ヨシュア記 24:3 JCB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 24:1-14

Joshua thought he had taken his last farewell of Israel in the solemn charge he gave them in the foregoing chapter, when he said, I go the way of all the earth; but God graciously continuing his life longer than expected, and renewing his strength, he was desirous to improve it for the good of Israel. He did not say, ?I have taken my leave of them once, and let that serve;? but, having yet a longer space given him, he summons them together again, that he might try what more he could do to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:3

And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood ,.... The river Euphrates, as before: or "your father, to wit, Abraham", as Noldius F24 Concord. Ebr. Part. p. 119. ; he took him not only in a providential way, and brought him from the other side of the Euphrates, out of an idolatrous country and family, but he apprehended him by his grace, and called and converted him by it, and brought him to a spiritual knowledge of himself, and of the Messiah that should spring from... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:3

Verse 3 3.And I took your father Abraham, etc This expression gives additional confirmation to what I lately showed, that Abraham did not emerge from profound ignorance and the abyss of error by his own virtue, but was drawn out by the hand of God. For it is not said that he sought God of his own accord, but that he was taken by God and transported elsewhere. Joshua then enlarges on the divine kindness in miraculously preserving Abraham safe during his long pilgrimage. What follows, however,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:1-13

Review of Providence. I. IT IS WELL TO REVIEW THE PAST . (a) grateful for the goofiness of God, (b) humble in the consciousness of our own failings, (c) wise from the lessons of experience, and (d) diligent to redeem the time which yet remains. II. NO REVIEW OF THE PAST IS COMPLETE WHICH DOES NOT RECOGNISE THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE . The chief value of biblical history is in the fact that it clearly indicates the action of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:1-13

Review of Providence. I. IT IS WELL TO REVIEW THE PAST . (a) grateful for the goofiness of God, (b) humble in the consciousness of our own failings, (c) wise from the lessons of experience, and (d) diligent to redeem the time which yet remains. II. NO REVIEW OF THE PAST IS COMPLETE WHICH DOES NOT RECOGNISE THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE . The chief value of biblical history is in the fact that it clearly indicates the action of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:1-22

The Renewal of the Covenant Joshua gathers all the tribes together to Shechem, and calls for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and they presented themselves before God. "And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen you the Lord to serve Him. And they said, We are witnesses. So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day." There are few more beautiful incidents in the Old Testament than... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:1-22

The Renewal of the Covenant Joshua gathers all the tribes together to Shechem, and calls for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and they presented themselves before God. "And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen you the Lord to serve Him. And they said, We are witnesses. So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day." There are few more beautiful incidents in the Old Testament than... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:1-28

The possession of the inheritance and its responsibilities. The difference between this address to the children of Israel and the former is that, in the former, Joshua's object was to warn them of the danger of evil doing, whereas in this he designed to lead them, now they were in full possession of the land, to make a formal renewal of the covenant. For this purpose he briefly surveys the history of Israel from the call of Abraham down to the occasion on which he addressed them. Up to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:2-3

Abraham the heathen. "Your fathers … served other gods," is an incidental statement of the utmost value. It throws a light on Abraham's antecedents in which we do not always see them, and enhances the significance of his abandonment of home and country, and his clear faith in a living God, in a degree which nothing else does. Observe first of all— I. THE FACT THAT ABRAHAM WAS ORIGINALLY A HEATHEN . He was not merely born and bred an idolater, as we might have gathered... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 24:3

Joshua 24:3. I took I snatched him out of that idolatrous place, and took him into acquaintance and covenant with myself, which was the highest honour and happiness he was capable of. And led That is, I brought him after his father’s death into Canaan, (Genesis 12:1,) and I conducted and preserved him in all his travels through the several parts of Canaan. And multiplied That is, gave him a numerous posterity, not only by Hagar and Keturah, but even by Sarah and Isaac. Gave him Isaac ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 24:1-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:1-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:2-3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 24:3

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