Chapter 10

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Adoni-zedec, Gen 14:18; Heb 7:1

as he had Josh 6:21, Josh 8:2, Josh 8:22-29

how the Josh 9:15-27, Josh 11:19-20


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they feared Josh 2:9-13, Josh 2:24; Exod 15:14-16; Deut 11:25, Deut 28:10; Ps 48:4-6; Prov 1:26-27; Prov 10:24; Heb 10:27, Heb 10:31; Rev 6:15-17

Gibeon Gibeon was situated on an eminence, as its name imports, 40 furlongs north from Jerusalem, according to Josephus.

the royal cities Heb. cities of the kingdom, 1Sam 27:5; 2Sam 12:26


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king of Jerusalem Josh 10:1, Josh 10:5, Josh 12:10-13, Josh 15:35-39, Josh 15:54, Josh 15:63, Josh 18:28

Hebron Hebron was situated on an eminence, 20 miles south of Jerusalem, and the same distance north of Beersheba. It is now called El Khalil, "the well-beloved," the usual epithet which the Turks and Arabs apply to Abraham, whose sepulchral cave they still shew; over which St. Helena built a magnificent church Its original site was on an eminence, at the southern foot of which the present village is pleasantly situated, on which are the remains of an ancient castle, its sole defence. Josh 14:15; Gen 23:2, Gen 37:14; Num 13:22; 2Sam 2:11

Lachish 2Kgs 18:14, 2Kgs 18:17; 2Chr 11:9; Mic 1:13


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and help Isa 8:9-10, Isa 41:5-7; Acts 9:24-27, Acts 21:28; Rev 16:14, Rev 20:8-10

we may Josh 10:1, Josh 9:15; Matt 16:24; John 15:19, John 16:2-3; Acts 9:23; 2Tim 3:12; Jas 4:4; 1Pet 4:4


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Josh 10:6, Josh 9:1-2; Gen 15:16; Isa 8:9-10


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to the camp Josh 5:10, Josh 9:6

Slack 2Kgs 4:24

from thy Josh 9:15, Josh 9:24-25; Isa 33:22

mountains Josh 21:11; Deut 1:15; Ps 125:2; Luke 1:39


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Isa 8:12, Isa 8:14


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Josh 1:5-9, Josh 8:1, Josh 11:6; Deut 3:2, Deut 20:1-4; Judg 4:14-15; Ps 27:1-2; Isa 41:10-15; Rom 8:31


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all night 1Sam 11:9-11; Prov 22:29, Prov 24:11-12; Eccl 9:10; 2Tim 2:3, 2Tim 4:2


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the Lord Josh 11:8; Judg 4:15; 1Sam 7:10-12; 2Chr 14:12; Ps 18:14, Ps 44:3, Ps 78:55

at Gibeon Isa 28:21

Bethhoron Josh 16:3, Josh 16:5, Josh 21:22; 1Sam 13:18

Azekah Josh 10:11, Josh 15:35; Jer 34:7

Makkedah Josh 10:28, Josh 12:16, Josh 15:41


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the Lord Gen 19:24; Exod 9:22-26; Judg 5:20; Ps 11:6, Ps 18:12-14, Ps 77:17-18; Isa 28:2, Isa 30:30; Ezek 13:11; Rev 11:19, Rev 16:21


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Sun Joshua doubtless acted, on this occasion, by an immediate impulse upon his mind from the Spirit of God. The terms here employed to record the miracle, agree with the accustomed manner in which the the motions of the earth and sun are described in our own day. The sun apparently moves, but really is stationary; while the diurnal movement of the earth on its axis is by us unnoticed, and would not have been known except by astronomical science. The sun appeared to the Israelites over Gibeon, and the moon over the valley of Ajalon, and there they stayed in their course for "a whole day." Many vain enquiries have been made concerning the way in which this miracle was wrought, and many difficulties and objections have been urged against understanding it literally. But the fact is authenticated by the Divine testimony; and the manner in which it was accomplished lies entirely out of our province, because beyond our comprehension. Josh 10:13; Deut 4:19, Deut 17:3; Job 9:7, Job 31:26-27; Ps 19:4, Ps 74:16, Ps 148:3; Isa 28:21, Isa 38:8, Isa 60:20; Amos 8:9; Hab 3:11

stand thou Heb. be silent, Hab 2:20 *marg. Zech 2:13

Ajalon Josh 19:42; Judg 12:12, Aijalon


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until Num 31:2; Judg 5:2, Judg 16:28; Esth 8:13; Luke 18:7; Rev 6:10

