Bible Strands
Joshua 12:15
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records a post-conquest inventory of defeated Canaanite rulers for the Israelite community following the military campaigns detailed in Joshua 10–11.
The words — מֶלֶךְ (melekh) means “king” and אֶחָד (echad) means “one,” structuring the verse as a precise tally: “the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one.”
The thread — Libnah reappears in Joshua 10:29 as a fortified city attacked during Joshua’s southern campaign, while Adullam surfaces in 1 Samuel 22:1 as a cave refuge for David.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to acknowledge the methodical execution of territorial conquest and to trace how specific geographic locations later function in Israel’s history.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
Cross-references
- Joshua 10:29 Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah.
- 1 Samuel 22:1 So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.