Joshua 2:10

dried up the water The inhabitants of the land had heard of two important events, which filled them with alarm; (a) the drying up of the Red Sea before the Israelites (cp. Psalms 106:7; Psalms 106:9; Psalms 106:22; Psalms 136:13); (b) the defeat at Jahaz of Sihon king of the Amorites, who refused the Israelites a passage through the territory between the Arnon and the Jabbok (Numbers 21:21-31; Deuteronomy 2:30-37), and at Edrei of Og, the giant king of the district which, under the name of "Bashan," extended from the Jabbok up to the base of Hermon (Numbers 21:33-35; Deuteronomy 3:1-7).

whom ye utterly destroyed Or, devoted. The word here used denotes (i) to separate for God, devote to Him(Leviticus 27:21; Leviticus 27:28; Joshua 6:17-18; 1 Samuel 15:21), (ii) to devote to utter destruction, utterly destroy(Deuteronomy 4:26). The objects of such a doom might be (a) persons, as here (and comp. 1 Kings 20:42; Romans 9:3; Galatians 1:8-9; Galatians 3:13), or (b) things(Joshua 6:17-18; Joshua 7:1).