Joshua 10:5-Ruth

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Joshua 10:1-43

Chapter 10In verse six of chapter ten,The men of Gibeon sent an urgent message to Joshua that they were being attacked. They said, "Now we have this mutual defense pact with you, so come to our aid." And Joshua honoring the pact that he had made, took his men of war, in a forced march all night long, and they came to the area of Gibeon where the Gibeonites were being attacked by these kings with all their chariots, and horses and all. The Lord spoke unto Joshua before going into battle, and... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 10:1-43

Joshua 10:1 . Adonizedek, lord of righteousness. Zedek was common in the names of the kings of Jerusalem, as Melchizedek. Joshua 10:11 . Great stones hail stones, as in many versions. So is Psalms 68:14. “When the Almighty scattered kings, it was white as snow in Salmon.” The hail in Egypt destroyed men and cattle. Diodorus Siculus says, that “as the Persians were on their march to plunder the temple of Delphos, a violent storm of thunder and lightning fell on their camp, which... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Joshua 10:1-5

Joshua 10:1-5Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua.To arms! To arms!The greatest poet of Greece has sung in stately numbers the deeds of heroes whom his race adored. We listen to their counsels, we hear their battle shouts, we see their awful blows. Yet after all this plain, unvarnished tale depicts with more fidelity and power the progress and results of a conflict, the most sublime in its accompaniments that this earth has ever seen. In... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 10:5

Jos 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 war against it. Ver. 5. And encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it. ] Opposition is evangelii genius, saith Calvin: and the Church is haeres crucis, the heir of the Cross, saith Luther. "All that will live godly shall suffer... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Joshua 10:5

Joshua 10:6, Joshua 9:1, Joshua 9:2, Genesis 15:16, Isaiah 8:9, Isaiah 8:10 Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 20:1 - horses Joshua 10:3 - king of Jerusalem Joshua 10:23 - General Joshua 10:31 - Lachish Joshua 10:36 - Hebron 2 Chronicles 11:9 - Lachish read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Joshua 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 war against it.Of the Amorites — This name being here taken largely for any of the Canaanites, as is frequent; for, to speak strictly, the citizens of Hebron here mentioned, verse3, were Hittites. It is reasonably supposed, that the Amorites... read more