He committed the most detestable acts by following idols as the Amorites had, whom the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.
Joshua 23:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘The Lord has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and no one is able to stand against you to this day. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the Lord has driven out from before you great and strong nations; and as for you, no man has been able to withstand you to this day. American Standard Version (1901) For Jehovah hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath stood before you unto this day. Common English Bible “The LORD has removed great and powerful nations before you. To this day, no one has stood up to you. Catholic Public Domain Version And then the Lord God will take away, in your sight, nations that are great and very robust, and no one will be able to withstand you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And then the Lord God will take away before your eyes nations that are great and very strong: and no man shall be able to resist you. |
He committed the most detestable acts by following idols as the Amorites had, whom the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.
Are you not our God who drove out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and who gave it for ever to the descendants of Abraham your friend?
For my angel will go before you and bring you to the land of the Amorites, Hethites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out.
I will drive them out little by little ahead of you until you have become numerous and take possession of the land.
Our ancestors in turn received it and with Joshua brought it in when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before them, until the days of David.
the Lord will drive out all these nations before you, and you will drive out nations greater and stronger than you are.
He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names under heaven. No one will be able to stand against you; you will annihilate them.
No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live. I will be with you, just as I was with Moses. I will not leave you or abandon you.
Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, descendants of Anak.
The Lord your God will force them back on your account and drive them out before you so that you can take possession of their land, as the Lord your God promised you.
Instead, be loyal to the Lord your God, as you have been to this day.
The Lord drove out before us all the peoples, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will worship the Lord, because he is our God.’