The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 9:11
Our elders. Gibeon and its allied cities did not possess a regal government (see note on Joshua 9:3 ). read more
여호수아 9:7-18 Krv
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The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 9:14
And the men took of their victuals. Most commentators prefer this rendering to that of the margin, "and they received the men because of their victuals." The natural explanation—though several others are given, for which see Keil in loc.— would seem to be that the Israelites relied on the evidence of their senses, instead of upon the counsel of God. They could see the condition of the garments, sacks, and wine skins of the Gibeonites. They tasted of their victuals to convince themselves of... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 9:14
The Israelites outwitted. A story that bears on its face the evidences of authenticity. A wiliness displayed quite in keeping with our notions of Oriental duplicity. Has lessons appropriate to modern days. Whilst some incidents of this book enjoin courage, this induces discretion, and thus are we preserved from a one-sided development of our spiritual life. No study more instructive than that of history, and no history more suggestively written than that of the Israelites. I. THE ... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 9:14
The oracle neglected. Between Joshua and Eleazer, the ruler and the high priest, a noble heritage was divided. The one has the obedience of Israel, the other the secrets of God. They have at their command respectively human power and Divine wisdom. According to Numbers 27:21 , Joshua was taught to expect to find a heavenly oracle in the Urim and the Thummim of the priest; and constantly the promised oracle was given. In this case, however, it was not sought. Joshua and the rest were... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 9:15
The princes of the congregation. Literally, the exalted ones, נְשִׂיאֵי of the congregation, "Die obersten der gemeine" (Luther); that is, the heads of the various tribes (see Numbers 1:44 ; and note on Joshua 7:14 ). read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 9:15-23
The Gibeonites. The manner in which Joshua dealt with the Gibeonites shows how inflexible is the respect God requires for truth. That respect is exemplified in two ways in tiffs narrative. First, in the fulfilment of the oath made to the Gibeonites, that their lives should be saved; and second, in the punishment with which they are visited for their falsehood. They deceived Joshua by their miserable subterfuge of mouldy bread and way-worn garments, and thus passed themselves off as the... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 9:17
On the third day. After the trick was discovered. Keil remarks that we need not suppose that the three days were consumed on the march. Not only did Joshua, when celerity was necessary, perform the journey in a single night, but the whole distance was not more than eighteen or twenty miles, if we accept the hypothesis of a second Gilgal. Now their cities were. Beeroth still exists, we are told, as el-Bireh (Robinson 2:132. So also Vaudcvelde and Conder). Jerome identified it with a place... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 9:18
And the children of Israel smote them not. There is great difference of opinion among the commentators as to whether this oath were binding off the Israelites or not. This difference is to be found among Roman Catholics as well as Protestants, and Cornelius a Lapide gives the ingenious and subtle arguments used on both sides by the Jesuit commentators. Many contend that as it was obtained by fraud, and especially by a representation that the Gibeonites did not belong to the tribes which... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 9:18-19
An oath observed. Recapitulate the chief circumstances: The embassage from Gibeon. Described in Joshua 10:1-43 . as "a great city," and "all the men thereof mighty." Not because they were inferior to the other inhabitants of the land did they seek to make a compromise with Israel. The surprise of the Israelites on discovering the nearness of Gibeon. "Those old shoes had easily held to carry them back to their home." I. THE ANGER AND WISH OF THE PEOPLE arose from— 1 ... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 9:10
Sihon, king of Heshbon, and Og, the king of Bashan (see Numbers 21:21 , Numbers 21:35 ). Ashtaroth (see Joshua 12:4 ; Joshua 13:31 ; also Deuteronomy 1:4 ). In Numbers 21:1-35 . Edrei only is mentioned. This is not the Ashtaroth-Karnaim of Genesis 14:5 , which is so called from the worship of the horned Astarte, or crescent (see below), to distinguish it from this Ashtaroth. The two cities were close together. Eusebius and Jerome state that they were only nine miles apart.... read more