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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

Joshua 6:1

This verse is strictly parenthetical. It is inserted to explain the declaration commenced Joshua 5:14, and interrupted by Joshua’s question and obeisance Joshua 5:14, but resumed in Joshua 6:2.

Straitly shut up - See the margin, i. e., not only shut, but barred and bolted.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER VI _The inhabitants of Jericho close their gates_, 1. _Continuation of the discourse between the captain of the Lord's_ _host and Joshua. He commands the people to march round the city_ _s...

  • 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

    WAS STRAITLY SHUT UP. Hebrew "was shutting up and was shut up". Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6) for emphasis, thus beautifully rendered. See note on Genesis 26:28. CHILDREN. sons....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Joshua 6:1. _Now Jericho_ This verse is strictly parenthetical, and states the Historical circumstance which gave occasion for this Divine intervention. _was straitly shut up_ Vulg. "clausa erat atque...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 1. _NOW JERICHO WAS STRAITLY SHUT UP_— While every necessary preparation was making in the camp of Joshua for the attack of Jericho, the king of that city, on his part, took all possible precau...

  • 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

    _NOW JERICHO WAS STRAITLY SHUT UP BECAUSE OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL: NONE WENT OUT, AND NONE CAME IN._ Now Jericho was straitly shut up, х_ WI-YªRIYCHOW_ (H3405) _ COGERET_ (H5462) _ UWMCUGERET_ (H54...

  • 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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    VI. (1) NOW JERICHO... — This verse should be read parenthetically, and Joshua 6:2 should be taken as the orders given to Joshua by the captain of the Lord’s host....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וִֽ ירִיחֹו֙ סֹגֶ֣רֶת וּ מְסֻגֶּ֔רֶת מִ פְּנֵ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    3-15 CHAPTER XI. THE CAPTAIN OF THE LORD'S HOST. Joshua 5:13; Joshua 6:1. THE process of circumcision is over, and the men are well; the feast of unleavened bread has come to an end; all honour has...

  • 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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Now Jericho was straitly (a) (b) shut up (c) because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. (a) That none could go out. (b) That none could go in. (c) for fear of the Israelite...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    CONTENTS This chapter is the continuation of the former. He which appeared to Joshua in the close of the foregoing chapter, begins in this to give directions, as captain of the Lord's host, how Joshu...

  • 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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    1._Now Jericho was straitly shut up, _etc Jericho is said to be shut up, because the gates were not opened: as in time of war cities are guarded with more than usual care. It is added, by way of empha...

  • 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

    NOW JERICHO WAS STRAITLY SHUT UP, BECAUSE OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,.... Or "it shut up", or "was shutting, and was shut up" u; that is, the king and the inhabitants shut it up within; the Targum says...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. Ver. 1. _Now Jericho was strictly shut up._] _Claudens, et clausa erat:_ but there is no power or...

  • 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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Now Jericho was straitly shut up, not only strongly fortified, but also guarded with all strictness, BECAUSE OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL; NONE WENT" OUT AND NONE CAME IN. This remark is inserted by the...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE SIEGE OF JERICHO...

  • 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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    WAS STRAIGHTLY SHUT UP: _ Heb._ did shut up, and was shut up...

  • 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

    JOSHUA CHAPTER 6 Jericho is shut up by the Israelites, JOSHUA 6:1. The people and seven priests with the ark go round it six days, JOSHUA 6:2. On the seventh day they go round seven times; the priests...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 6:1 Jericho H3405 securely H5462 (H8802) up H5462 (H8794) because H6440 children H1121 Israel H3478 out...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    CHAPTER 6. THE TAKING OF JERICHO WITH THE HELP OF YHWH. In this chapter Joshua is assured that, although Jericho is closely shut up, and there was no obvious way in which Israel could enter it, it wou...

  • 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

    2 Kings 17:4; Joshua 2:24; Joshua 2:7; Joshua 2:9; Psalms 127:1...

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    FF— Hasn’t archaeology shown that the account of the conquest of Jericho is inaccurate? PROBLEM: Joshua 6 records the conquest and destruction of the city of Jericho. If this account is accurate, it...

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