Joshua 24:12

And he sent forth the hornet before you; and he drove them out from before you, even twelve kings of the Amorites, not with your sword, nor with your bow.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

In Context

11And you⌃ crossed over Jordan, and came to Jericho; and the inhabitants of Jericho fought against us, the Amorite, and the Chananite, and the Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite, and the Chettite, and the Gergesite, and the Lord delivered them into our hands.

13And he gave you a land on which you⌃ did not labor, and cities which you⌃ did not build, and you⌃ were settled in them; and you⌃ + 24:13 Or, shall eat. eat of vineyards and olive yards which you⌃ did not plant.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:28And I will send hornets before you, and you shall cast out the Amorites and the Evites, and the Chananites and the Chettites from you.

Numbers 21:32And Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took it, and its villages, and cast out the Amorite that lived there.

Deuteronomy 4:47And they inherited his land, and the land of Og king of Basan, two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan eastward.

Deuteronomy 31:4And the Lord your God shall do to them as he did to Seon and Og the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan, and to their land, as he destroyed them.

Psalms 44:3Gird your sword upon your thigh, O Mighty One, in your comeliness, and in your beauty; 1

Psalms 80:10For I am the Lord your God, that brought you out of the land of Egypt: open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. 1

Matthew Henry on Joshua 24:2-15

Joshua's Farewell Address to Israel. ( b. c. 1427.) 1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God. 2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods. 3 And I took your father Abraham… Read the whole commentary →

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