And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof; TOUS LES ROIS QUI ÉTAIEN... [ Continuer la lecture ]
That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord. ILS SE SONT RASSEMBLÉS POUR SE BATTRE ... D'UN COMMUN ACCORD. Bien que divisés par des intérêts distincts et souvent en guerre les uns avec les autres, un sentiment de danger commun les a incités de su... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, LORSQUE LES HABITANTS DE GABAON L'ONT ENTENDU. Cette ville, comme son nom l'importe, était située sur une éminence rocheuse à environ six miles au nord-ouest de Jérusalem, où le village moderne d'El -Jib se lève... [ Continuer la lecture ]
They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; ILS ONT BIEN TRAVAILLÉ - Ils ont agi avec une politique adroite, cherchant les moyens de se préserver, non par la force, ce qui, ils en éta... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy. VIEILLES CHAUSSURES ET POIDS LOURDS. Ceux qui n'ont qu'un seul âne ou mulet pour eux-mêmes et leurs bagages descendent et marchent fréquemment - une circonstance qui pe... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us. ILS SONT ALLÉS VOIR JOSUÉ AU CAMP DE GUILGAL. Arrivés au quartier général israélite, les étrangers ont obtenu un entretien avec Jos... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you? VOUS HABITEZ PEUT-ÊTRE PARMI NOUS. La réponse des Israélites impliquait qu'ils n'avaient aucune discrétion, que leurs ordres étaient impératifs et que si les étrangers appartenai... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND THEY SAID UNTO JOSHUA, WE ARE THY SERVANTS. AND JOSHUA SAID UNTO THEM, WHO ARE YE? AND FROM WHENCE COME YE?_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, D'UN PAYS TRÈS LOINTAIN ... À CAUSE DU NOM DU SEIGNEUR TON DIEU. Ils prétendaient être animés par des motifs religieux en... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND ALL THAT HE DID TO THE TWO KINGS OF THE AMORITES, THAT WERE BEYOND JORDAN, TO SIHON KING OF HESHBON, AND TO OG KING OF BASHAN, WHICH WAS AT ASHTAROTH._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD. LES HOMMES ONT PRIS DE LEURS VICTUAILLES. L'apparence moisie de leur pain a été, après examen, acceptée comme garantissant la vérité de l'histoire; et dans cette conclusion précipitée, les Israélites étaient coupa... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND JOSHUA MADE PEACE WITH THEM, AND MADE A LEAGUE WITH THEM, TO LET THEM LIVE: AND THE PRINCES OF THE CONGREGATION SWARE UNTO THEM._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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 neighbours, and that they dwelt among them. AU BOUT DE TROIS JOURS ... ILS ONT APPRIS QU'ILS ÉTAIENT LEURS VOISINS. Cette information a été obtenue au cours de leur progressi... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-je'arim. CHEPHIRAH , [ Kªpiyraah (H3716)] - le village, peut-être parce qu'il était le plus petit du tétrapolis (cf. Josué 18:26; Esdras 2:25;... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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. LES ENFANTS D'ISRAËL NE LES ONT PAS FRAPPÉS. Le caractère moral du stratagème des Gabaonites était mauvais. Les... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_BUT ALL THE PRINCES SAID UNTO ALL THE CONGREGATION, WE HAVE SWORN UNTO THEM BY THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL: NOW THEREFORE WE MAY NOT TOUCH THEM._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them. HEWERS DE BOIS ET TIROIRS D'EAU (voir la note à Deutéronome 29:11) - les serviteurs qui exécutaient le bureaux les plus bas et corvées d... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND JOSHUA CALLED FOR THEM, AND HE SPAKE UNTO THEM, SAYING, WHEREFORE HAVE YE BEGUILED US, SAYING, WE ARE VERY FAR FROM YOU; WHEN YE DWELL AMONG US?_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. VOUS ÊTES DONC MAUDITS. La phrase prononcée sur Canaan a été littéralement remplie sur cette tribu cananéenne (voir la note à Genèse 9:25). [Le m... [ Continuer la lecture ]