Josua 10:10

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Och HERREN sände en sådan förvirring bland dem, när de fingo se israeliterna, att dessa tillfogade dem ett stort nederlag vid Gibeon; därefter förföljde de dem på vägen upp till Bet-Horon och nedgjorde dem, och drevo dem ända till Aseka och Mackeda.

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the Lord: Joshua 11:8, Judges 4:15, 1 Samuel 7:10-12, 2 Chronicles 14:12, Psalms 18:14, Psalms 44:3, Psalms 78:55

at Gibeon: Isaiah 28:21

Bethhoron: Joshua 16:3, Joshua 16:5, Joshua 21:22, 1 Samuel 13:18

Azekah: Joshua 10:11, Joshua 15:35, Jeremiah 34:7

Makkedah: Joshua 10:28, Joshua 12:16, Joshua 15:41

Reciprocal: Exodus 14:14 - the Lord Deuteronomy 28:7 - flee before Joshua 10:20 - had made 1 Samuel 17:1 - Azekah 2 Samuel 22:15 - arrows 2 Samuel 23:10 - the Lord 1 Chronicles 6:68 - Bethhoron Psalms 68:14 - When Isaiah 24:18 - he who fleeth

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord discomfited them before Israel,.... Disturbed, troubled, and frightened them, at the appearance and presence of the people of Israel; they were thrown into terror and confusion upon their approach, being so sudden and unexpected:

and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon; by the Israelites, who came upon them suddenly:

and chased them along the way that goeth up to Bethhoron; there were two places of this name, the upper and the nether, both built by Sherah, the daughter or granddaughter of Ephraim, 1 Chronicles 7:24; therefore here so called by anticipation. It was about an hundred furlongs, or twelve miles and a half, according to Josephus o, from Jerusalem, which agrees with Eusebius and Jerom; and from Gibeon thither, it was fifty furlongs, or six miles and a quarter; so far the kings were pursued by Joshua and his army, at least unto the ascent of it; for being built on a hill, it had an ascent on one side, and a descent on the other, after mentioned, and both were very narrow passages; of the former it is said in the Talmud p, that if two camels go up the ascent to Bethhoron, they both fall; upon which the gloss says, it is a narrow place, and there is no way to turn to the right hand, or the left:

and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah; the former of which is placed by Jerom q between Eleutheropolis and Jerusalem, and was a village in his days, and the other eight miles from Eleutheropolis, and both in the tribe of Judah, see Joshua 15:35; according to Bunting r, they were both eight miles from Jerusalem towards the west.

o Antiqu. l. 20. c. 4. sect. 4. p T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 32. 2. q De loc. Heb. fol. 88. A. & 93. C. r Travels, &c. p. 98.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Beth-horon - The two places of this name, the upper and the lower Beth-horon (marginal reference), are identified with the villages Beit-ur el Foka (the upper) and Beit-ur et Tahta (the lower): Beit-ur being probably a corruption of Beth-horon. The name itself (“house of caves”) points to the exceedingly rocky character of the district. Upper Beth-horon was between six and seven miles west of Gibeon; and “the way that goeth up to Beth-horon” must accordingly be the hilly road which leads from Gibeon to it. Between the two Beth-horons is a steep pass, “the going down to Beth-horon” Joshua 10:11; and here the Amorites were crushed by the hailstones. The main road from Jerusalem and the Jordan valley to the seacoast lay through the pass of Beth-horon; and, accordingly, both the Beth-horons were secured by Solomon with strong fortifications 2 Chronicles 8:5. It was in this pass that Judas Maccabaeus routed the Syrians under Seron (1 Macc. 3:13ff). and here also, according to Jewish traditions, the destruction of the host of Sennacherib took place 2 Kings 19:35.

Azekah, which has not been as yet certainly identified, was in the hill country, between the mountains around Gibeon and the plain (see the marginal reference). It was fortified by Rehoboam 2 Chronicles 11:9 and besieged by the Babylonians Jeremiah 34:7 shortly before the captivity. It was an inhabited city after the return from the exile Nehemiah 11:30.

Makkedah - The exact site of this town is uncertain. It was situated in the plain between the mountains and the line of seacoast which the Philistines held Joshua 15:41, and no great way northeast of Libnab Joshua 12:15-16. (Warren (Conder) identifies it with the modern el Mughhar, a village on the south side of the valley of Torek.)

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 10:10. Slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon — Multitudes of them fell in the onset; after which they fled, and the Israelites pursued them by the way of Beth-horon. There were two cities of this name, the upper and lower, both in the tribe of Ephraim, and built by Sherah, the daughter of Ephraim, 1 Chronicles 7:24. The situation of these two cities is not exactly known.

To Azekah, and unto Makkedah. — These two cities were in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:35-41.