Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 9:1-27
Joshua 9:1-2 . All the kings to fight with Joshua. They realized the ancient proverb, Quem Deus vult perdere, primum dementat. He whom God destroys is first mad. Joshua 9:4 . Wine bottles, old and rent, and bound up. Bruce, our Abyssinian traveller, calls these girbashes. They are made of strong leather, and so sewed as not to ooze. Glass was not discovered till fifty years before the christian era. With regard to the moral character of this mission, the remark of our Saviour... read more
Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Joshua 9:1-27
This time shall we turn to the book of Joshua, chapter nine as we begin our study this evening.Now the children of Israel had conquered Jericho and Ai, which were strong cities. The kings that were in the land of Canaan where they were coming, felt that their only hope of stopping this migration of these people into the land would be by a combined effort, pooling all of their armies, all of their resources in one massive assault against Israel. Now this strategy was really prompted by the fact... read more