The Meaning of Joshua 11:5 Explained

Joshua 11:5

KJV: And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.

YLT: and all these kings are met together, and they come and encamp together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.

Darby: And all these kings met together, and came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.

ASV: And all these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.

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What is the context of Joshua 11:5?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.

What does Joshua 11:5 Mean?

Context Summary

Joshua 11:1-15 - Joshua's Obedience To The Lord's Commands

The scene is removed to the waters of Merom, near the sources of the Jordan. Hazor was the capital of the region; Jabin, like Pharaoh, was an hereditary title, Judges 4:2. All the northern nations combined. Joshua's heart might well have failed, had it not been for the divine promise on the night before the battle, Joshua 11:6.

His attack under cover of night was like the falling of a thunderbolt. The effect was immediate. The huge host dissolved. The hocking of the horses disabled them, so that Israel was not tempted to trust in chariots and horses, Deuteronomy 17:16; Isaiah 31:1. God's will was literally carried out. But what a noble record is given of this simple-minded soldier! "He left nothing undone," Joshua 11:15. It is only as we literally obey that we can count on such success as his. See 2 Timothy 4:7. [source]

Chapter Summary: Joshua 11

¹ Diverse kings overcome at the waters of Merom
¹⁰ Hazor is taken and burnt
¹⁶ All the country taken by Joshua
²¹ The Anakims cut off
²³ The land rests from war

What do the individual words in Joshua 11:5 mean?

And when had met together all kings these and they came and camped together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel -

וַיִּוָּ֣עֲד֔וּ כֹּ֖ל הַמְּלָכִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ וַיַּחֲנ֤וּ יַחְדָּו֙ אֶל־ מֵ֣י מֵר֔וֹם לְהִלָּחֵ֖ם עִם־ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל פ

וַיִּוָּ֣עֲד֔וּ	And when had met together
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: יָעַד Sense: to fix, appoint, assemble, meet, set, betroth.
הַמְּלָכִ֣ים	kings
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: מֶלֶךְ Sense: king.
הָאֵ֑לֶּה	these
Parse: Article, Pronoun, common plural Root: אֵהֶל Sense: these.
וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ	and they came
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
וַיַּחֲנ֤וּ	and camped
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: חָנָה Sense: to decline, incline, encamp, bend down, lay siege against.
יַחְדָּו֙	together
Parse: Adverb Root: יַחַד Sense: union, unitedness adv.
אֶל־	at
Parse: Preposition Root: אֶל Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
מֵ֣י	the waters
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: מַיִם Sense: water, waters.
מֵר֔וֹם	of Merom
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: מֵרֹום Sense: the lake in northern Canaan at which Joshua routed the northern confederacy headed by Jabin.
לְהִלָּחֵ֖ם	to fight
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Nifal, Infinitive construct Root: לָחַם Sense: to fight, do battle, make war.
עִם־	against
Parse: Preposition Root: עִם Sense: with.
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל	Israel
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
פ	-
Parse: Punctuation

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