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Joshua 11

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1 OR come Iabin, re di Hasor, ebbe intese queste cose, mandò a Iobab, re di Madon, e al re di Simron, e al re di Acsaf;

2 e ai re ch’erano dal Settentrione, nel monte, e nella campagna, dal Mezzodì di Chinneret, e nella pianura, e nelle contrade di Dor, dall’Occidente;

3 al Cananeo, dall’Oriente, e dall’Occidente, e all’Amorreo, e all’Hitteo, e al Ferizzeo, e al Gebuseo, ch’era nel monte, e all’Hivveo, ch’era sotto Hermon, nel paese di Mispa.

4 Ed essi uscirono fuori, con tutti i loro eserciti, ch’erano una gran gente, come la rena ch’è in su la riva del mare, in moltitudine, e con cavalli e carri, in grandissimo numero.

5 E tutti questi re, convenutisi insieme, vennero, e si accamparono insieme presso alle acque di Merom, per combattere contro ad Israele.

6 E il Signore disse a Giosuè: Non temer di loro; perciocchè domani intorno a questo tempo io farò che tutti saranno uccisi nel cospetto d’Israele; taglia i garetti a’ lor cavalli, e abbrucia col fuoco i lor carri.

7 Giosuè adunque, con tutta la gente di guerra, venne di subito improvviso contro a loro alle acque di Merom, e li assaltò.

8 E il Signore li diede nelle mani d’Israele; ed essi li percossero, e li perseguitarono fino a Sidon la gran città, e alle Acque calde, e fino alla valle di Mispa, verso Oriente; e li percossero in modo che non ne lasciarono alcuno in vita.

9 E Giosuè fece loro come il Signore gli avea detto; egli tagliò i garetti a’ lor cavalli, e bruciò i lor carri col fuoco.

10 In quel tempo ancora Giosuè, ritornandosene, prese Hasor, e percosse il re di essa con la spada; perciocchè Hasor era stata per addietro il capo di tutti que’ regni.

11 Mise eziandio ogni anima ch’era dentro a fil di spada, distruggendole al modo dell’interdetto; non vi restò alcun’anima; e Giosuè bruciò Hasor col fuoco.

12 Giosuè prese parimente tutte le città di quei re, e tutti i re di esse; e li mise a fil di spada, e li distrusse al modo dell’interdetto; come Mosè, servitor del Signore, avea comandato.

13 Solo Israele non bruciò alcuna delle città ch’erano rimaste in piè, fuor che Hasor sola, la quale Giosuè bruciò.

14 E i figliuoli d’Israele predarono per loro tutte le spoglie di quelle città, e il bestiame; ma misero a fil di spada tutti gli uomini, finchè li ebbero sterminati; non lasciarono alcun’anima in vita.

15 Come il Signore avea comandato a Mosè, suo servitore, così comandò Mosè a Giosuè, e così fece Giosuè; egli non tralasciò cosa alcuna di tutto ciò che il Signore avea comandato a Mosè.

16 Giosuè adunque prese tutto quel paese, il monte, e tutta la contrada meridionale, e tutto il paese di Gosen, e la pianura, e la campagna, e il monte d’Israele, e la sua pianura; dal monte Halac,

17 che sale verso Seir, infino a Baal-gad, nella valle del Libano, sotto il monte di Hermon; prese ancora tutti i re di quel paese, e li percosse e li fece morire.

18 Giosuè fece guerra con tutti quei re per un lungo tempo.

19 Ei non vi fu città alcuna che facesse pace co’ figliuoli d’Israele, fuor che gli Hivvei, abitanti di Gabaon: essi presero tutte l’altre per forza d’arme.

20 Perciocchè dal Signore procedeva che coloro induravano il cuor loro, per venire a battaglia con Israele; acciocchè egli li distruggesse al modo dell’interdetto, e non vi fosse grazia alcuna per loro, anzi fossero sterminati; come il Signore avea comandato a Mosè.

21 Giosuè ancora, in quel tempo, venne, e distrusse gli Anachiti del monte di Hebron, di Debir, di Anab, e di tutto il monte di Giuda, e di tutto il monte d’Israele. Giosuè li distrusse al modo dell’interdetto, insieme con le lor città.

22 Non restarono alcuni Anachiti nel paese de’ figliuoli d’Israele; sol ne restarono in Gaza, in Gat, e in Asdod.

23 Giosuè adunque prese tutto il paese, interamente come il Signore avea detto a Mosè, e lo diede in eredità a Israele, secondo i loro spartimenti, a tribù a tribù. E il paese ebbe riposo della guerra.

