E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 7:26
the fierceness. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia ( App-6 ). read more
ヨシュア記 7:15-26 Jcb
E.W. Bullinger
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Joshua 7:16
"So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken, and he brought near the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zerahites: and he brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: and he brought near his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to Jehovah,... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Joshua 7:22
"So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. And they took them from the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel; and they laid them down before Jehovah. And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 7:16
Ver. 16. So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought, &c.— Interpreters here ask, How was it possible that Achan should dare to extend his audacity so far as not to confess his crime as soon as he knew the orders which God had given to Joshua?—And they answer, that sin had blinded him, and that a proud shame withheld him. But, waving the discussion of these replies, we apprehend that the following will be considered as very sufficient; namely, that Achan knew nothing of the orders... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 7:19
Ver. 19. And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, &c.— Compassion and clemency are the portion of great souls. As soon as the criminal was known, and brought before Joshua, that merciful and generous leader exhorted him, before all things, and with all the moderation beseeming a judge, whose decrees passion and malice should never dictate, to give glory to God; i.e. to use the expression of the Samaritan Chronicle, to raise his eyes to the King of heaven and earth; and to confess, that nothing... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 7:21
Ver. 21. When I saw among the spoils— The Samaritan Chronicle makes Achan here say, that it was in a temple of Jericho that he saw the things which tempted him; among which was a goodly Babylonish garment. Bochart with his usual erudition observes, that clothes of divers colours were made at Babylon, adorned with figures, in the taste of the Turkey carpets, very shining, rich, and much sought after in all the eastern world. The Babylonians had invented these sorts of works, made in the loom... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 7:24
Ver. 24. And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan, &c.— With the consent of the whole assembly, and followed by all the people, Joshua caused the criminal to be brought to the neighbouring valley, called from that time the valley of Achor, or of trouble, because of the trouble which this affair had occasioned to the Israelites; and with him they conducted, or carried, all that belonged to him. In the Hebrew it is, they made these things go up in the valley of Achor. In Scripture, to... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 7:25
Ver. 25. And all Israel stoned him with stones, &c.— There are three things to be considered from these words: I. It is asked, what was the punishment inflicted upon Achan? All the interpreters agree that he was stoned; but they are not equally agreed that he was burned. It is certain, that the law against sacrilege condemned offenders to the fire; (Deuteronomy 13:15-16.) it is also certain, that God had condemned to the fire whosoever should take of the accursed thing at the taking of... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 7:26
Ver. 26. Wherefore the name of that place, &c.— From the day of the punishment of Achan, or Achor, the disturber of the public repose, the Israelites called the place where he was stoned Achar. What confirms this etymology is, that Achan is always called Achar in the Syriac version, and by Josephus, Athanasius, Basil, and other authors, at the head of whom we may place Esdras, 1 Chronicles 2:7. See Bochart on the subject, Hieroz. part i. lib. ii. c. 32. Mr. Saurin observes, that the design... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 7:25
Why. . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis ( App-6 ). troubled . . . trouble. Hebrew. Achored . . . Acker . stoned them : i.e. the people, not the property. read more