:28; Josh. 14:1

  24:33 j Ex. 6:25

  Introduction to Judges

  Title

  The book bears the fitting name “Judges,” which refers to unique leaders God gave to His people for preservation against their enemies (2:16–19). The Hebrew title means “deliverers” or “saviors,” as well as judges (cf. Deut. 16:18; 17:9; 19:17). Twelve such judges arose before Samuel; then Eli and Samuel raised the count to 14. God Himself is the higher Judge (11:27). Judges spans about 350 years from Joshua’s conquest (ca. 1398 B.C.) until Eli and Samuel judged prior to the establishment of the monarchy (ca. 1043 B.C.).