Jasher or, the upright, Num 21:14; 2Sam 1:18

So the sun Josh 10:11, Josh 10:14; Ps 19:4, Ps 74:16-17, Ps 136:7-9, Ps 148:3; Isa 24:23, Isa 38:8; Joel 2:10, Joel 2:31, Joel 3:15; Matt 5:45, Matt 24:29; Acts 2:20; Rev 6:12, Rev 8:12, Rev 16:8-9; Rev 21:23


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there was 2Kgs 20:10-11; Isa 38:8

the Lord Zech 4:6-7; Matt 21:21-22; Mark 11:22-24; Luke 17:6

for the Lord Josh 10:42, Josh 23:3; Deut 1:30


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Josh 10:6, Josh 10:43


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and hid Ps 48:4-6, Ps 139:7-10; Isa 2:10-12; Amos 9:2; Rev 6:15

in a cave Judg 6:2; 1Sam 13:6, 1Sam 24:3, 1Sam 24:8; Isa 2:19-22, Isa 24:21-22; Mic 7:17


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This information brought to Joshua, is an evidence that there were those of the country, who knew the holes and fastnesses of it, that were in his interests. And the care Joshua took to secure them there, as it is an instance of his policy and presence of mind, even in the heat of action; so, in the success of their project, it shews how they who think to hide themselves from God, not only deceive, but destroy themselves. Their refuge of lies will but bind them over to God's judgment.


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Josh 10:22; Judg 9:46-49; Job 21:30; Amos 5:19, Amos 9:1; Matt 27:66


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stay ye Ps 18:37-41; Jer 48:10

smite Heb. cut off the tail, Isa 9:14-15

suffer them Josh 10:20; 2Sam 17:13, 2Sam 20:6; Jer 8:14


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had made Josh 10:10, Josh 8:24; 2Chr 13:17

fenced cities 2Sam 20:6; Jer 8:14


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to the camp Josh 10:15-17

none Exod 11:7; Isa 54:17, Isa 57:4


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1Sam 15:32

Josh 10:16-18


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Josh 10:1, Josh 10:3, Josh 10:5


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put your feet Deut 33:29; Judg 8:20; Ps 2:8-12, Ps 18:40, Ps 91:13, Ps 107:40, Ps 110:1, Ps 110:5; Ps 149:8-9; Isa 26:5-6, Isa 60:11-12; Mal 4:3; Rom 16:20; Rev 2:26-27


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Fear not Josh 1:9; Deut 31:6-8; 1Sam 17:37; Ps 63:9, Ps 77:11; 2Cor 1:10; 2Tim 4:17-18

be strong Eph 6:10

thus shall Deut 3:21-22, Deut 7:19; Rom 8:37


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Joshua Judg 8:21; 1Sam 15:33

hanged Josh 8:29; Num 25:4; Deut 21:22-23; 2Sam 21:6, 2Sam 21:9; Esth 2:23, Esth 7:9-10; Matt 27:25; Gal 3:13


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they took Josh 8:29; Deut 21:23; 2Sam 18:17

until this very day Josh 4:9, Josh 7:26


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Makkedah Situated, according to Eusebius, 8 miles east from Eleutheropolis. It was afterwards assigned to the tribe of Judah. Josh 15:41

them Josh 10:32, Josh 10:35, Josh 10:37, Josh 10:39, Josh 6:21; Deut 7:2, Deut 7:16, Deut 20:16-17; Ps 21:8-9, Ps 110:1; Luke 19:27; 1Cor 15:25

and he did Josh 10:30, Josh 8:2


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Libnah This city was situated in the south of Judah, and in the district of Eleutheropolis, according to Eusebius and Jerome. It is probably the Libnah in the neighbourhood of which the Israelites encamped. Josh 12:15, Josh 15:42, Josh 21:13; Num 33:20; 2Kgs 8:22, 2Kgs 19:8; Jer 52:1, as he did, Josh 10:28, Josh 6:21, Josh 8:2, Josh 8:29


