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Their combined armies formed a vast horde. And with all their horses and chariots, they covered the landscape like the sand on the seashore.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/joshua/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And they came out with all their troops, a great horde, in number like the sand that is on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/joshua/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So these kings came out with all their armies, a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore, along with a great number of horses and chariots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/joshua/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that <i>is</i> upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/joshua/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So they went out, they and all their armies with them, <i>as</i> many people <i>as</i> the sand that <i>is</i> on the seashore in multitude, with very many horses and chariots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/joshua/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then they came out, they and all their armies with them, <i>as</i> many people as the sand that is on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/joshua/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />They came out, they and all their armies with them, as many people as the sand that is on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/joshua/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And they came out, they and all their armies with them, <i>as</i> many people <i>as</i> the sand that is on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/joshua/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then they came out, they and all their armies with them, <i>as</i> many people as the sand that is on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/joshua/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />They went out, they and all their armies with them, as many people as the sand on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/joshua/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They went out with all their armies—a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore —along with a vast number of horses and chariots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/joshua/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They went out with all their armies—a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore—along with a vast number of horses and chariots. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/joshua/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea-shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/joshua/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/joshua/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They came out with all their armies. Their troops were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore. They also had horses and chariots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/joshua/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They came with all their soldiers--an army with as many men as there are grains of sand on the seashore. They also had many horses and chariots. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/joshua/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So they went out, they and all of their armies with them—a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore—accompanied by many horses and chariots. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/joshua/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So these kings came out with all their armies, a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore, along with a great number of horses and chariots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/joshua/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />These kings came out with their armies; they were as numerous as the sand on the seashore and had a large number of horses and chariots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/joshua/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They went out, they and all their armies with them, many people, even as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with very many horses and chariots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/joshua/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, many people, even as the sand that is upon the sea-shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very numerous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/joshua/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They went out, they and all their armies with them, many people, even as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with very many horses and chariots. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/joshua/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and they go out, they and all their camps with them, a people numerous, as the sand which [is] on the seashore for multitude, and [with] very many horse and charioteer;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/joshua/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and they go out, they and all their camps with them, a people numerous, as the sand which is on the sea-shore for multitude, and horse and charioteer very many;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/joshua/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will come forth, they, and their camps with them, many people, as the sand upon the lip of the sea for multitude, and horse and chariot exceeding many.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/joshua/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And they all came out with their troops, a people exceeding numerous as the sand that is on the sea shore, their horses also and chariots a very great multitude, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/joshua/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And they all went forth with their troops, a people exceedingly numerous, like the sand that is on the shore of the sea. And their horses and chariots were an immense multitude.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/joshua/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They came out with all their troops, an army numerous as the sands on the seashore, and with a multitude of horses and chariots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/joshua/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They came out, with all their troops, a great army, in number like the sand on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/joshua/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they came out with all their hosts, many people, as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with many horses and chariots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/joshua/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And those went out and all their camps with them, abundant as the sand that is upon the edge of the sea, and the horses and chariots very abundant<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/joshua/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea-shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/joshua/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they and their kings with them went forth, as the sand of the sea in multitude, and horses, and very many chariots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/joshua/11-4.