Joshua 11:16

“So Joshua took all that land, etc.] The whole land of Canaan, described as follows, both as to the southern and northern parts of it: the hills; the hill country of Judea, of which (see <420139>Luke 1:39,65); and all the south country; where lived the five kings; and those of other places, the account of the taking of which we have in the preceding chapter, (<061040>Joshua 10:40); and all the land of Goshen; (see <061041>Joshua 10:41); and the valley, and the plain; the low places and campaign fields which lay between the hills and mountains; particularly all the plain and campaign country near Eleutheropolis, towards the north and west, Jerom says, in his day, was called “Sephela”, or “the…”

“So Joshua took all that land--Here follows a general view of the conquest. The division of the country there into five parts; namely, the hills, the land of Goshen, that is, a pastoral land near Gibeon (Jos 10:41); the valley, the plains and the mountains of Israel, i. e., Carmel, rests upon a diversity of geographical positions, which is characteristic of the region.”

“All that land - Of Canaan, whose parts here follow. The hill - Or, the mountain, that is, the mountainous country, namely, of Judea. A considerable part of Judea was called the hilly or the mountainous country, Luk 1:39, Luk 1:65. The south country - That is, not only the mountainous part, but all the country of Judea, which lay in the southern part of Canaan, and often comes under the name of the south. The vale - The low countries. The plain - The fields or campaign grounds. The mountain of Israel - The mountains or mountainous country of Israel. Joshua 11:17”

“all that land: Gen 15:18-21; Num 34:2-13; Deu 34:2, Deu 34:3 hills: Jos 9:1, Jos 12:8 the land: Jos 10:41 the mountain: Jos 11:21; Eze 17:23, Eze 36:1-3, Eze 36:8 Joshua 11:17”

“Retrospective View of the Conquest of the Whole Land. - Jos 11:16, Jos 11:17. Joshua took all this land, namely, those portions of Southern Canaan that have already been mentioned in Jos 10:40-41; also the Arabah, and the mountains of Israel and its lowlands (see Jos 11:2), i.e., the northern part of the land (in the campaign described in Jos 11:1-15), that is to say, Canaan in all its extent, "from the bald mountain which goeth up to Seir" in the south, "to Baal-gad, in the valley of Lebanon under Hermon." The "bald mountain" (Halak), which is mentioned here and in Jos 12:7 as the southern boundary of Canaan, is hardly the row of white cliffs which stretches obliquely across the Arabah…”