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You did not do it with your own sword and bow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/joshua/24.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />And I sent terror ahead of you to drive out the two kings of the Amorites. It was not your swords or bows that brought you victory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/joshua/24.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out before you, the two kings of the Amorites; it was not by your sword or by your bow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/joshua/24.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/joshua/24.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, <i>even</i> the two kings of the Amorites; <i>but</i> not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/joshua/24.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I sent the hornet before you which drove them out from before you, <i>also</i> the two kings of the Amorites, <i>but</i> not with your sword or with your bow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/joshua/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then I sent the hornet before you and it drove out the two kings of the Amorites from you—not by your sword nor your bow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/joshua/24.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then I sent the hornet before you and it drove out the two kings of the Amorites from before you, but not by your sword or your bow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/joshua/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Then I sent the hornet before you and it drove out the two kings of the Amorites from before you, <i>but</i> not by your sword or your bow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/joshua/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then I sent the hornet before you, and it drove out the two kings of the Amorites from before you, <i>but</i> not by your sword or your bow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/joshua/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I sent the hornet [that is, the terror of you] before you, which drove the two kings of the Amorites out before you; but it was not by your sword or by your bow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/joshua/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I sent hornets ahead of you, and they drove out the two Amorite kings before you. It was not by your sword or bow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/joshua/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you. It was not by your sword or bow. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/joshua/24.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/joshua/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Your enemies ran from you, but not because you had swords and bows and arrows. I made your enemies panic and run away, as I had done with the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/joshua/24.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/joshua/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I sent hornets ahead of you to force out the two kings of the Amorites ahead of you. These things didn't happen because of your battle skills or fighting ability.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/joshua/24.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />As you advanced, I threw them into panic in order to drive out the two Amorite kings. Your swords and bows had nothing to do with it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/joshua/24.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then I sent hornets ahead of you to drive out two kings of the Amorites before you without your using either sword or bow. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/joshua/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/joshua/24.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I sent terror ahead of you to drive out before you the two Amorite kings. I gave you the victory; it was not by your swords or bows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/joshua/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/joshua/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/joshua/24.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/joshua/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I send the hornet before you, and it casts them out from your presence—two kings of the Amorite—not by your sword, nor by your bow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/joshua/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And I send before you the hornet, and it casteth them out from your presence -- two kings of the Amorite -- not by thy sword, nor by thy bow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/joshua/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I will send before you the hornet, and it shall drive them out from your face, the two kings of the Amorites: not with thy sword and not with thy bow.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/joshua/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I sent before you hornets: and I drove them out from their places, the two kings of the Amorrhites, not with thy sword nor with thy bow. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/joshua/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I sent wasps before you. And I drove them from their places, the two kings of the Amorites, but not by your sword, and not by your bow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/joshua/24.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />And I sent the hornets ahead of you which drove them—the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites—out of your way; it was not your sword or your bow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/joshua/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I sent the hornet ahead of you, which drove out before you the two kings of the Amorites; it was not by your sword or by your bow.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/joshua/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And I sent raiders before you, and I destroyed from before you the two kings of the Amorites; but not with your swords, nor with your bows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/joshua/24.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I sent hornets before you and I destroyed their two Kings of the Amorites from before you, not with your swords, neither with your bows<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/joshua/24.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/joshua/24.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he sent forth the hornet before you; and he drove them out from before you, <i>even</i> twelve kings of the Amorites, not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/joshua/24-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p91zXIGB0Rk?start=6374" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/joshua/24.htm">Joshua Reviews Israel's History</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>After this, you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I delivered them into your hand. