And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it:Unto Hebron — The conquest of Hebron is here generally related, afterwards repeated, and more particularly described, chap15:13,14. read more
And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein.All the cities — Which were subject to its jurisdiction; this being, it seems, a royal city as Gibeon was, verse2, and having cities under it as that had. read more
And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it:Joshua returned — He is said to return thither, not as if he had been there before, but because having gone as far westward and southward as he thought fit, even as far as Gaza, verse41, he now returned towards Gilgal, which lay north-ward and eastward from him, and in his return fell upon Debir. read more
So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.All that breathed — That is, all mankind, they reserved the cattle for their own uses.As God had commanded — This is added for the vindication of the Israelites, whom God would not have to suffer in their reputation for executing his commands; and therefore he acquits them... read more
And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.Kadesh-barnea — Which lay in the south of Canaan, Numbers 34:4; Deuteronomy 1:19; Joshua 15:3.Gaza — Which was in the south-west of Canaan. So he here signifies, that Joshua did in this expedition subdue all those parts which lay south and west from Gilgal.Goshen — Not that Goshen in Egypt, but another in Judah. read more
THE SUN AND MOON STAND STILL, Joshua 10:12-15. We are not to regard these remarkable verses as giving an unauthentic and merely poetical description of the victory, as rationalistic expositors teach, but rather a parenthesis thrown into the narrative, by the author himself, or by a later hand, and taken from the book referred to in Joshua 10:13. This may be clearly seen from the statement, in Joshua 10:15, that Joshua returned to Gilgal, which he did not do until the close of the campaign, as... read more
14. No day like that No day was ever before or since supernaturally extended at the command of man. God had often before this hearkened unto the voice of man, but never before to the voice of a man inspired with miracle-working faith to control the movements of the heavenly bodies. read more
15. And Joshua returned This must be regarded as the close of the quotation from the book of Jasher. The writer of that book drops all the further acts of the campaign, and speaks of its conclusion. See note introductory to Joshua 10:12. read more
THE PURSUIT AND SLAUGHTER OF THE AMORITES, Joshua 10:16-21. 16. The thread of the narrative, broken at the end of Joshua 10:11 by the quotation from the Book of Jasher, is here resumed. Five kings See Joshua 10:3. A cave Caves still abound in that region. Beth-horon signifies a house of caves. Travellers relate that these hiding places are found in all parts of Palestine. “The rocks are perforated in every direction with ‘caves’ and ‘holes’ and ‘pits,’ crevices and fissures sunk deep in... read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Joshua 10:35
And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.On that day — On which they first attempted it. read more