Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
to the plains of Jericho—That part of the Arabah or Ghor, on the west, is about seven miles broad from the Jordan to the mountain entrance at Wady-Kelt. Though now desert, this valley was in ancient times richly covered with wood. An immense palm forest, seven miles long, surrounded Jericho.
the children of Reuben . . . passed over armed before the children of Israel—There is no precedency to the other tribes indicated here; for there is no reason to suppose that the usual order of march was departed from; but these are honorably mentioned to show that, in pursuance of their promise (Joshua 1:16-18), they had sent a complement of fighting men to accompany their brethren in the war of invasion.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Joshua 4:13:
Numbers 32:17
Numbers 32:20-33
Joshua 4:10
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