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: wā·’eš·laḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">I sent</a> <a href="/hebrew/6880.htm" title="6880: haṣ·ṣir·‘āh (Art:: N-fs) -- Hornets. From tsara'; a wasp.">the hornet</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê·ḵem (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">ahead of you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1644.htm" title="1644: wat·tə·ḡā·reš (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To drive out, cast out. A primitive root; to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce.">and it drove out</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·w·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: šə·nê (Number-mdc) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">the two</a> <a href="/hebrew/567.htm" title="567: hā·’ĕ·mō·rî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps mountain dwellers, a Canaanite tribe. ">Amorite</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: mal·ḵê (N-mpc) -- King. From malak; a king.">kings</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mip·pə·nê·ḵem (Prep-m:: N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">but not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ḇə·ḥar·bə·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">by your own sword</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7198.htm" title="7198: ḇə·qaš·te·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- A bow. From qashah in the original sense of bending: a bow, for shooting or the iris.">or bow.</a> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>So I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities that you did not build, and now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/23-28.htm">Exodus 23:28</a></span><br />I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-20.htm">Deuteronomy 7:20</a></span><br />Moreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet against them until even the survivors hiding from you have perished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/2-1.htm">Judges 2:1-3</a></span><br />Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you, / and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done? / So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/44-3.htm">Psalm 44:3</a></span><br />For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/23-27.htm">Exodus 23:27</a></span><br />I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-25.htm">Deuteronomy 2:25</a></span><br />This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/11-23.htm">Deuteronomy 11:23</a></span><br />then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/11-25.htm">Deuteronomy 11:25</a></span><br />No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-29.htm">2 Chronicles 20:29</a></span><br />And the fear of God came upon all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that the LORD had fought against the enemies of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/7-18.htm">Isaiah 7:18</a></span><br />On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-1.htm">Isaiah 24:1-3</a></span><br />Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants— / people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor. / The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/27-6.htm">Jeremiah 27:6-7</a></span><br />So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him. / All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-45.htm">Acts 7:45</a></span><br />And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-30.htm">Hebrews 11:30</a></span><br />By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-31.htm">Romans 8:31</a></span><br />What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with your sword, nor with your bow.</p><p class="hdg">I sent</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/23-28.htm">Exodus 23:28</a></b></br> And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/7-20.htm">Deuteronomy 7:20</a></b></br> Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.</p><p class="hdg">not</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/44-3.htm">Psalm 44:3-6</a></b></br> For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/6-9.htm">Ahead</a> <a href="/joshua/24-11.htm">Amorite</a> <a href="/joshua/24-11.htm">Amorites</a> <a href="/joshua/23-16.htm">Bow</a> <a href="/joshua/18-10.htm">Casteth</a> <a href="/joshua/16-10.htm">Drave</a> <a href="/joshua/23-5.htm">Driving</a> <a href="/joshua/16-10.htm">Drove</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-20.htm">Hornet</a> <a href="/joshua/12-24.htm">Kings</a> <a href="/joshua/24-8.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/joshua/19-47.htm">Sword</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/9-12.htm">Ahead</a> <a href="/joshua/24-18.htm">Amorite</a> <a href="/joshua/24-15.htm">Amorites</a> <a href="/judges/2-19.htm">Bow</a> <a href="/joshua/24-18.htm">Casteth</a> <a href="/joshua/24-18.htm">Drave</a> <a href="/judges/1-20.htm">Driving</a> <a href="/joshua/24-18.htm">Drove</a> <a href="/exodus/23-28.htm">Hornet</a> <a href="/judges/1-7.htm">Kings</a> <a href="/joshua/24-18.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/judges/1-8.htm">Sword</a><div class="vheading2">Joshua 24</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/24-1.htm">Joshua assembles the tribes at Shechem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/24-2.htm">A brief history of God's benefits from Terah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/24-14.htm">He renews the covenant between them and God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/24-26.htm">A stone the witness of the covenant</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/24-29.htm">Joshua's age, death, and burial</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/24-32.htm">Joseph's bones are buried</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/24-33.htm">Eleazar dies</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joshua/24.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joshua/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/joshua/24.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>I sent the hornet ahead of you</b><br>This phrase refers to God's supernatural intervention in the conquest of Canaan. The "hornet" is often interpreted as a metaphor for fear or panic that God instilled in the hearts of Israel's enemies, causing them to flee. This aligns with <a href="/exodus/23-28.htm">Exodus 23:28</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/7-20.htm">Deuteronomy 7:20</a>, where God promises to send hornets to drive out the Canaanites. The use of "hornet" symbolizes divine power and judgment, emphasizing that the victory was orchestrated by God rather than human effort.<p><b>and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you</b><br>The Amorite kings refer to the rulers of the Amorite tribes, who were significant adversaries in the land of Canaan. Historically, the Amorites were a powerful group in the ancient Near East, and their defeat was crucial for Israel's settlement in the Promised Land. This phrase highlights God's fulfillment of His promise to Abraham in <a href="/genesis/15-16.htm">Genesis 15:16</a>, where He assured the eventual displacement of the Amorites due to their iniquity. The specific mention of "two kings" likely refers to Sihon and Og, as detailed in <a href="/numbers/21-21.htm">Numbers 21:21-35</a>.<p><b>but not by your own sword or bow</b><br>This emphasizes that the Israelites' victories were not achieved through their military prowess but through divine intervention. It underscores the theme of reliance on God rather than human strength, a recurring motif throughout the Old Testament. This concept is echoed in passages like <a href="/psalms/44-3.htm">Psalm 44:3</a>, which states that the land was not gained by their sword, but by God's right hand and arm. It serves as a reminder of God's sovereignty and the importance of faith and obedience over reliance on human capabilities.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/joshua.htm">Joshua</a></b><br>The leader of Israel after Moses, who is delivering his farewell address to the Israelites in this chapter.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who have been led into the Promised Land and are being reminded of God's faithfulness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_amorite_kings.htm">The Amorite Kings</a></b><br>The rulers of the Amorite people, who were inhabitants of the land before the Israelites took possession of it.