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Joshua 9:18

JOSHUA—NOTE ON Joshua 9:18 the leaders... had sworn. Oaths that establish a covenant relationship must be kept (compare Genesis 26:26; 2 Samuel 21:7; Ezekiel 16:59).

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See also Joshua 9:18 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Joshua 9:18. _ALL THE CONGREGATION MURMURED_] Merely because they were deprived of the _spoils_ of the Gibeonites. They had now got under the full influence of a predatory spirit; God saw their...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    9. THE GIBEONITES CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The confederacy of the enemies (Joshua 9:1)_ 2. The deception of the Gibeonites (Joshua 9:3) 3. The failure (Joshua 9:14) 4. The deception discovered ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOSHUA 9. THE STRATAGEM OF THE GIBEONITES. This account, though composite, is straightforward enough if Joshua 9:17 be omitted. These verses _give_ an account by the priestly writer in which the princ...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MADE. LEAGUE. solemnised. covenant....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Embassy of the Gibeonites 3. _of Gibeon_ This city was the head of the four towns occupied by the Hivites, the other three being Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim (Joshua 9:17). It appears to...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _had sworn unto them_ The remembrance of the league was kept up through the whole course of the subsequent history. A terrible trial befell the nation because Saul had massacred certain of the Gibeoni...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 18. _AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SMOTE THEM NOT,_ &C.— Even though they had not thought themselves bound by their oath, (as some think they were not, since it had been obtained upon a false pret...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _The Servitude of the Gibeonites Joshua 9:16-27_ 16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they d...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SMOTE THEM NOT, BECAUSE THE PRINCES OF THE CONGREGATION HAD SWORN UNTO THEM BY THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL. AND ALL THE CONGREGATION MURMURED AGAINST THE PRINCES._ The children...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE LEAGUE WITH THE GIBEONITES Joshua 9 forms an introduction to the narrative of the Southern campaign (Joshua 10). The Gibeonite cities were important enough both politically and geographically (see...

  • 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 9 THE *ISRAELITES BECOME FRIENDS WITH THEIR...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ לֹ֤א הִכּוּם֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּֽי ־נ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XVIII. THE STRATAGEM OF THE GIBEONITES. Joshua 9:1. WE now resume the thread of the story interrupted by the narrative of the transaction at Ebal and Gerizim. We learn from the testimony of...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “HEWERS OF WOOD AND DRAWERS OF WATER” Joshua 9:16 The faith of these people was so far rewarded that, while their deception was punished by their reduction to the most menial tasks, yet their lives w...

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

    The fame and the dread of the people by this time were spreading far and wide. The kings of Canaan, conscious of their danger, formed a league against the oncoming hosts. However, before they had time...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    TROUBLE WITH THE GIBEONITES Joshua 9:1-27; Joshua 10:1-43; Joshua 11:1-23 God had instructed Israel to destroy the Canaanites when they came into the land ...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation (l) murmured against the princes. (l) Fearin...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Israel. This is one reason why their lives were spared. But we have seen that they could not, with justice, have treated them as enemies, on their submitting to the conditions required, even if they h...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The murmuring of the congregation, on account of the mercy shown Gibeon, serves to remind us, of the displeasure of the elder brother in the parable, because of the mercy shown the younger. The case i...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    In the wars of Jehovah it was not always a question of hostile power. Indeed this is not the most serious evil which the people of God have to encounter in this world. The very same principle which wa...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    But, if such a position as this proclaims the rights of God and manifests the confidence of the people, it soon leads to conflict. The enemy will not consent to the invasion and the taking possession...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SMOTE THEM NOT,.... The inhabitants of the four cities, when they came to them, though they found it to be a true report that was brought them of their being neighbours, and...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes._ Ver. 18. _Sm...

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

    _All the congregation murmured against the princes_ Both from that proneness which is in people to censure the actions of their rulers, and from the desire of the spoil of these cities....

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The kings combine against Israel. 3 The Gibeonites by craft obtaine a League. 16 For which they are condemned to perpetual bondage. 1 AND it came to passe when all the kings which were on this si...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel, namely, to spare their lives, and they felt themselves bound in consci...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Deception Discovered and Punished....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    DECEIVED BY THE GIBEONITES (vs.1-27) The calm deliberation with which the Lord was acting gave time for the forces of the enemy to be marshaled against Israel. Six nations, the Hittites, Amorites, Ca...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    14-21 The Israelites, having examined the provisions of the Gibeonites, hastily concluded that they confirmed their account. We make more haste than good speed, when we stay not to take God with us,...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Partly, from that proneness which is in people to censure the actions of their rulers; partly, because they might think the princes by their rashness had brought them into a snare, that they could nei...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 9:18 children H1121 Israel H3478 attack H5221 (H8689) rulers H5387 congregation H5712 sworn H7650 (H8738) LORD...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And the children of Israel did not smite them, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by YHWH the God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.' True to...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The league with the Gibeonites. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, ambassadors of the Gibeonites. CONCLUSION: We make more haste than good progress in any business when we do not stop to take God al...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Joshua 9:1. _All the kings to fight with Joshua._ They realized the ancient proverb, _Quem Deus vult perdere, primum dementat._ He whom God destroys is first mad. Joshua 9:4. _Wine bottles, old and re...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The inhabitants of Gibeon _. .. _ did work wilily._ A CANAANITISH STRATAGEM I. How this device originated. 1. Their wisdom suggested it. The selfsame facts suggest different courses of action to th...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 9:17. On the third day] That is the same as “at the end of three days” in Joshua 9:16. “The armed men would move from Gilgal to Gibeon (about twelve miles) in the same day on w...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE GIBEONITES.— JOSHUA 9:1 AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN ALL THE KINGS. According to the explanation given above (Joshua 6:5, Joshua 6:15) of the

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    This time shall we turn to the book of Joshua, chapter nine as we begin our study this evening. Now the children of Israel had conquered Jericho and Ai, which were strong cities. The kings that were i...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Samuel 21:7; Ecclesiastes 5:2; Ecclesiastes 5:6; Ecclesiastes 9:2;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Against the princes — Both from that proneness which is in people to censure the actions of their rulers; and from their desire of the spoil of these cities....

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