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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

Joshua 2:15-16

Her house was upon the town-wall Which gave her the opportunity of dismissing them when the gates were shut. She dwelt upon the wall Her particular dwelling was there; which may possibly be added, because the other part of her house was reserved for the entertainment of strangers. Get you to the mountain That is, to some of the mountains wherewith Jericho was encompassed, in which also there were many caves where they might lurk. Three days Not three whole days, but one whole day, and part of two days.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Joshua 2:15. _THEN SHE LET THEM DOWN BY A CORD C._] The natural place of this verse is after the first clause of Joshua 2:21 for it is certain that she did not let them down in the basket till...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    UPON THE TOWN WALL - The town wall probably formed the back wall of the house, and the window opened therefore into the country. (Compare Paul’s escape, 2 Corinthians 11:33)....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    2. THE SPIES AND RAHAB'S FAITH CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The spies sent forth (Joshua 2:1)_ 2. Rahab's faith and works (Joshua 2:2) 3. The escape of the spies and assurance given (Joshua 2:15) 4. The return...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    II. TWO HEBREW SPIES VISIT JERICHO AND EVADE CAPTURE. The narrative is inconsistent with Joshua 1:11, Within three days ye are to pass over Jordan. The events in ch. 2 must have taken longer than thre...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    CORD. the rope. Compare Septuagint here with Acts 9:25, and 2 Corinthians 11:33. Compare 1 Corinthians 11:10. UPON THE TOWN WALL. [built] into the _homah;_ i.e. the outer or lower wall....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Reception of the Spies by Rahab 9. _the Lord_ The name is remarkable as used by Rahab. But the Israelites had long been encamped in the neighbourhood, and she might easily have become acquainted with...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _she let them down by a cord_ Comp. the escape of St Paul from Damascus (Acts 9:25). _her house was upon the town wall_ i.e. her chamber was in the upper story of the house, which rose above the wall...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 15. _THEN SHE LET THEM DOWN,_ &C.— Having thus mutually given their word to each other, she took advantage of the darkness of the night, to let them down by means of a cord, through a window of...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _The Covenant Made With Rahab Joshua 2:8-21_ 8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof; 9 And she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THEN SHE LET THEM DOWN BY A CORD THROUGH THE WINDOW: FOR HER HOUSE WAS UPON THE TOWN WALL, AND SHE DWELT UPON THE WALL._ Her house was upon the town wall. In many Oriental cities houses are built on...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE TWO SPIES AT JERICHO Joshua himself had been one of twelve sent by Moses on a similar errand, some thirty-eight years before (Numbers 13). The incident, natural in itself, acquires a special inter...

  • 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 2 JOSHUA SENDS TWO MEN TO LOOK OVER THE LAN...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    HER HOUSE WAS UPON THE TOWN WALL — Happily for the two spies. Perhaps, indeed, they selected it for this reason, as it enabled them to leave the town without passing the gate....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ תֹּורִדֵ֥ם בַּ † חֶ֖בֶל בְּעַ֣ד הַֽ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER VII. THE SPIES IN JERICHO. Joshua 2:1. IT was not long ere Joshua found an occasion not only for the exercise of that courage to which he had been so emphatically called both by God and the...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE ESCAPE AND REPORT OF THE SPIES Joshua 2:15 _ Rahab's_ trust in the promise of the spies, and in the efficacy of the scarlet line around her window is a striking type of the faith that relies on t...

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

    Forty years before this time the spies had been sent out and had brought back to Moses their reports of the land. Of these, Joshua had been one of the two who had brought back a report revealing their...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    The third thing Joshua did was to secretly send two spies to Jericho to survey the surrounding land and especially the city. These two found a woman of faith in a heathen city. Rahab was a harlot livi...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I pass over all the several particulars of the agreement between Rahab and the spies, to call the Reader's attention to the interesting circumstances to which Rahab was enjoined by the spies, as signa...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The book of Joshua naturally follows the five books of Moses, and indeed is connected more manifestly with those that go before it than might appear to an ordinary reader. It opens not with a mere par...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The second chapter contains the interesting history of Rahab. How beautiful. it is to see the grace of God setting up its way-marks from the beginning, that the eye of faith may know where to rest, wh...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN SHE LET THEM DOWN BY A CORD THROUGH THE WINDOW,.... Which must be large, and the cord strong, as well as she herself a masculine woman, to let down two men by it, unless she employed any of her s...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house [was] upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. Ver. 15. _For her house was upon the town wall._] In an obscure nook, among t...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Rahab receiueth and concealeth the two spies sent from Shittim. 8 The couenant betweene her and them. 23 Their returne and relation. 1 AND Ioshua the sonne of Nun sent out of Shittim two men, to s...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Then she let them down by a cord, a strong rope, THROUGH THE WINDOW; FOR HER HOUSE WAS UPON THE TOWN WALL, built right against it, AND SHE DWELT UPON THE WALL, her chamber overhung the wall....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE SPIES SAVED BY RAHAB...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SPIES RECEIVED AND HIDDEN BY RAHAB (vv. 1-24) Joshua then sent two spies to "view the land, especially Jericho"(v. 1).Twelve men had been sent before at the request of the people (Deuteronomy 1:...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    8-21 Rahab had heard of the miracles the Lord wrought for Israel. She believed that his promises would certainly be fulfilled, and his threatenings take effect; and that there was no way of escape bu...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Which gave her the opportunity of dismissing them when the gates were shut. SHE DWELT UPON THE WALL; her particular dwelling was there; which may possibly be added, because the other part of her house...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 2:15 down H3381 (H8686) rope H2256 through H1157 window H2474 house H1004 city H7023 wall H2346 dwelt...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.' The rope could have been fastened to some object in the room (they were no long...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Joshua 2:1. Spies are a part of the unhappy machinery of war. They are counted as necessary as the general, or as the boy who blows the bugle. It is with an army and in a war that Joshua is now to dis...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Rahab and the Jericho spies. CHARACTERS: Joshua, two spies, Rahab, king of Jericho. CONCLUSION: Let not God's people be afraid of their most powerful enemies, for their God can, when He pl...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Joshua 2:1. _Sent out two spies._ Many read, “Joshua had sent out.” Being a wary general he would lose no time in gaining every kind of information. _A harlot's house, named Rahab._ The word is render...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Joshua _. .. _ sent out _. .. _ two men to spy._ THE SPIES DESPATCHED I. The position in which joshua and the Israelites were placed. It was a difficult task that had been performed by Moses; did no...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 2:14. Our life for yours] The sentiment is, “If we fail to regard your lives as sacred, may God so fail to think of ours.” It became afterwards a common form of oath in Israel....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE OATH OF THE SPIES.— JOSHUA 2:12 KINDNESS. The original is perhaps a little stronger, and involves usually the idea of mercy and pity. This, however, is not always the ease (see...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now chapter two, Joshua sent out two men to spy out the land, actually to spy out Jericho, because Jericho was the first city that they were going to come to. Jericho is one of the oldest cities in th...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 19:12; 2 Corinthians 11:33; Acts 9:25; Joshua 6:20...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    PREPARING TO POSSESS THE LAND Joshua 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The men who fell by the way. The closing verses of Joshua 1:1, give the story of Joshua's preparations to carry out God's instructions,...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Town — wall — Which gave her the opportunity of dismissing them when the gates were shut. Upon the wall — Her particular dwelling was there: which may possibly be added, because the other part of her...

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