Jos 10:3
10:3 Wherefore {a} Adonizedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham
     king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto
     Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon,
     saying,

     (a) That is, "Lord of justice", so tyrants take for
         themselves glorious names, when indeed they are the
         very enemies of God and all justice.

Jos 10:5
10:5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of
     Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the
     king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves
     together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and
     encamped before Gibeon, and made {b} war against it.

     (b) So envious the wicked are, when any depart from their
         hand.

Jos 10:8
10:8 And the LORD said unto Joshua, {c} Fear them not: for I
     have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man
     of them stand before thee.

     (c) Lest Joshua should have thought that God had sent this
         great power against him for his unlawful league with
         the Gibeonites, the Lord here strengthens him.

Jos 10:11
10:11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel,
      [and] were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD
      cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah,
      and they died: [they were] more which died with {d}
      hailstones than [they] whom the children of Israel slew
      with the sword.

      (d) So we see that all things serve to execute God's
          vengeance against the wicked.

Jos 10:13
10:13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the
      people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. [Is] not
      this written in the book of {e} Jasher?  So the sun stood
      still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down
      about a whole day.

      (e) Some read, the book of the righteous, meaning Moses:
          the Chaldea text reads, in the book of the Law, but it
          is likely that it was a book thus named, which is now
          lost.

Jos 10:14
10:14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that
      the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD
      {f} fought for Israel.

      (f) By taking away the enemies hearts and destroying them
          with the hail stones.

Jos 10:21
10:21 And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at
      Makkedah in {g} peace: none moved his tongue against any
      of the children of Israel.

      (g) Or in safety, so that none gave them as much as an
          evil word.

Jos 10:24
10:24 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings
      unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel,
      and said unto the captains of the men of war which went
      with him, Come near, put your feet upon the {h} necks of
      these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon
      the necks of them.

      (h) Signifying what would become of the rest of God's
          enemies, seeing that kings themselves were not spared.

Jos 10:40
10:40 So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the
      south, and of the {i} vale, and of the springs, and all
      their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed
      all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.

      (i) Some read, Ashedoth, which signifies the descents of
          the hills.

Jos 10:42
10:42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at {k}
      one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for
      Israel.

      (k) In one battle.

Jos 10:43
10:43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the
      camp to {l} Gilgal.

      (l) Where the ark was, there to give thanks for their
          victories.



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