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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Joshua 10:14

Verse Joshua 10:14. And there was no day like that] There was no period of time in which the sun was kept so long above the horizon as on that occasion. Some learned men have supposed that the Fable of Phaeton was founded on this historic fact. The fable may be seen with all the elegance of poetic embellishment in the commencement of the second book of Ovid's Metamorphoses; but I confess I can see nothing in the pretended copy that can justify the above opinion.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    These four verses seem to be a fragment or extract taken from some other and independent source and inserted into the thread of the narrative after it had been completed, and inserted most probably by...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    10. THE VICTORIOUS CONQUEST CHAPTER 10 _ 1. Adoni-zedec and his confederacy (Joshua 10:1)_ 2. The war (Joshua 10:7) 3. The miracle (Joshua 10:12) 4. The victory won ...

  • 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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And there was no day_ This is still a quotation from the Book of Jashar, or "of riзtwise men," as Wyclif translates it. "And so stood the sunne in the mydil of heuene, And hyede not to goo doun the...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 12-14. _THEN SPAKE JOSHUA,_ &C.— We may refer all that is necessary to say on this remarkable passage to the five following heads. I. The _miracle_ itself, and the _manner_ in which it is descr...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 14. _AND THERE WAS NO DAY LIKE THAT,_ &C.— Some say it was thirty-six hours long: others think, that the sacred author only means, that no other day was ever seen in which the course of the pla...

  • 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

    _AND THERE WAS NO DAY LIKE THAT BEFORE IT OR AFTER IT, THAT THE LORD HEARKENED UNTO THE VOICE OF A MAN: FOR THE LORD FOUGHT FOR ISRAEL._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CONQUEST OF SOUTHERN CANAAN This chapter narrates the successful campaign against the five confederate chiefs of the S., who are roused by the fall of Jericho and Ai and the alliance with Gibeon,...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THEN SPAKE JOSHUA] This celebrated passage (as will be seen in RV) consists of (1) a prose introduction, Joshua 10:12; (2) a poetical fragment quoted from the book of Jasher, Joshua 10:12; Joshua 10:1...

  • 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 10 THE *ISRAELITES DEFEAT THE AMORITES – JO...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BETH-HORON — is identified as Beit’ Ur. AZEKAH — is unknown. MAKKEDAH. — Probably el-Moghâr. (11) GREAT STONES FROM HEAVEN. — Compare Job 38:22, “Hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I ha...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND THERE WAS NO DAY LIKE THAT BEFORE IT OR AFTER IT. — These words are meaningless, unless the writer intended to convey the idea that there was really a great miracle. We may compare the prophecy in...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ לֹ֨א הָיָ֜ה כַּ † יֹּ֤ום הַ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XIX. THE BATTLE OF BETHHORON. Joshua 10:1. OUT of the larger confederacy of the whole Canaanite chiefs against Joshua and his people recorded in the beginning of chap 9, a smaller number, he...

  • 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

    When the king of Jerusalem learned that Ai had fallen and the even more powerful city of Gibeon had made a treaty with Israel, he called upon four other kings to join with him in an attack on Gibeon....

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD (f) fought for Israel. (f) By taking away the enemies hearts and destroying them wi...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Long. This word is not found in Hebrew, "and there was no day like that, before it, or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto," &c. But God had often wrought miracles before, at the prayer of his serv...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    This memorable event, one of the most extraordinary we meet with in history, hath mightily amused sceptics. But it is the misapprehension of the thing itself, which hath occasioned their folly, and no...

  • 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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _A WONDERFUL DAY!_ ‘No day like that!’ Joshua 10:14 We shall speak of the power and art of making the sun to stand still. How may we, like Joshua, virtually lengthen out our day of life, how may we...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    14._And there was no day like that, _etc We read in Isaiah and in the Sacred History, that the course of the sun was afterwards changed as a favor to King Hezekiah. (Isaiah 38:5) For to assure him tha...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Moreover, this peace with the Gibeonites only brought fresh attacks upon Israel. But now all is plain. Jehovah says to Joshua, "Fear them not, for I have delivered them into thy hand." This is all tha...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THERE WAS NO DAY LIKE THAT, BEFORE IT, OR AFTER IT,.... Which must be understood as referring not to natural days, or such as are according to the natural course of things, as those in the norther...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel. Ver. 14. _And there was no day llke that._] No, not Hezekiah's l...

  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    Jos. 10:12-14. _Concerning the sun and moon's standing still_. This great event was doubtless typical; and as the sun was made to be a type of Christ, and is the most eminent type of him in all the in...

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

    _There was no day like that_ Namely in those parts of the world in which he here speaks. Vain, therefore, is that objection, that the days are longer near the northern and southern poles, where they a...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    [GIBEON BESIEGED.] 1 Fiue Kings warre against Gibeon. 6 Ioshua rescueth it. 10 God fighteth against them with hailestones. 12 The Sunne and Moone stand still at the word of Ioshua. 16 The fiue Ki...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    and there was no day like that before it or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man; for the Lord fought for Israel. Thus the living, almighty God wrought a great miracle, for the re...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE DEFEAT OF THE FIVE KINGS ON A DAY OF MIRACULOUS LENGTH...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    ISRAEL DEFEATS FIVE KINGS (vs.1-10) The news of Gibeon's treaty with Israel greatly alarmed other nations in the land, for Gibeon was considered prominent and important, so that the king of Jerusale...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    7-14 The meanest and most feeble, who have just begun to trust the Lord, are as much entitled to be protected as those who have long and faithfully been his servants. It is our duty to defend the aff...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THERE WAS NO DAY LIKE THAT, to wit, in those parts of the world in which he here speaks, and about which the comparison is here made: vain therefore is that objection, that the days are longer near th...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 10:14 day H3117 before H6440 after H310 LORD H3068 heeded H8085 (H8800) voice H6963 man H376 LORD...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    Joshua 10:12 A ‘Then spoke Joshua to YHWH, in the day when YHWH delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, “Sun on Gibeon be silent (still), Moon i...

  • 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

    Joshua 10:1. _Adonizedek,_ lord of righteousness. _Zedek_ was common in the names of the kings of Jerusalem, as _Melchizedek._ Joshua 10:11. _Great stones hail stones,_ as in many versions. So is Psal...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 10:1__ Because the events of ch. Joshua 10:1 are brought on by Canaanite aggression, Israel’s defeat of the south can be viewed as defensive....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 10:12 SUN, STAND STILL suggests a cosmic miracle, in which the earth ceased rotating for a time. While scholars have proposed many other explanations for this amazing event, each...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Joshua 10:12_ THE VICTORY OF FAITH John says, “This is the victory that overcometh the world, even your faith.” This triumph at Beth-horon is hardly less owing to...

  • 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

    In verse six of chapter ten, The men of Gibeon sent an urgent message to Joshua that they were being attacked. They said, "Now we have this mutual defense pact with you, so come to our aid." And Joshu...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Kings 20:10; 2 Kings 20:11; Deuteronomy 1:30; Isaiah 38:8; Josh

  • 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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    No day like that — Namely, in those parts of the world in which he here speaks, vain therefore is that objection, that the days are longer near the northern and southern poles, where they are constant...

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

    How is it possible for the sun to stand still for a whole day? PROBLEM: During the battle with the kings of the land, God gave Israel the power to overcome their enemies. As the armies of the people...

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