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 thy sword, nor with thy bow.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 ye crossed over Jordan, and came to Jericho; and the inhabitants of Jericho fought against us, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Lord delivered them into our hands.

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

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Cross References

Exodus 23:28And I will send hornets before thee, and thou shalt cast out the Amorites and the Hivites, and the Canaanites and the Hittites from thee.

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

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

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

Psalms 44:3Thou art more beautiful than the sons of men: 1 Grace has been shed forth on thy lips: 1 Therefore God has blessed thee forever. 1

Psalms 80:10There shall be no new god in thee; 1 Neither shalt thou worship a strange god. 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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