Joshua 6:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. ”

• Joshua 6:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Joshua 5:13 to Joshua 6:27 . The Capture of Jericho. The narrative begins at Joshua 5:13 ; Joshua 6:1 is an insertion (observe that RV places it in brackets), so that Joshua 6:2 should imme...

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• Joshua 6:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah . App-4. said. This is the continuation of the Captain's words, Joshua 5:15 . See note on Joshua 3:7 . See. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. I have given....

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• Joshua 6:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. And the Lord said unto Joshua - This is the same person who in the prec...

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• Joshua 6:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Ver. 2. And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, &c.— The same person, who in the preceding chapter is called the Captain of the host of the Lord, is here named the LORD. There is no doubt,...

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• Joshua 6:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. See, I have given into thine hand. The language intimates that a...

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• Joshua 6:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Capture of Jerich This chapter describes the first and perhaps most decisive action in the war. The impression it produced ( Joshua 6:27 ) no doubt did much to decide the fortunes of subse...

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• Joshua 6:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Commander and His Plan of Campaign Joshua 5:13-15 ; Joshua 6:1-11 When the heart is perfect with God we may count on His presence and help. It is to the separated and obedient servant that...

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• Joshua 6:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  All the preparation being completed, the hosts of God moved forward as the scourge of God in judgment on the corrupt peoples of the land. It is impossible to imagine anything more calculated to impr...

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• Joshua 6:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Reader! I beg of you to remark with me, that this is the same person spoken of in the preceding chapter, as captain of the Lord's host: for, certainly as there is no interruption in the history from...

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• Joshua 6:2 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  THE TAKING OF JERICHO ‘I have given into thine hand Jericho.’ Joshua 6:2 The city of Jericho lay over against the point where Jordan had been forded by the Israelites. It was a great city, a...

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• Joshua 6:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And the Lord said unto Joshua ,.... The same divine Person called in the preceding chapter the Captain of the Lord's host, Joshua 5:14 , now with him, and who gave him the following orders, instruc...

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• Joshua 6:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, [and] the mighty men of valour. Ver. 2. And the Lord said. ] The man Christ Jesus, Jos 5:13 that man...

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• Joshua 6:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Jericho was straitly shut up They had shut up all their gates, and kept a very strict guard at them, for fear of the children of Israel. And the Lord said unto Joshua There is great reason to bel...

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• Joshua 6:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  JERICHO DESTROYED Joshua and Israel having been fully prepared by God, their conquest of Canaan begins. Jericho, with its thick walls, was securely shut up (v.1), prepared for a long siege; but ce...

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• Joshua 6:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Siege of Jericho. B. C. 1451.       1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the chil...

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• Joshua 6:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Who are in it, resolved and ready to defend it with their utmost strength.

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• Joshua 6:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘ And YHWH said to Joshua, “See, I have given into your hand Jericho, and its king, and the mighty men of valour.” ' The problem for Joshua was how the Israelites could breach the walls with the...

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• Joshua 6:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  THE SIEGE AND FALL OF JERICHO CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 6:1 . This verse is merely a parenthesis in the account of the interview, beginning chap. Joshua 5:13 , and ending chap. Joshua 6:5 . Th...

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• Joshua 6:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Joshua 6:4 . Seven trumpets of rams' horns. Josephus uses this term, “rams' horns:” but in most versions it is holy trumpets, or trumpets used in the Jubilee, as seems to be implied by the Hebrew...

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• Joshua 6:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Now Jericho was straitly shut up. Shut up An old writer says that every carnal heart is a Jericho shut up; God sits down before it and displays mercy and judgment: it hardens itself in a wilful...

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• Joshua 6:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION THE VICTORY .— Joshua 6:1 This verse (see above) is parenthetical. It explains why the captain of the Lord's host appeared unto Joshua. The inhabitants of Jericho, though in...

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• Joshua 6:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Siege of Jericho

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• Joshua 6:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Daniel 2:21 ; Daniel 2:44 ; Daniel 4:17 ; Daniel 4:35 ; Daniel 5:18 ; Deuteronomy 7:24 ; Joshua 5:13-15 ; Joshua 6:9-24 ; Judges 11:24

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