Joshua 23:1
And it came to pass after many days after the Lord had given Israel rest from all his enemies round about, that Joshua was old and advanced in + 23:1 Gr. days.years.
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Deuteronomy 31:2and said to them, I am this day a hundred and twenty years old; I shall not be able any longer to come in or go out; and the Lord said to me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
Joshua 13:1And Joshua was old and very advanced in years; and the Lord said to Joshua, Thou art advanced in + 13:1 Gr. days.years, and there is much land left to inherit.
Joshua 22:4And now the Lord our God has given our brethren rest, as he told them: now then return and depart to your homes, and to the land of your possession, which Moses gave you on the other side Jordan.
1 Kings 1:1And king David was old and advanced in days, and they covered him with clothes, and he was not warmed.
1 Chronicles 27:1Now the sons of Israel according to their number, heads of families, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and scribes ministering to the king, and for every affair of the king according to their divisions, for every ordinance of coming in and going out monthly, for all the months of the year, one division of them was twenty-four thousand.
2 Chronicles 14:5fortified cities in the land of Juda; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in these years; for the Lord gave him rest.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 23:1
In this and the following chapter we have two farewell sermons, which Joshua preached to the people of Israel a little before his death. Had he designed to gratify the curiosity of succeeding ages, he would rather have recorded the method of Israel's settlement in their new conquests, their husbandry, manufacturers, trade, customs, courts of justice, and the constitutions of their infant commonwealth, which one would wish to be informed of; but that which he intended in the registers of this book was to entail on… Read the whole commentary →