The king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
The list records the rulers of Shimron-meron and Achshaph as two single kings each, counted among the defeated kings whose cities were overcome in battle. This reckoning of conquests comes before the division of the land, which occurred about five years after Israel crossed the Jordan. The verse belongs to the larger account in Joshua 11 to 21 of the dividing and settling of the Promised Land among the tribes. It stands in the place where Israel's lack of faith and slowness to fully possess the land is shown. At the same time it points toward the assurance that God wrought all that He had promised and none of His good word failed.
The list records the rulers of Shimron-meron and Achshaph as two single kings each, counted among the defeated kings whose cities were overcome in battle. This reckoning of conquests comes before the division of the land, which occurred about five years after Israel crossed the Jordan. The verse belongs to the larger account in Joshua 11 to 21 of the dividing and settling of the Promised Land among the tribes. It stands in the place where Israel's lack of faith and slowness to fully possess the land is shown. At the same time it points toward the assurance that God wrought all that He had promised and none of His good word failed.