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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 10:13

Verse 13 13.And the sun stood still, etc The question how the sun stood in Gibeon, is no less unseasonably raised by some than unskillfully explained by others. (95) For Joshua did not subtlety place the sun in any particular point, making it necessary to feign that the battle was fought at the summer solstice, but as it was turning towards the district of Ajalon as far as the eye could discern, Joshua bids it stay and rest there, in other words, remain above what is called the horizon. In... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 10:14

Verse 14 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 that his life was still to be prolonged fifteen years, the shadow of the sun was carried back over ten degrees on which it had gone down. It is not, therefore, absolutely denied that anything similar had ever been conceded to any other person, but the miracle is extolled as singular. The... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 10:15

Verse 15 15.And Joshua returned, etc This verse is not inserted in its proper place, (100) for shortly after the end of the battle is added, and the punishment inflicted on the kings, which was subsequent to the battle. We are then told of the encampment in Makkedah, and at last, in the end of the chapter, the return to Gilgal, which was introduced at the beginning without regard to the order of time, is repeated. Hence the narrative of the flight and concealment of the kings is connected with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 10:1-43

The great victory and its results. Many of the considerations which this passage suggests have been already anticipated. Thus the celerity of Joshua's march (verse 9) suggests the same set of ideas as Joshua 4:10 . The destruction of the cities teaches the same lessons as the destruction of Jericho; while the miraculous interposition in the battle of Beth-horon is hardly to be distinguished, as a source of spiritual instruction, from the destruction of Jericho. Again, the confederacy... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 10:12

Then , אָז . See Joshua 8:30 . The period is here more strictly defined by the addition of the words, "on the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel." Spake Joshua to the Lord. The preposition לְ (literally, "to ") used here, has a variety of meanings in Hebrew. It is employed in such a phrase as "a Psalm of David" (literally, "to David "), but the sense requires "by." So in Ps 3:9 (8 in our version); Isaiah 22:5 , etc. It has the sense "on... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 10:12-14

The sun and moon stayed. Whatever opinions we may entertain relative to the exact nature of the incident celebrated in the poem of the Book of Jasher, there are certain general principles and religious truths which that poem brings distinctly before us. I. GOD IS ACTIVELY CONCERNED WITH THE EVENTS OF HUMAN HISTORY . Divine powers aided Joshua in resisting the onslaught of the Canaanites. God is present, when He is not clearly so recognised, in all crises of life. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 10:13

The moon stayed. The word עמד , which does mean to stand still, is used here. See also Habakkuk 3:11 . But if we are to apply it to the moon and not to the light of the moon, where would be the use of the moon's standing still in the valley of Ajalon, when she would be low down in the sky westward, and incapable of rendering Joshua any help? If we regard the light of the moon as meant, there is no phrase more common in poetry and poetic prose than to speak of moonbeams "resting"... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 10:14

There was no day like that before it or after it. Cf. for this expression 2 Kings 18:5 ; 2 Kings 23:22 , 2 Kings 23:25 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 10:14

A day of wonders. The Canaanite kings were slow in gathering their forces together to repel the advance of Joshua, but they were ready enough to come down in vengeance upon the Gibeonites for having made peace with him. The men of Gibeon found the advantage of having a strong and generous protector, one who would be true to his pledges, even though they had been extorted from him by fraud. Joshua responds at once to the cry that comes to him from the beleaguered city, and God makes its... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 10:15

And Joshua returned. The historian had at first intended to complete his narrative of these transactions here. But he seems to have altered his intention, and added the execution of the five kings and the subjugation of the remaining cities of southern Palestine which had adhered to the league, as well as their immediate neighbours. He then (verse 43) repeats what he had subjoined here. It is not contended (see Introduction) that the Book of Joshua could not have been compiled from accounts... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 10:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 10:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 10:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 10:1-43

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 10:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 10:12-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 10:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 10:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 10:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 10:15

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