Joshua 23:10

One man of you shall chase a thousand ,.... Here Kimchi and Ben Melech observe, that the future tense is put for the past, and that the sense is, one of them had chased a thousand in their war with the Canaanites; but Abarbinel disapproves of this observation, and thinks it refers to time to come, what they should be able to do if they cleaved unto the Lord; this was fulfilled in Samson, Judges 15:15 ; such a promise was made, Leviticus 26:8 ,

for the Lord your God he it is that fighteth for you ; and no wonder then that a thousand should be put to flight by one man; the Targum interprets it of the Word of the Lord, as in Joshua 23:3 ,

as he hath promised you ; see Deuteronomy 1:30 .