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=2877" 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/11.htm">Conquest of the Northern Cities</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: hêm (Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">So these kings</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: way·yê·ṣə·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">came out</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im·mām (Prep:: 3mp) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/4264.htm" title="4264: ma·ḥă·nê·hem (N-cpc:: 3mp) -- An encampment, camp. From chanah; an encampment; hence, an army, whether literal or figurative.">their armies,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am- (N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">a multitude</a> <a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: rāḇ (Adj-ms) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">as numerous</a> <a href="/hebrew/2344.htm" title="2344: ka·ḥō·wl (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- Sand. From chuwl; sand.">as the sand</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/8193.htm" title="8193: śə·p̄aṯ- (N-fsc) -- Or sepheth; probably from caphah or shaphah through the idea of termination; the lip; by implication, language; by analogy, a margin.">the seashore,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3220.htm" title="3220: hay·yām (Art:: N-ms) -- A sea or large body of water; specifically, the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7230.htm" title="7230: lā·rōḇ (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- Multitude, abundance, greatness. From rabab; abundance."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: raḇ- (Adj-ms) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">along with a great number</a> <a href="/hebrew/3966.htm" title="3966: mə·’ōḏ (Adv) -- Muchness, force, abundance. From the same as 'uwd; properly, vehemence, i.e. vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5483.htm" title="5483: wə·sūs (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- A swallow, swift (type of bird). Or cuc; from an unused root meaning to skip; a horse; also a swallow.">of horses</a> <a href="/hebrew/7393.htm" title="7393: wā·re·ḵeḇ (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- From rakab; a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. The upper millstone.">and chariots.</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>All these kings joined forces and encamped at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.…<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="/judges/4-7.htm">Judges 4:7</a></span><br />And I will draw out Sisera the commander of Jabin’s army, his chariots, and his troops to the River Kishon, and I will deliver him into your hand.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/7-12.htm">Judges 7:12</a></span><br />Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/13-5.htm">1 Samuel 13:5</a></span><br />Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/10-6.htm">2 Samuel 10:6</a></span><br />When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/10-18.htm">2 Samuel 10:18</a></span><br />But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach the commander of their army, who died there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/20-1.htm">1 Kings 20:1</a></span><br />Now Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he marched up, besieged Samaria, and waged war against it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/20-27.htm">1 Kings 20:27</a></span><br />The Israelites also mobilized, gathered supplies, and marched out to meet them. The Israelites camped before them like two small flocks of goats, while the Arameans covered the countryside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/6-14.htm">2 Kings 6:14</a></span><br />the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/20-7.htm">Psalm 20:7</a></span><br />Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/33-16.htm">Psalm 33:16-17</a></span><br />No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength. / A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/31-1.htm">Isaiah 31:1</a></span><br />Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/46-9.htm">Jeremiah 46:9</a></span><br />Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/38-4.htm">Ezekiel 38:4</a></span><br />I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws, and bring you out with all your army—your horses, your horsemen in full armor, and a great company armed with shields and bucklers, all brandishing their swords.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/9-16.htm">Revelation 9:16</a></span><br />And the number of mounted troops was two hundred million; I heard their number.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-19.htm">Revelation 19:19</a></span><br />Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies assembled to wage war against the One seated on the horse, and against His army.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is on the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.</p><p class="hdg">as the sand</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/22-17.htm">Genesis 22:17</a></b></br> That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which <i>is</i> upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/32-12.htm">Genesis 32:12</a></b></br> And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/7-12.htm">Judges 7:12</a></b></br> And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels <i>were</i> without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/10-5.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-11.htm">Camps</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-21.htm">Charioteer</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-1.htm">Chariots</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-1.htm">Horse</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-1.htm">Horses</a> <a href="/joshua/8-13.htm">Host</a> <a href="/joshua/10-5.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/genesis/41-49.htm">Huge</a> <a href="/joshua/10-18.htm">Large</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-62.htm">Multitude</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-5.htm">Numerous</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-19.htm">Sand</a> <a href="/joshua/9-1.