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Joshua 12 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Joshua 12, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 24
- verses
- 248 / 115
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 5
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Joshua 12 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֶחָד | ʼechâd | H259 | 32 | united, one |
| עֲרָבָה | ʻărâbâh | H6160 | 4 | desert |
| מִזְרָח | mizrâch | H4217 | 4 | sunrise, east |
| בֵּית־אֵל | Bêyth-ʼÊl | H1008 | 4 | Beth-El |
| נַחַל | nachal | H5158 | 4 | stream, torrent |
| גְּבוּל | gᵉbûwl | H1366 | 4 | cord, twisted |
| יָם | yâm | H3220 | 4 | sea, large body of water |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on Joshua 12, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This chapter is a summary of Israel's conquests. I. Their conquests under Moses, on the other side Jordan (for we now suppose ourselves in Canaan) eastward, which we had the history of, Num. xxi. 24, &c. And here the abridgment of that history, ver. 1-6. II. Their conquests under Joshua, on this side Jordan, westward. 1. The country they reduced, ver. 7, 8. 2. The kings they subdued, thirty-one in all, ver. 9-24. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on Joshua 12:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Arabah — Josh 12:1
- Jordan — Josh 12:1
- Mount Hermon — Josh 12:1
- Valley of the Arnon — Josh 12:1
- Hebron — Josh 12:10
- Jerusalem — Josh 12:10
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