Joshua 2:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not. ”

Joshua 2:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Unto the mountain - Probably the mountains to the west and north of Jericho, called afterward, from the belief that the 40 days of our Lord’s temptation were passed among them, the Quarantania. T...
Joshua 2:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

II. Two Hebrew Spies Visit Jericho and Evade Capture. The narrative is inconsistent with Joshua 1:11 , Within three days ye are to pass over Jordan. The events in ch. 2 must have taken longer than...
Joshua 2:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
Joshua 2:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 22. &c. And they went, &c.— The risk they had run took from them the desire of making fresh inquiries, which might have been as dangerous as useless, having already received suffic...
Joshua 2:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Two Spies at Jericho Joshua himself had been one of twelve sent by Moses on a similar errand, some thirty-eight years before ( Numbers 13 ). The incident, natural in itself, acquires a special...
Joshua 2:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Three days — i.e., probably until the completion of three days from the commencement of their mission, according to the usual inclusive reckoning of the Old Testament.
Joshua 2:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER VII. THE SPIES IN JERICHO. Joshua 2:1-24 . IT was not long ere Joshua found an occasion not only for the exercise of that courage to which he had been so emphatically called both by God...
Joshua 2:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Escape and Report of the Spies Joshua 2:15-24 Rahab's trust in the promise of the spies, and in the efficacy of the scarlet line around her window is a striking type of the faith that re...
Joshua 2:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Forty years before this time the spies had been sent out and had brought back to Moses their reports of the land. Of these, Joshua had been one of the two who had brought back a report revealing thei...
Joshua 2:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader! do not fail to discern Jesus as the hiding place of his people, when both law and justice pursue them. The Psalmist took great comfort in this view. And why may not you and I? When Jesus hide...
Joshua 2:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they went, and came unto the mountain ,.... Rahab had directed them to, the mountain Quarantania, Joshua 2:16 ; and abode there three days ; being, no doubt, supplied with food by Rahab; and...
Joshua 2:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Three days Supporting themselves there with the provisions which Rahab had furnished them with. The way That is, in the road to Jordan, and the places near it, but not in the mountains. Passed o...
Joshua 2:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE SPIES RECEIVED AND HIDDEN BY RAHAB (vv. 1-24) Joshua then sent two spies to "view the land, especially Jericho"(v. 1).Twelve men had been sent before at the request of the people ( Deuterono...
Joshua 2:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not. 23 S...
Joshua 2:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Abode there three days; supporting themselves there with the provisions, which after the manner of those times and places they carried with them, which Rahab furnished them with. Throughout all th...
Joshua 2:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And they went, and came to the mountain, and stayed there three days until the pursuers were returned, and the pursuers sought them in every part of the way, but did not find them.' The mountai...
Joshua 2:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 2:22 . Abode there three days] One clear day, and part of two others. The spies were probably sent out on the sixth of Abib; on the evening of the same day as that on whic...
Joshua 2:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 2:1 . Sent out two spies. Many read, “Joshua had sent out.” Being a wary general he would lose no time in gaining every kind of information. A harlot's house, named Rahab. The word is ren...
Joshua 2:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua . .. sent out . .. two men to spy. The spies despatched I. The position in which joshua and the Israelites were placed. It was a difficult task that had been performed by Moses; di...
Joshua 2:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE OATH OF THE SPIES .— Joshua 2:12 Kindness. The original is perhaps a little stronger, and involves usually the idea of mercy and pity. This, however, is not alway...
Joshua 2:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Spies Saved by Rahab
Joshua 2:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 19:10-12 ; 2 Samuel 17:20 ; Psalms 32:6 ; Psalms 32:7
Joshua 2:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Three days — Supporting themselves there with the provisions, which Rahab had furnished them with. The ways — That is, in the road to Jordan, and the places near it, but not in the mountains.

Joshua 2:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Joshua 2:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 2:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Joshua 2:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Joshua 2:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joshua 2:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joshua 2:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 2:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 2:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 2:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 2:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 2:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 2:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 2:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 2:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 2:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 2:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 2:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 2:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes