Joshua 24:11-15

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 24:15-28

Never was any treaty carried on with better management, nor brought to a better issue, than this of Joshua with the people, to engage them to serve God. The manner of his dealing with them shows him to have been in earnest, and that his heart was much upon it, to leave them under all possible obligations to cleave to him, particularly the obligation of a choice and of a covenant. I. Would it be any obligation upon them if they made the service of God their choice?--he here puts them to their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:11

And ye went over Jordan ,.... In a miraculous manner, the waters parting to make way for the host of Israel: and came unto Jericho ; the first city of any size and strength in the land, which was about seven or eight miles from Jordan; See Gill on Numbers 22:1 , and the men of Jericho fought against you ; by endeavouring to intercept their spies, and cut them off; by shutting up the gates of their city against Israel; and it may be throwing darts, arrows, and stones, from off the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:12

And I sent the hornet before you ,.... Of which See Gill on Exodus 23:28 , which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites ; who were Sihon and Og, and not only them, and the Amorites under them, but the other nations, Hivites, Hittites, &c.; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow ; but by insects of the Lord's sending to them, which, as Kimchi says, so blinded their eyes, that they could not see to fight, and so Israel came upon them, and slew... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:13

And I have given you a land for which you did not labour ,.... Or, in which F26 בה "in qua", V. L. Pagninus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. , by manuring and cultivating it, by dunging, and ploughing, and sowing: and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them ; neither built the houses in them, nor the walls and fortifications about them; in which now they dwelt safely, and at ease, and which had been promised them as well as what follows; see Deuteronomy 6:10 , of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:14

Now therefore fear the Lord ,.... Since he has done such great and good things, fear the Lord and his goodness, fear him for his goodness sake; nothing so influences fear, or a reverential affection for God, as a sense of his goodness; this engages men sensible of it to fear the Lord, that is, to worship him both internally and externally in the exercise of every grace, and in the performance of every duty: and serve him in sincerity and in truth : in the uprightness of their souls,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:15

And if it seem evil to you to serve the Lord ,.... Irksome and troublesome, a burden, a weariness, and not a pleasure and delight: choose you this day whom you will serve ; say if you have found a better master, and whose service will be more pleasant and profitable: whether the gods your fathers served, that were on the other side of the flood ; the river Euphrates; these may bid rid rest for antiquity, but then they were such their fathers had relinquished, and for which... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:11

The men of Jericho fought against you - See the notes on Joshua 3:1-16 (note) and Joshua 6:1 ; (note), etc. The people of Jericho are said to have fought against the Israelites, because they opposed them by shutting their gates, etc., though they did not attempt to meet them in the field. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:12

I sent the hornet before you - See the note on Exodus 23:28 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:14

Fear the Lord - Reverence him as the sole object of your religious worship. Serve him - Perform his will by obeying his commands. In sincerity - Having your whole heart engaged in his worship. And in truth - According to the directions he has given you in his infallible word. Put away the gods , etc. - From this exhortation of Joshua we learn of what sort the gods were, to the worship of whom these Israelites were still attached. Those which their... read more

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