A long time - At least five years; according to others, seven years (see Joshua 14:10, and Introduction). This and the preceding chapter con…

A long time. —See Note on Joshua 14:10. The war seems to have lasted seven years, a long time when compared with the desultory inc…

Joshua made war a long time, etc. Previously, he had, in a short time and, as it were, with the swiftness of running, seized possession of…

Joshua made war a long time with all those kings .
] For, though the account of the conquest of them is put together…

Never let the sons of Anak be a terror to the Israel of God, for their day to fall will come. The land rested from war. It did not end in a peace w…