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Joshua 9:1-27
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 9:1-27
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Matthew Henry on Joshua 9:1-2Joshua 9:1-2 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryHitherto the Canaanites had defended themselves, but here they consult to attack Israel. Their minds were blinded, and their hearts hardened to their destruction. Though often at enmity with each other, yet they united…The Application of the Gibeonites. (b. c. 1450.)Joshua 9:1-2 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleTHE APPLICATION OF THE GIBEONITES. (B. C. 1450.) Hitherto the Canaanites had acted defensively; the Israelites were the aggressors upon Jericho and Ai. But here the kings of Canaan are in consultation to attack Israel,…The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 9:1Joshua 9:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryAnd it came to pass, when all the kings. According to the explanation given above (Joshua 6:5, Joshua 6:15) of the particle כwith the infinitive, this must mean immediately. We must therefore suppose that the distance a…The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 9:1-27Joshua 9:1-27 · The Pulpit CommentaryGod's people off their guard. This chapter contains the record of a venial sin; an act, that is, which was rather one of thoughtlessness than of deliberate intention to offend. It is one thing to forget for a moment God…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Joshua 9:1-2Hitherto the Canaanites had defended themselves, but here they consult to attack Israel. Their minds were blinded, and their hearts hardened to their destruction. Though often at enmity with each other, yet they united…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Application of the Gibeonites. (b. c. 1450.)THE APPLICATION OF THE GIBEONITES. (B. C. 1450.) Hitherto the Canaanites had acted defensively; the Israelites were the aggressors upon Jericho and Ai. But here the kings of Canaan are in consultation to attack Israel,…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 9:1-27God's people off their guard. This chapter contains the record of a venial sin; an act, that is, which was rather one of thoughtlessness than of deliberate intention to offend. It is one thing to forget for a moment God…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 9:1And it came to pass, when all the kings. According to the explanation given above (Joshua 6:5, Joshua 6:15) of the particle כwith the infinitive, this must mean immediately. We must therefore suppose that the distance a…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 9:2With one accord. One mouth, according to the Hebrew, referring not merely to their opinions, but to the expression of them. "O that Israel would learn this of Canaanites, to sacrifice private interests to the public wel…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Joshua 9:3-13Other people heard these tidings, and were driven thereby to make war upon Israel; but the Gibeonites were led to make peace with them. Thus the discovery of the glory and the grace of God in the gospel, is to some a sa…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Artifice of the Gibeonites. (b. c. 1450.)THE ARTIFICE OF THE GIBEONITES. (B. C. 1450.) Here, I. The Gibeonites desire to make peace with Israel, being alarmed by the tidings they heard of the destruction of Jericho, Joshua 9:3. Other people heard those tidings…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 9:3-27The submission of the Gibeonites. According to the explicit law of Moses (in Deuteronomy 20:10-18), there were three courses which Israel might pursue towards the cities they besieged: 1. In the event of a city refusing…Joseph S. Exell and contributors