Joshua 21:44
and the Lord gave them security on every side, exactly as he had sworn to their ancestors. Not one of their enemies could hold their own against them, for the Lord put all their enemies into their power.
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45Not one of the good promises made by the Lord to the people of Israel failed. All were fulfilled.
Cross References
Joshua 1:5No one will be able to hold their own against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will never fail you nor forsake you.
Joshua 1:15until the Lord settles your kinsmen like yourselves, until they get possession of the land which the Lord your God assigns to them. Then you can return to your own region and occupy the land assigned you by Moses the servant of the Lord on the eastern bank of the Jordan.”
Joshua 11:8and the Lord put them into the hands of Israel, who routed them, chasing them to Great Sidon and Misrephoth-maim and the valley of Mizpeh eastward. They routed them and left not one alive.
Joshua 11:23In this way Joshua captured the whole country, as the Lord had told Moses. Joshua assigned it to the tribes of Israel by their divisions as their own property. And so the land had rest from war.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 21:44-45
43 And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. 44 And the Lord gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand. 45 There failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass. We have here the conclusion of this whole matter, the foregoing… Read the whole commentary →