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Joshua 11:20 Cross-References
Explore 15 cross-references for Joshua 11:20 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Joshua chapter 11 verse 20 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.”
Joshua 11:20 (KJV)
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Commentary on Joshua 11:20
This verse presents one of Scripture's most challenging doctrines: divine hardening of hearts unto judgment. The phrase 'it was of the LORD to harden their hearts' (ki meYahweh haytah lechazzeq et-libam, כִּי מֵיהוָה הָיְתָה לְחַזֵּק אֶת־לִבָּם) attributes heart-hardening directly to divine agency. The verb chazaq (חָזַק, 'harden') means to strengthen, make firm, or obstinate. God actively strengthened Canaanite resistance 'that they should come against Israel in battle.' The purpose clauses reveal divine intent: 'that he might destroy them utterly...that they might have no favour...that he mi...
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Cross-References for Joshua 11:20
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“he has mercy on whom he desires”
“that Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance”
“When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.,And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go., וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה בְּלֶכְתְּךָ לָשׁוּב מִצְרַיְמָה רְאֵה כָּל־הַמֹּפְתִים אֲשֶׁר־שַׂמְתִּי בְיָדֶךָ וַעֲשִׂיתָם לִפְנֵי פַרְעֹה וַאֲנִי אֲחַזֵּק אֶת־לִבּוֹ וְלֹא יְשַׁלַּח אֶת־הָעָם׃ ,And the LORD said unto Moses: When thou goest back into Egypt”
“And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.”
“and made his heart obstinate”
“and all the kings of them”
“But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD”
“and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth;”
“behold”
“willing to show his wrath”