Joshua 10:43

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Joshua 10:1-43

Joshua 10:0 Dr. W. G. Blaikie remarks that some commentators look on these words as akin to the prayer of Agamemnon (Iliad II, 412 sq.) that the sun must not go down till he had sacked Troy. He goes on: 'But whatever allowance we may make for poetical licence of speech, it is hardly possible not to perceive that the words as they stand imply a miracle of extraordinary sublimity; nor do we see any sufficient ground for resisting the common belief that in whatsoever way it was effected, there was... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Joshua 10:1-43

CHAPTER XIX.THE BATTLE OF BETHHORON.Joshua 10:1-43.OUT of the larger confederacy of the whole Canaanite chiefs against Joshua and his people recorded in the beginning of chap 9, a smaller number, headed by Adonizedec, undertook the special task of chastising the Gibeonites, who had not only refused to join the confederacy, but, as it was thought, basely and treacherously surrendered to Joshua. It is interesting to find the King of Jerusalem, Adonizedec, bearing a name so similar to that of... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Joshua 10:1-43

10. The Victorious Conquest CHAPTER 10 1. Adoni-zedec and his confederacy (Joshua 10:1-6 ) 2. The war (Joshua 10:7-11 ) 3. The miracle (Joshua 10:12-15 ) 4. The victory won (Joshua 10:16-21 ) 5. The five kings slain (Joshua 10:22-27 ) 6. Further conquests (Joshua 10:28-43 ) The name Jerusalem is mentioned here for the first time in the Bible. (Salem in Genesis 14:18 , is generally taken to be Jerusalem. See Psalms 76:2 . The ancient tablets give the name as Ur-Salim. But the name... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Joshua 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. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 10:1-43

TOLA'S 23 YEARS AS JUDGE (vv. 1-2) Abimelech had been no help to Israel in his three years of authority, now another man, Tola of Issachar, "arose to save Israel" (v. 1). We are not told what he saved Israel from, and nothing is said of his character or of his actions. But if he saved Israel from the idol worship they had adopted, this was good work. Generally, where there is no recorded history the implications are good. He judged Israel 23 years and died. Though there is nothing... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Joshua 10:1-43

CONQUEST OF THE SOUTH THE COMPACT WITH THE GIBEONITES (Joshua 9:0 ) Joshua 9:1-2 are a general statement telling how the kings of the surrounding nations felt in view of Israel’s victories, and what they planned to do about it. The narrative then ends in order to describe the method of the Gibeonites, which differed from the others. We must again refer the student to the map in the back of his Bible for details as to the location of these nations. Gibeon will be discovered a little to the... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Joshua 10:12-43

Five Modern Kings Jos 10:12-43 WE are now travelling in the midst of wars and rumours of wars in our progress through these sacred pages. The reading is very exciting and distressing. Every page is a battlefield, and every sentence is like a stain of blood. Our distress can only be mitigated by taking in great breadths of time and viewing the course of Providence, not in detail, but in entirety, as a stupendous and well-composed unity. This is the law of just judgment in all life, so we are... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Joshua 10:28-43

I bring all these into one point of view for the sake of shortness. They only serve to illustrate the astonishing victory of Joshua. But the grand point I wish to interest the Reader to attend to in this history is, the glorious victory of Jesus, over all the enemies of our salvation, which are here most beautifully represented in type and figure. As Joshua utterly destroyed all and everything which belonged to the enemy: so our glorious Joshua will eternally destroy all that oppose his... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Joshua 10:43

REFLECTIONS BEHOLD, my soul, in the distresses brought upon the Gibeonites, by reason of their league with Joshua, what a lively picture it affords of every renewed soul, in the conflicts it is sure to be engaged in, whenever it is brought to seek fellowship with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. Do I not know the truth of that scripture by heartfelt experience, that they who will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. Oh! happy experience! blessed testimony! Be it my joy... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 10:28-43

28-43 Joshua made speed in taking these cities. See what a great deal of work may be done in a little time, if we will be diligent, and improve our opportunities. God here showed his hatred of the idolatries and other abominations of which the Canaanites had been guilty, and shows us how great the provocation was, by the greatness of the destruction brought upon them. Here also was typified the destruction of all the enemies of the Lord Jesus, who, having slighted the riches of his grace, must... read more

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