Verse 18
18. The mountain The same as the wood, Joshua 17:15, and referring probably to Gilboa.
The outgoings of it “The fields and the plains bordering upon the wood.” Keil. “The defiles and avenues of approach.” Bush. “Extremities.” Furst.
[ Though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong It is altogether better to translate the word כי , here twice rendered though, by its ordinary meaning, for. This particle occurs five times in this verse, and has the same causal meaning every time. Render: For the mountain is thine; for it is a forest and thou shalt cut it down, and thine shall be its outgoings; for thou shalt drive out the Canaanite; for iron chariots are his! for strong is he! The force of Joshua’s words is in the irony they contain. The meaning is, Because the Canaanite has iron chariots and is so mighty, therefore thou a great people ought to glory in driving him out. He is a foeman worthy of thy steel.]
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