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-7.htm">Seashore</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-7.htm">Sea-Shore</a> <a href="/genesis/22-17.htm">Seaside</a> <a href="/joshua/9-1.htm">Shore</a> <a href="/genesis/49-19.htm">Troops</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/8-10.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-4.htm">Camps</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-21.htm">Charioteer</a> <a href="/joshua/11-6.htm">Chariots</a> <a href="/judges/5-22.htm">Horse</a> <a href="/joshua/11-6.htm">Horses</a> <a href="/joshua/18-9.htm">Host</a> <a href="/judges/8-10.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/2_samuel/21-20.htm">Huge</a> <a href="/joshua/13-1.htm">Large</a> <a href="/judges/4-7.htm">Multitude</a> <a href="/joshua/17-17.htm">Numerous</a> <a href="/judges/7-12.htm">Sand</a> <a href="/joshua/12-3.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/judges/5-17.htm">Seashore</a> <a href="/judges/5-17.htm">Sea-Shore</a> <a href="/judges/7-12.htm">Seaside</a> <a href="/joshua/15-2.htm">Shore</a> <a href="/judges/4-7.htm">Troops</a><div class="vheading2">Joshua 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/11-1.htm">Diverse kings overcome at the waters of Merom</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/11-10.htm">Hazor is taken and burnt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/11-16.htm">All the country taken by Joshua</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/11-21.htm">The Anakims cut off</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/11-23.htm">The land rests from war</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'; 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Historically, such alliances were common in the ancient Near East when facing a common threat. The unification of these kings highlights the perceived threat of Israel's advance under Joshua's leadership. This mirrors earlier biblical narratives where enemies unite against God's people, such as in <a href="/genesis/14.htm">Genesis 14</a> with the kings against Abraham.<p><b>a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore</b><br>This hyperbolic expression emphasizes the vast number of the enemy forces, drawing a parallel to God's promise to Abraham in <a href="/genesis/22-17.htm">Genesis 22:17</a>, where his descendants would be as numerous as the sand on the seashore. The contrast here is stark: the promise of blessing to Abraham's seed versus the overwhelming opposition they face. It underscores the miraculous nature of Israel's victories, attributing success to divine intervention rather than military might.<p><b>along with a great number of horses and chariots</b><br>Horses and chariots were symbols of military power and technological advancement in ancient warfare, often associated with the might of Egypt and other powerful nations. The presence of these in the Canaanite coalition suggests a formidable and well-equipped force. Biblically, reliance on horses and chariots is often contrasted with reliance on God (<a href="/psalms/20-7.htm">Psalm 20:7</a>), highlighting the theme of faith over human strength. This also foreshadows the eventual command in <a href="/deuteronomy/17-16.htm">Deuteronomy 17:16</a> for Israel not to multiply horses, emphasizing trust in God rather than military power.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/c/canaanite_kings.htm">Canaanite Kings</a></b><br>These were the leaders of various city-states in Canaan who united against Israel. Their coalition represents the opposition to God's people and His promises.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/joshua.htm">Joshua</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, tasked with leading God's people into the Promised Land and conquering it according to God's command.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God, chosen to inherit the land of Canaan as promised to their forefathers.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/canaan.htm">Canaan</a></b><br>The Promised Land, a region that the Israelites were commanded to conquer and inhabit.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/h/horses_and_chariots.htm">Horses and Chariots</a></b><br>Symbols of military strength and power in ancient warfare, representing the formidable opposition faced by the Israelites.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_promises.htm">Trust in God's Promises</a></b><br>Just as God promised Abraham that his descendants would be numerous, He also promised the Israelites victory over their enemies. Believers today can trust in God's promises, knowing He is faithful.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/facing_overwhelming_odds.htm">Facing Overwhelming Odds</a></b><br>The Israelites faced a coalition as numerous as the sand on the seashore. In our lives, we may face overwhelming challenges, but we can be assured that God is greater than any opposition.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reliance_on_god,_not_human_strength.htm">Reliance on God, Not Human Strength</a></b><br>The Canaanite armies relied on horses and chariots, symbols of human strength. As Christians, we are called to rely on God's power rather than our own abilities or resources.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/unity_in_opposition.htm">Unity in Opposition</a></b><br>The unity of the Canaanite kings against Israel serves as a reminder that the world may unite against God's people. However, God's purposes will prevail.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>The physical battles in the Old Testament often parallel spiritual battles in the New Testament. Believers are called to put on the full armor of God and stand firm against spiritual forces.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joshua_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joshua 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'set_your_mind_above'_mean.htm">Why did God instruct Israelites to disable horses?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_sisera_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Sisera in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_song_4_fit_solomon's_many_wives.htm">If historically attributed to King Solomon, how does Song of Solomon 4 mesh with the accounts of his many wives and concubines in other biblical texts (e.g., 1 Kings 11:3)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/1_kings_11_4_-_why_was_solomon_swayed.htm">1 Kings 11:4 - Why would a wise ruler be so easily swayed by foreign religions despite his renowned wisdom?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joshua/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> <span class="cmt_word">And they went out.