   


To many Protestant and Evangelical Italians, the Bibles translated by Giovanni Diodati are an important part of their history. Diodati’s first Italian Bible edition was printed in 1607, and his second in 1641. He died in 1649. Throughout the 1800s two editions of Diodati’s text were printed by the British Foreign Bible Society. This is the more recent 1894 edition, translated by Claudiana.

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4240. 'To the land of Seir' means celestial-natural good. This is clear from the meaning of 'the land of Seir' in the highest sense as the Lord's celestial-natural good. The reason why 'the land of Seir' has this meaning is that Mount Seir formed a boundary to the land of Canaan on one side, Joshua 11:16-17, and all boundaries such as rivers, mountains, and stretches of land represented the things that came last, 1585, 1866, 4116. Indeed these boundaries acquired their individual representations from the land of Canaan contained within them, which land represented the Lord's heavenly kingdom, and in the highest sense His Divine Human, see 1607, 3038, 3481, 3705. Things that are last, existing as boundaries, are those which are called natural, for natural things are the boundaries holding spiritual and celestial realities within them. This is so in the heavens, for the inmost or third heaven is celestial because it is governed by love to the Lord; the intermediate or second heaven is spiritual because it is governed by love towards the neighbour; and the last or first heaven is celestial-natural and spiritual-natural because it is governed by simple good, which is the last degree of order there. And the same is true with the regenerate person who is a miniature heaven. From all this one may now see the origin of the meaning of 'the land of Seir' as celestial-natural good. 'Esau' too, who dwelt there, represents that good, as has been shown above, and therefore the land where he dwelt has the same meaning. For lands take on the particular representations of their inhabitants, 1675.

[2] From all this one may now see what is meant in the Word by 'Seir', as in Moses,

Jehovah came from Sinai, and dawned from Seir upon them; He shone from Mount Paran, and came out of myriads of holiness. Deuteronomy 33:2-3.

In the Song of Deborah and Barak in the Book of Judges,

O Jehovah, when You went forth from Seir, when You set out from the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, the clouds indeed dropped water, the mountains flowed down, this Sinai before Jehovah God of Israel. Judges 5:4-5.

In Balaam's prophecy,

I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near. A star will arise out of Jacob, and a sceptre will rise up out of Israel. And Edom will be an inheritance and Seir will be an inheritance of his enemies; and Israel is gaining strength. Numbers 24:17-18.

Anyone can see that in these places 'Seir' means some aspect of the Lord, since it is said that 'Jehovah dawned from Seir', that 'He went forth from Seir and set out from the field of Edom', and that 'Edom and Seir will be an inheritance'. But what aspect of the Lord is meant no one can know except from the internal sense of the Word. It is the Lord's Divine Human that is meant, and in particular the good of the Divine Natural within that Human, as may be seen from what has been mentioned above. 'Dawning from and going out of Seir' means that He made even the Natural Divine in order that this also might be a source of light, that is, of intelligence and wisdom, and in this way He might become Jehovah not only as regards the Human Rational but also as regards the Human Natural. This is why it is said that 'Jehovah dawned from Seir' and 'Jehovah went out of Seir' - the Lord being Jehovah, see 1343, 1736, 2004, 2005, 2018, 2025, 2156, 2329, 2921, 3023, 3035. Something similar is embodied in the prophetic utterance concerning Dumah,

One is calling to me from Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? The watchman said, Morning comes, and also the night. Isaiah 21:11-12.

[3] In the relative sense 'the land of Seir' strictly speaking means the Lord's kingdom existing with those outside the Church, that is, with gentiles when the Church is being established among them, while the previous or old Church is simultaneously falling away from charity and faith. As is clear from many places in the Word, light comes at that time to those who are in darkness. And this is strictly speaking the meaning of 'dawning from Seir', and of 'going forth from Seir and setting out from the field of Edom'. It is also the meaning of 'Seir will be an inheritance', as well as of the words in Isaiah, 'One is calling to me from Seir, Watchman, what of the night? The watchman said, Morning comes, and also the night.' 'Morning comes' means the Lord's advent, 2405, 2780, and as a consequence enlightenment coming to people who are 'in the night', that is, who dwell in ignorance; but that enlightenment is from the Lord's Divine Natural, 4211. Since most things in the Word also have a contrary sense, so too does the name 'Seir', as in Ezekiel 25:8-9; 35:2-15, and in various places in the historical parts of the Word.

  
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