Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Gilead . . . and Manasseh--as large districts, east and west of Jordan, represent the whole land.
divide . . . and mete out--means to have entire control over.
Ephraim--denotes the military (Deuteronomy 33:17); and--
Judah--(the lawgiver, Genesis 49:10), the civil power. Foreign nations are then presented as subdued.
God hath spoken in--or, "by."
his holiness-- (Psalms 89:35; Amos 4:2), on the pledge of His attributes (Psalms 22:3; Psalms 30:4). Taking courage from God's promise to give them possession (Exodus 23:31; Deuteronomy 11:24) (and perhaps renewed to him by special revelation), with triumphant joy he describes the conquest as already made.
Shechem, and . . . Succoth--as widely separated points, and--
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Psalms 60:1-3
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