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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 10:12-15

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 another hand than that of the author of the Book of Joshua.It is probable that Joshua 10:12 and the first half of Joshua 10:13 alone belong to the Book of Jasher and are poetical, and that the rest of this passage is prose.The writer of this fragment seems to have understood the words of the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 10:12

Joshua 10:12. Then spake Joshua Being moved so to do out of zeal to destroy God’s enemies, and directed by the motion of God’s Spirit, and being filled with a holy confidence, that what he said would be accomplished. And he spake it in the sight That is, in the presence and audience; of all Israel That they might be witnesses of the fact. Sun, stand thou still Joshua does not speak according to the terms of modern astronomy, which it would have been highly improper for him to have... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 10:13

Joshua 10:13. And the sun stood still God heard Joshua’s request, and gave him the thing he asked for, a prolongation of the day to near twice the length of any other day. This is the fact here attested, and this we are bound to believe on the divine testimony. But as to the manner in which this wonderful miracle was accomplished, God has not informed us; and to make inquiries concerning it would be a mere waste of time, being beyond our discovery and comprehension. Until the people had... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 10:14

Joshua 10:14. 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 are constantly longer at certain seasons, and that by the order of nature; whereas the length of this day was surely contingent, and granted by God in answer to Joshua’s prayer. The Lord hearkened to a man Namely, in such a manner as to alter the course of nature, that a man might... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 10:15

Joshua 10:15. And Joshua returned Not immediately, but after he had performed what is related in the following part of this chapter, as appears by Joshua 10:43, where the very same words are repeated. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joshua 10:1-43

Victory in southern Canaan (10:1-43)The five kings who between them controlled much of southern Canaan saw Joshua’s control of Gibeon as a threat to their security. They decided to conquer Gibeon and so stop any further move south by Israel (10:1-5).Joshua faced his biggest battle thus far. He knew that it would be a life-or-death struggle, but God encouraged him with the assurance of victory (6-8). God then helped make victory possible by causing some unusual changes in the weather that were... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 10:12

Israel. Here the Septuagint supplies the words omitted by Homoeoteleuton ( App-6 ) of the word "Israel, [when He destroyed them in Gibeon, and they were destroyed before the sons of] Israel". Sun = the sun itself, because of what is said in the next verse. stand thou still . Habakkuk 3:11 . This is not the only miracle in connection with the sun. See shadow going back (2 Kings 20:11 ;. Isaiah 38:8 ). Going down at noon (Amos 8:9 ). No more going down (Isaiah 60:20 ), Darkened (Isaiah 13:10... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 10:13

stood still = waited silently. the book of Jasher. Why may not this be "the book of the Upright", another name for Israel, like Jeshurun? See note on Deuteronomy 32:15 . Is. It is so in Arabic and Syriac. It is mentioned in 2 Samuel 1:18 . In the Targum it is "the book of the Law". Josephus appeals to it as a book in the temple, which probably perished with it. Two spurious books so called, A.D. 1394 and 1625. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Joshua 10:12

THE MIRACLE OF THE SUN STANDING STILL"Then spake Joshua to Jehovah in the day when Jehovah delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel"Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon;And thou Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed.Until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies."Is not this written in the Book of Jashar? And the sun stayed in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. And... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 10:12-14

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 described. To facilitate the Israelites obtaining a complete victory over the five kings of the Amorites, God, at the prayer of Joshua, caused the sun and the moon to stand still, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies: there are the words of the historian, confirmed by Habakkuk 3:11.... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 10:12-15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 10:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 10:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 10:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 10:15

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joshua 10:1-43

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 10:12

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 10:13

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Joshua 10:12

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 10:12-14

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