Joshua 6:1
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. SAID. This is the continuation of the Captain's words, Joshua 5:15. See note on Joshua 3:7. SEE. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. I HAVE GIVEN. It was Jehovah's to give. MEN. Hebrew, plural of _ish_ or _'enosh._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
RAMS' HORNS. trumpets of Jubilee, of long sound. Exodus 19:13. THE SEVENTH DAY. on the seventh day.... [ Continue Reading ]
FLAT. under it. Probably into the ground. Compare Joshua 11:13.Jeremiah 49:2. See note on Joshua 6:20. EVERY MAN. Hebrew. _ish_ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE. In Hebrew text written "they", but read "he". In some codices, with five early printed editions, both written and read "he".... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE. Some codices, with five early printed editions, and Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate, add "the ark of".... [ Continue Reading ]
WENT. marching. REREWARD. the main or central body. Compare Numbers 10:25. CAME. marched. GOING. marching.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAKE. cause your voice to be heard.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SEVENTH TIME. Compare Hebrews 11:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
ACCURSED. devoted. Probably because this was the "first-fruit" of conquest. Numbers 31:54. Compare Joshua 6:19. SHE HID. Compare Joshua 2:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
TROUBLE IT.. warning of Achan's sin (Joshua 7:25).... [ Continue Reading ]
VESSELS. utensils, or weapons. ARE. Hebrew "they are". CONSECRATED. holy. See note on Exodus 3:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
FLAT. under itself. Compare Joshua 6:5. Jericho was thrice built, and thrice destroyed; no that the city of Joshua's time has not yet been reached by recent excavations. The city, rebuilt by Hiel in Ahab's reign (822-790 B.C.) was captured by the Herodians (3 B.C.) and rebuilt by Archelaus (A.D. 2).... [ Continue Reading ]
DESTROYED devoted to destruction Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6), to be thus supplied. WITH THE EDGE. according to the mouth. "Mouth" by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6. without quarter.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THAT SHE BATH. all her household, Joshua 6:17. AS. according as. Compare Joshua 2:14.Hebrews 11:31.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Potysyndeton_ in verses: Joshua 6:23. App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
RAHAB. Compare Matthew 1:4. Married to Salmon, in the line of the Messiah. IN. in the midst of. UNTO THIS DAY. Written therefore during her life... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN. Hebrew. _ish_ App-14. BUILDETH THIS CITY i.e. its walla and gates (Joshua 6:26), for Joshua himself gave it to the Benjamltes, Joshua 18:12. Compare 2 Samuel 10:5. See note on Joshua 6:20. HE SHALL LAY. Prophecy fulfilled in Hiel the Beth-elite. 1 Kings 16:34. IN. in [the death of] his first... [ Continue Reading ]