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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 24:1-33

Joshua 24:1 . Shechem. Some think this was the Sychar where our Saviour talked with the woman. John 4:5. This place became far famed on account of the renewal of the covenant before Joshua’s death. He had built an altar here more than twenty years before. This town lies about eight miles from Samaria, and is now called Naplosa. Joshua 24:2 . Terah served other gods. Sabianism maintained that the world was eternal, and inculcated the worship of the planets as gods. The planets were also... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Joshua 24:1-33

Joshua 24:1-33Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem. Joshua’s last farewellI. God’s threefold mercies.1. Israel’s enlargement (verses 2-4).2. Israel’s exodus (verses 5-7).3. Israel’s entrance into Canaan (verses 8-12).II. Joshua’s threefold appeal.1. He exhorts them to fear and serve this great and this good God.2. To manifest in yet clearer light that the service of God is a reasonable service, and to show the utter folly of idolatry, Joshua, in the gravest irony, upholds the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Joshua 24:12

Joshua 24:12Not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.Not with sword or bowA very necessary reminder, applicable to both the hour of conflict and victory. Both seasons have their own dangers. There is no final conflict or victory in this life; only when death has finished our course should we be hopeless or exultant. Each contest is but a single event of a series, and the one, though leading to others, does not of necessity determine the character of them all. Defeat to-day does not mean defeat... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Joshua 24:13

Joshua 24:13And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour.The inheritance of the pastThe substance of these closing words of the old Hebrew chief amounted to this: they had had vastly more done for them than they had done or could have done for themselves. They were not the sole nor the chief architects of their own fortunes. At this stage in the fortunes of their national life the prescient eye of Joshua saw the resulting perils from the disposition among them to forget their past... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 24:12

Jos 24:12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, [even] the two kings of the Amorites; [but] not with thy sword, nor with thy bow. Ver. 12. And I sent the hornet before you. ] Crabrones, sive muscam venenatam: Metaphorice de terrore illis incusso, saith Piscator; It is to be metaphorically taken for stinging terrors, struck into the hearts of these Canaanites. But why not literally rather? But not with thy sword. ] But with my hornets. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 24:13

Jos 24:13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat. Ver. 13. And cities which ye built not. ] For Hazor only was burnt, Jos 11:13 and the rest inhabited by them. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Joshua 24:12

I sent: Exodus 23:28, Deuteronomy 7:20 not: Psalms 44:3-Joshua : Reciprocal: Joshua 11:21 - Joshua destroyed 2 Kings 6:22 - thy sword 1 Chronicles 17:21 - by driving Psalms 44:2 - how thou didst afflict Psalms 80:9 - preparedst Isaiah 7:18 - fly read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Joshua 24:13

And I: Joshua 21:45 cities: Joshua 11:13, Deuteronomy 6:10-2 Kings :, Deuteronomy 8:7, Proverbs 13:22 Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 20:7 - gavest Psalms 105:44 - gave read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Joshua 24:12

And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.Sent the hornet — When they were actually engaged in battle with the Canaanites. These dreadful swarms which first appeared in their war with Sihon and Og, tormented them with their stings and terrified them with their noise, so that they became an easy prey to Israel. God had promised to do this for them, Exodus 23:27,28, and here Joshua observes... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:12

12. And I sent the hornet before you The figurative interpretation of the hornet makes it a vivid metaphor for enemies armed with fearful weapons, or for pungent and stinging terrors. But we are inclined to the literal interpretation, which was evidently held by the author of the Wisdom of Solomon, (Joshua 12:8,) that a species of wasp, which swarms in warm climates, became an intolerable plague, and drove many of the Canaanites from their land. The ancient historians Pliny, Justin, and... read more

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 24:1-33

The Biblical Illustrator - Joshua 24:1-33

The Biblical Illustrator - Joshua 24:12

The Biblical Illustrator - Joshua 24:13

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 24:12

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 24:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Joshua 24:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Joshua 24:13

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Joshua 24:12

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:12

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