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Joshua 10:8

JOSHUA—NOTE ON Joshua 10:8 I have given them into your hands. The Lord assures Joshua that he will be with him in defending the Gibeonites against the Jerusalem coalition. The past tense “have given” is significant. God has decided on the outcome, but Israel must still do some hard fighting (see Joshua 1:3 and note; compare Joshua 2:9, Joshua 2:24; Joshua 6:2, Joshua 6:16; Joshua 8:1; Joshua 10:19).

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    DEFEAT AND DEATH OF THE FIVE KINGS. Here we have the account of the famous battle of Bethhoron. Five kings band themselves together against Gibeon; the Gibeonites send for help to Joshua, who comes up...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Fear them not_ Comp. Joshua 11:6; Judges 4:14....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _The Southern Coalition Joshua 10:1-14_ Now it came to pass, when Adonizedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king,...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND THE LORD SAID UNTO JOSHUA. — A distinct command is given for the commencement of this attack, as for all the important steps in the conquest of Canaan....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֤ה אֶל ־יְהֹושֻׁ֨עַ֙ אַל ־תּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “THE LORD FOUGHT FOR ISRAEL” Joshua 10:1 The honor of Israel was implicated in this attack on their confederates, and Joshua went to their assistance. The deception which had been practiced on him di...

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

    This action of the Gibeonites in securing their own safety aroused the anger of the confederate kings and they proceeded to act against Gibeon in order to punish it. In their peril the men of Gibeon a...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Observe the constant presence, and as constant assurance of the protection of God. Matthew 28:20....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE LORD SAID UNTO JOSHUA,.... Either when upon the march, and while he was proceeding on in his journey to the assistance of the Gibeonites, or rather before he set out; and it is highly probable...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 10:8 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Joshua H3091 fear H3372 (H8799) delivered H5414 (H8804) hand...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Victory at Gibeon, Makkedah, etc. Sun's action halted. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, Adonizedek, king of Makkedah. CONCLUSION: When enemies set themselves in array against us and threaten to sw...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Come up _. .. _ quickly, and save us, and help us._ HELP! HELP! The chapter opens with a cry from Jerusalem, the summons of Adoni-zedek--“To arms! To arms!” Here we have another and a very differen...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE BATTLE OF BETH-HORON, AND THE SUBJUGATION OF SOUTHERN PALESTINE.— JOSHUA 10:1 ADONI-ZEDEC (cf. Melchizedek in...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Deuteronomy 20:1; Deuteronomy 3:2; Isaiah 41:10; Joshua 1:5; Joshu

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE KINGS GATHER AGAINST GOD Joshua 10:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Is the world approaching another world war? Is that war leading toward the final great war of wars? These and similar questions are upon...

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