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_hornet.htm">The Hornet</a></b><br>A metaphorical or literal agent sent by God to drive out the enemies of Israel, emphasizing divine intervention.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_intervention.htm">Divine Intervention</a></b><br>Recognize that God often works in ways beyond human understanding or capability. Our victories are not solely by our efforts but by His power.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_of_god.htm">Faithfulness of God</a></b><br>Trust in God's promises and His faithfulness to fulfill them, as He did for Israel.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/humility_in_success.htm">Humility in Success</a></b><br>Acknowledge that our successes are not just due to our abilities but are gifts from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>Understand that spiritual battles are won not by physical might but through reliance on God's strength and provision.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/gratitude_and_remembrance.htm">Gratitude and Remembrance</a></b><br>Regularly remember and give thanks for the ways God has intervened in your life, just as Joshua reminded the Israelites.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joshua_24.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joshua 24</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_'the_hornet'_align_with_history.htm">Joshua 24:12 – How does the account of God sending “the hornet” align with historical or natural evidence of plagues or insects driving out inhabitants? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_hornets.htm">What does the Bible mention about hornets?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_2_chr_24_and_2_kgs_12_differ.htm">Why does the account of Joash's temple restoration in 2 Chronicles 24 seem to conflict with the version in 2 Kings 12 regarding the funds and methods used?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_proof_of_judgment_in_psalm_125_5.htm">In Psalm 125:5, is there historical or archaeological proof of a specific judgment that differentiates the fate of the righteous from the “evildoers” mentioned?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/joshua/24.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) <span class= "bld">The hornet.</span>--There appears no reason for taking this word in any other than a literal sense. The possibility of what is recorded here has been abundantly illustrated by events reported in our own times.<p><span class= "bld">The two kings of the Amorites.</span>--Apparently, but not <span class= "ital">necessarily, </span>Sihon and Og are intended. There were kings of the Amorites on both sides of Jordan.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joshua/24.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The hornet.</span> Commentators are divided as to whether this statement is to be taken literally or figuratively. The mention of hornets in the prophecies in <a href="/exodus/23-28.htm">Exodus 23:28</a>, <a href="/deuteronomy/7-20.htm">Deuteronomy 7:20</a> is not conclusive. In the former passage the hornet seems to be connected with the fear that was to be felt at their advance. The latter passage is not conclusive on either side. The probability is - since we have no mention of hornets in the history - that what is meant is that kind of unreasonable and panic fear which seems, to persons too far off to discern the assailants, to be displayed by persons attacked by these apparently insignificant insects. The image is a lively and natural one, and it well expresses the dismay which, as we read, seized the inhabitants of the land when their foes, formidable rather from Divine protection then from their number or warlike equipments, had crossed the Jordan (see <a href="/joshua/2-9.htm">Joshua 2:9-11</a>; <a href="/joshua/5-1.htm">Joshua 5:1</a>; <a href="/joshua/6-1.htm">Joshua 6:1</a>). Where the figure came from is not far to seek. Joshua was quoting the prophecies of Moses mentioned above. <span class="cmt_word">The two kings of the Amorites.</span> Sihon and Og, who were driven out, beside the tribes on the other side Jordan who have just been mentioned. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/joshua/24-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I sent</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאֶשְׁלַ֤ח</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’eš·laḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the hornet</span><br /><span class="heb">הַצִּרְעָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(haṣ·ṣir·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6880.htm">Strong's 6880: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hornets</span><br /><br /><span class="word">ahead of you,</span><br /><span class="heb">לִפְנֵיכֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(lip̄·nê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and it drove out</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתְּגָ֤רֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tə·ḡā·reš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1644.htm">Strong's 1644: </a> </span><span class="str2">To drive out from a, possession, to expatriate, divorce</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the two</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁנֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(šə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - mdc<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> </span><span class="str2">Two (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Amorite</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֱמֹרִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ĕ·mō·rî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_567.htm">Strong's 567: </a> </span><span class="str2">Amorites -- perhaps 'mountain dwellers', a Canaanite tribe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">kings</span><br /><span class="heb">מַלְכֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(mal·ḵê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before you,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִפְּנֵיכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(mip·pə·nê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[but] not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by your own sword</span><br /><span class="heb">בְחַרְבְּךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·ḥar·bə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> </span><span class="str2">Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or bow.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְקַשְׁתֶּֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·qaš·te·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7198.htm">Strong's 7198: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bow, for, shooting, the iris</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/24-12.htm">Joshua 24:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/joshua/24-12.htm">Joshua 24:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/joshua/24-12.htm">Joshua 24:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/joshua/24-12.htm">Joshua 24:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/joshua/24-12.htm">Joshua 24:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/24-12.htm">Joshua 24:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/24-12.htm">Joshua 24:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/24-12.htm">Joshua 24:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/24-12.htm">Joshua 24:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/joshua/24-12.htm">Joshua 24:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/joshua/24-12.htm">OT History: Joshua 24:12 I sent the hornet before you which (Josh. 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