Joshua 2:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were: ”

Joshua 2:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I wist not whence they were - Rahab acted as she did from the belief in God’s declared word, and conviction that resistance to His will would be both vain and wicked Joshua 2:9-11 . Thus, she ma...
Joshua 2:4 - 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 2:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

wist not. Anglo-Saxon for "knew not". It is this record that is inspired, not the act and words of Rahab.
Joshua 2:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. And the woman took the two men, etc. We may presume that before Rahab was ordered to bring them forth the rumor of their arrival had been spread, and that thus some little time had been g...
Joshua 2:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were : And hid them - Probably she secreted them for the time being in some private co...
Joshua 2:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 4. And the woman took the two men, and hid them — Or rather, as some versions have it, Now the woman had taken the two men, and had hidden them; having, without doubt, perceived the king'...
Joshua 2:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were: The woman took the two men and hid them - literally, him; i:e., each of t...
Joshua 2:4 - 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 2:4 - 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 2:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Heathen Woman's Act of Faith Joshua 2:1-14 “To view the land” was a hazardous undertaking. The physiognomy of the Hebrews would certainly betray them, and it did. The sacred writer does not c...
Joshua 2:4 - 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 2:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The history of this woman forms so interesting a subject in the gospel, that we cannot be too particular in attending to all the circumstances the Holy Ghost hath been pleased to give us concerning i...
Joshua 2:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the woman took the two men ,.... Or "she had taken" them z before the messengers came, upon a rumour she understood was gone abroad, that she had got Israelitish spies in her house, and so might...
Joshua 2:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they [were]: Ver. 4. And the woman took the two men, and hid them. ] This was an act of h...
Joshua 2:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And the woman Or, But the woman; had taken and hid them Before the messengers came from the king; as soon as she understood from her neighbours that there was a suspicion of the matter, and gues...
Joshua 2:4 - 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 2:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Two Spies and Rahab. B. C. 1451. 1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two...
Joshua 2:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Or, But the woman had taken and had hid them , to wit, before the messengers came from the king; as soon as she understood from her neighbours, or common rumour, that there was a suspicion of the ma...
Joshua 2:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:4 a ‘And the woman took the two men, and hid them.' We should probably read these as pluperfects, ‘had taken the two men and had hidden them'. (Hebrew is only interested in the fact t...
Joshua 2:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE MISSION OF THE TWO SPIES CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 2:1 . Joshua sent] Or, as in the margin, had sent. It is probable that the spies had left the camp for Jericho one or two days before the g...
Joshua 2:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Joshua 2:1-18 . Spies are a part of the unhappy machinery of war. They are counted as necessary as the general, or as the boy who blows the bugle. It is with an army and in a war that Joshua is now...
Joshua 2:4 - 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 2:4 - 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 2:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION RAHAB AND THE SPIES .— Joshua 2:1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent. Rather, as margin, had sent (see note on Joshua 1:2 ). It might have been at the very time when the...
Joshua 2:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Spies at Rahab's House
Joshua 2:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 6:19 ; 2 Samuel 16:18 ; 2 Samuel 16:19 ; 2 Samuel 17:19 ; 2 Samuel 17:20 ; Exodus 1:19
Joshua 2:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Preparing to Possess the Land Joshua 2:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The men who fell by the way. The closing verses of Joshua 1:1-18 , give the story of Joshua's preparations to carry out God's...
Joshua 2:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And the woman — Or, But the woman had taken — and had hid them, before the messengers came from the king; as soon as she understood from her neighbours, that there was a suspicion of the matter, an...

Joshua 2:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Joshua 2:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Joshua 2:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 2:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Joshua 2:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joshua 2:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joshua 2:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joshua 2:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 2:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 2:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 2:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joshua 2:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 2:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 2:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 2:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 2:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Joshua 2:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 2:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 2:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 2:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 2:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 2:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Joshua 2:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes