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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Joshua 6:2

And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho and the king thereof and the mighty men of valor. This was the divine plan and intention, assuring the immediate help of God, the overthrow of the city and its staunch and mighty defenders by a miracle.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Joshua 6:2. _AND THE LORD SAID UNTO JOSHUA_] This is the same person who in the preceding chapter is called the _captain_ or _prince of_ _the Lord's host_, the discourse being here continued tha...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    6. THE FALL OF JERICHO CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The divine instruction (Joshua 6:1)_ 2. The instructions followed (Joshua 6:6) 3. The fall of Jericho (Joshua 6:20) 4. Rahab remembered ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOSHUA 5:13 TO JOSHUA 6:27. THE CAPTURE OF JERICHO. The narrative begins at Joshua 5:13; Joshua 6:1 is an insertion (observe that RV places it in brackets), so that

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. SAID. This is the continuation of the Captain's words, Joshua 5:15. See note on Joshua 3:7. SEE. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. I HAVE GIVEN. It was Jehov...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And the Lord said_ The interview between the Hebrew leader and "the Prince of Jehovah's host" is here resumed. _See, I have given_ Compare for a similar expression Joshua 11:6. As Israel had stood on...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 2. _AND THE LORD SAID UNTO JOSHUA, SEE,_ &C.— The same person, who in the preceding chapter is called the _Captain of the host of the Lord,_ is here named _the_ LORD. There is no doubt, therefo...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _Instructions for Attacking Jericho Joshua 6:1-11_ Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. 2 And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have giv...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE LORD SAID UNTO JOSHUA, SEE, I HAVE GIVEN INTO THINE HAND JERICHO, AND THE KING THEREOF, AND THE MIGHTY MEN OF VALOUR._ See, I have given into thine hand. The language intimates that a purpos...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CAPTURE OF JERICH This chapter describes the first and perhaps MOST decisive _action in_ the war. The impression it produced (Joshua 6:27) no doubt did much to decide the fortunes of subsequent ca...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 6 V1 The people in Jericho kept their gate...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל ־יְהֹושֻׁ֔עַ רְאֵה֙ נ

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE COMMANDER AND HIS PLAN OF CAMPAIGN Joshua 5:13; Joshua 6:1 When the heart is perfect with God we may count on His presence and help. It is to the separated and obedient servant that the vision of...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    All the preparation being completed, the hosts of God moved forward as the scourge of God in judgment on the corrupt peoples of the land. It is impossible to imagine anything more calculated to impres...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    WHEN GOD BROUGHT DOWN THE WALLS Joshua 6:1-27 When Joshua met the captain of the host of the Lord in chapter 5, he asked him, "What does my Lord say to his servant?" He first told Joshua to take off...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _The Lord, in the person of the angel, who appeared to Josue, as he was praying in silent meditation, or reconnoitring the city of Jericho, chap. v. 13. (Haydock) --- Men. People of the different nati...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Reader! I beg of you to remark with me, that this is the same person spoken of in the preceding chapter, as captain of the Lord's host: for, certainly as there is no interruption in the history from w...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The passing of the Jordan was a wondrous and significant event; but it was not everything. It sank deep into the consciences of the Canaanites on all sides; but there was more that was needed, and mor...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _THE TAKING OF JERICHO_ ‘I have given into thine hand Jericho.’ Joshua 6:2 The city of Jericho lay over against the point where Jordan had been forded by the Israelites. It was a great city, as cit...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    In chapter 6 we find the principles on which the conquests of Israel are founded. The work is altogether God's. He may indeed exercise His people in conflict, but it is He who does all. "They went up...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE LORD SAID UNTO JOSHUA,.... The same divine Person called in the preceding chapter the Captain of the Lord's host, Joshua 5:14, now with him, and who gave him the following orders, instructions...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, [and] the mighty men of valour. Ver. 2. _And the Lord said._] The man Christ Jesus, Jos 5:13 that man o...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Jericho was straitly shut up_ They had shut up all their gates, and kept a very strict guard at them, for fear of the children of Israel. _And the Lord said unto Joshua_ There is great reason to beli...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Iericho is shut vp. 2 God instructeth Ioshua how to besiege it. 12 The citie is compassed. 17 It must be accursed. 20 The walles fall downe. 22 Rahab is saued. 26 The builder of Iericho is cur...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    JERICHO DESTROYED Joshua and Israel having been fully prepared by God, their conquest of Canaan begins. Jericho, with its thick walls, was securely shut up (v.1), prepared for a long siege; but certa...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-5 Jericho resolves Israel shall not be its master. It shut itself up, being strongly fortified both by art and nature. Thus were they foolish, and their hearts hardened to their destruction; the mi...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Who are in it, resolved and ready to defend it with their utmost strength....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 6:2 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Joshua H3091 See H7200 (H8798) given H5414 (H8804) Jericho...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And YHWH said to Joshua, “See, I have given into your hand Jericho, and its king, and the mighty men of valour.” ' The problem for Joshua was how the Israelites could breach the walls with the means...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Conquest of Jericho. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, priests, Rahab, 2 spies. CONCLUSION: The victories of faith are often to be won by means, and upon principles utterly foolish and inadequate i...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Joshua 6:4. _Seven trumpets of rams' horns._ Josephus uses this term, “rams' horns:” but in most versions it is holy trumpets, or trumpets used in the Jubilee, as seems to be implied by the Hebrew wor...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Now Jericho was straitly shut up._ SHUT UP An old writer says that every carnal heart is a Jericho shut up; God sits down before it and displays mercy and judgment: it hardens itself in a wilful sec...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 6:1 Taking the Land. Although the Promised Land is God’s gift to the Israelites (Joshua 6:2), now that they are in the land they must conquer it....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _THE SIEGE AND FALL OF JERICHO_ CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 6:1. This verse is merely a parenthesis in the account of the interview, beginning chap. Joshua 5:13, and ending chap. Joshua 6:5. The division...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE VICTORY.— JOSHUA 6:1 This verse (see above) is parenthetical. It explains why the captain of the Lord's host appeared unto Joshua. The inhabitants of Jericho, though in a state of the...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So in chapter six we begin the conquering of the land. The method by which they took Jericho was very fascinating indeed. The Lord said to Joshua, I have given to you the city of Jericho, and its king...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Daniel 2:21; Daniel 2:44; Daniel 4:17; Daniel 4:35; Daniel 5:18;...

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