</span> Dean Stanley (Lectures, 1:259) compares this "last struggle" of the Canaanites with the conflict between the Saxons and the British chiefs "driven to the Land's End." The comparison is more picturesque than accurate. In the first place, it was by no means a "last struggle" (see ver. 21; <a href="/joshua/18-3.htm">Joshua 18:3</a>; <a href="/joshua/19-47.htm">Joshua 19:47</a>; <a href="/judges/4.htm">Judges 4</a>. throughout). In the next, the Britons were never driven to the Land's End, but Dorsetshire, which retained its independence for 200 years, was treated by Ina as Gezer (<a href="/joshua/16-10.htm">Joshua 16:10</a>), was treated by the Ephraimites, while Devonshire and Cornwall came very gradually and almost peacefully under the hands of the conquerors. And thirdly, even had it been otherwise, there is a vast difference between a handful of desperate men driven to bay on a tongue of land surrounded nearly on every side by the sea, and a powerful, though defeated, nation with a vast continent in its rear. Yet there are many features common to the history of the Israelites in Canaan, and of the Teutonic tribes in Britain (see Introduction). <span class="cmt_word">As the sand that is upon the sea shore.</span> This poetic phrase is common in the Hebrew writings (see <a href="/genesis/22-17.htm">Genesis 22:17</a>; <a href="/genesis/32-12.htm">Genesis 32:12</a>; <a href="/judges/7-12.htm">Judges 7:12</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/13-5.htm">1 Samuel 13:5</a>; <a href="/1_kings/4-20.htm">1 Kings 4:20</a>, etc.). Solomon's capacious intellect is compared to the sand on the sea shore, in <a href="/1_kings/4-29.htm">1 Kings 4:29</a>. The word translated "shore" is "lip" in the original, a word which adds to the poetry of the passage. <span class="cmt_word">And horses and chariots very many.</span> Literally, many ex<span class="accented">ceedingly.</span> The Israelites appear to have held cavalry and chariots in great awe (see <a href="/exodus/14-18.htm">Exodus 14:18</a>, and the song of triumph in <a href="/exodus/15.htm">Exodus 15</a>; cf. also <a href="/joshua/17-16.htm">Joshua 17:16, 18</a>; <a href="/judges/1-19.htm">Judges 1:19</a>; <a href="/judges/4-3.htm">Judges 4:3</a>). In later times they appear to have become more used to them. See, for instance, <a href="/1_samuel/13-5.htm">1 Samuel 13:5</a>, where the historian gives their number, large as it was, instead of regarding it as past all computation. This battle must have taken place on level ground, or the chariots would have been useless. Accordingly the historian fixes its scene on the banks of "the waters of Merom," where such ground is to be found - another instance of his historical accuracy (see Vandevelde, Journey 2:413, who places the battle on the great plain southwest of the latter). The use of chariots in battle dates from an early period. Homer's heroes are described as driven to battle in them. But perhaps the scythe chariots are here meant, which are not found on early Egyptian monuments, but which Xenophon in his Cyropaedia says were introduced By Cyrus. We find them, however, in use in Britain, in the days of Julius Caesar, and they could hardly have obtained the idea from the Persians. Potter (Antiquities, bk. 3. ch. 1.) says that they were gradually abandoned when they were found more dangerous to those who used them than to the enemy. That this kind of chariot is here meant seems pretty certain from the alarm they caused. No such alarm would have been caused by chariots simply used to convey the chieftains to the fight (see Gesenius, <span class="accented">s.v.</span> Xenophon, Cyr. 6:4; and 2 Macc. 13:2). <span class="cmt_word">All their hosts</span>. The LXX. reads <span class="hebrew">מַלְכֵיהֶמ</span> their <span class="accented">kings</span>, for <span class="hebrew">מַחֲנֵיהֶם</span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/joshua/11-4.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">So [these kings]</span><br /><span class="heb">הֵ֗ם</span> <span class="translit">(hêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> </span><span class="str2">They</span><br /><br /><span class="word">came out</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֵּצְא֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yê·ṣə·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="heb">עִמָּ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘im·mām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their armies,</span><br /><span class="heb">מַֽחֲנֵיהֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(ma·ḥă·nê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4264.htm">Strong's 4264: </a> </span><span class="str2">An encampment, an army</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a multitude</span><br /><span class="heb">עַם־</span> <span class="translit">(‘am-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as numerous</span><br /><span class="heb">רָ֕ב</span> <span class="translit">(rāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7227.htm">Strong's 7227: </a> </span><span class="str2">Much, many, great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as the sand</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּח֛וֹל</span> <span class="translit">(ka·ḥō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2344.htm">Strong's 2344: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the seashore,</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׂפַת־</span> <span class="translit">(śə·p̄aṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8193.htm">Strong's 8193: </a> </span><span class="str2">The lip, language, a margin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">along with a great number</span><br /><span class="heb">רַב־</span> <span class="translit">(raḇ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7227.htm">Strong's 7227: </a> </span><span class="str2">Much, many, great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of horses</span><br /><span class="heb">וְס֥וּס</span> <span class="translit">(wə·sūs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5483.htm">Strong's 5483: </a> </span><span class="str2">A swallow, swift (type of bird)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and chariots.</span><br /><span class="heb">וָרֶ֖כֶב</span> <span class="translit">(wā·re·ḵeḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7393.htm">Strong's 7393: </a> </span><span class="str2">A vehicle, a team, cavalry, a rider, the upper millstone</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/11-4.htm">Joshua 11:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/joshua/11-4.htm">Joshua 11:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/joshua/11-4.htm">Joshua 11:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/joshua/11-4.htm">Joshua 11:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/joshua/11-4.htm">Joshua 11:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/11-4.htm">Joshua 11:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/11-4.htm">Joshua 11:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/11-4.htm">Joshua 11:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/11-4.htm">Joshua 11:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/joshua/11-4.htm">Joshua 11:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/joshua/11-4.htm">OT History: Joshua 11:4 They went out they and all their (Josh. 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