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Lachish Lachish was also situated in the south of Judah, seven miles south from Eleutheropolis, according to Eusebius and Jerome. It appears to have been anciently a very strong place; for though the people were panic struck, and the Israelites flushed with success, yet Joshua could not reduce it till the second day; and the king of Assyria afterwards was obliged to raise the siege. Josh 10:3, Josh 10:5, Josh 12:11, Josh 15:39; 2Kgs 19:8; 2Chr 11:9; Isa 37:8; Mic 1:13


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to Libnah Josh 10:30


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Gezer Gezer was situated on the confines of Ephraim and Manasseh, between Beth-horon and the sea; and is evidently the village of Gazara mentioned by Eusebius, four miles (north) from Nicopolis or Emmaus. Josh 12:12, Josh 16:3, Josh 16:10, Josh 21:21; Judg 1:29; 1Kgs 9:16-17; 1Chr 6:67, 1Chr 20:4


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Eglon This town appears to have been no great distance from Lachish, with which it is mentioned, Josh 15:39, as one of the cities given to Judah. Josh 10:3, Josh 12:12, Josh 15:39


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on that day Josh 10:32

utterly Josh 10:37; Lev 26:44; Job 19:10


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Hebron Josh 10:3, Josh 10:5, Josh 14:13-14, Josh 15:13, Josh 15:54, Josh 21:13; Gen 13:18; Num 13:22; Judg 1:10; 2Sam 5:1-5, 2Sam 15:9-10; 1Chr 12:23, 1Chr 12:28


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the king From Josh 10:23, we learn that the king of Hebron was one of the five whom Joshua slew and hanged on five trees at Makkedah. This slaying of the king of Hebron, therefore, must either refer to what had already been done, or the Hebronites had set up another, whom Joshua now slew when he took the city.

according Josh 10:35


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Debir Debir was situated in the south of the tribe of Judah, near Hebron. The expression of Joshua's returning to Debir, probably denotes, that having carried his conquests in the southern parts as far as Gaza (Josh 10:41), which was in the south-west angle of Canaan, he then marched back to besiege Debir. Josh 12:13, Josh 15:15, Josh 15:49, Josh 21:15; Judg 1:11-15


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he left none Josh 10:33, Josh 10:37, Josh 10:40, Josh 11:8; Deut 3:3; 2Kgs 10:11; Obad 1:18


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all the country Josh 15:21-63, Josh 18:21-28, Josh 19:1-8, Josh 19:40-48

utterly Josh 10:35, Josh 10:37; 1Kgs 15:29; Ps 9:17; 2Thess 1:7-9

as the Lord Josh 6:17, Josh 8:2, Josh 8:27, Josh 9:24; Exod 23:31-33, Exod 34:12; Deut 7:2-16, Deut 26:16-17


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Kadeshbarnea Josh 14:6-7; Num 13:26, Num 32:8, Num 34:4; Deut 9:23

Gaza Gen 10:19; Judg 16:1, Judg 16:21; 1Sam 6:17; Zech 9:5; Acts 8:26

all the country The country of Goshen, mentioned here, seems to have been in the south of Judah; and to have taken its name from the city of Goshen, situated in the same tribe. Josh 11:16, Josh 15:51

Gibeon Josh 10:2, Josh 10:12; 1Kgs 3:5


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because Josh 10:14; Exod 14:14, Exod 14:25; Deut 20:4; Ps 44:3-8, Ps 46:1, Ps 46:7, Ps 46:11, Ps 80:3, Ps 118:6; Isa 8:9-10, Isa 43:4; Rom 8:31-37


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unto the camp Josh 10:15, Josh 4:19; 1Sam 11:14


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