Joshua 9:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes. ”

Joshua 9:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation (l) murmured against the princes. (l) Feari...
Joshua 9:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 9. The Stratagem of the Gibeonites. This account, though composite, is straightforward enough if Joshua 9:17-21 be omitted. These verses give an account by the priestly writer in which t...
Joshua 9:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

made. league . solemnised. covenant.
Joshua 9:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes. All the congre...
Joshua 9:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 18. And the children of Israel smote them not, &c.— Even though they had not thought themselves bound by their oath, (as some think they were not, since it had been obtained upon a fal...
Joshua 9:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes. The ch...
Joshua 9:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The League with the Gibeonites Joshua 9 forms an introduction to the narrative of the Southern campaign ( Joshua 10 ). The Gibeonite cities were important enough both politically and geographica...
Joshua 9:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XVIII. THE STRATAGEM OF THE GIBEONITES. Joshua 9:1-27 . WE now resume the thread of the story interrupted by the narrative of the transaction at Ebal and Gerizim. We learn from the test...
Joshua 9:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Hewers of Wood and Drawers of Water” Joshua 9:16-27 The faith of these people was so far rewarded that, while their deception was punished by their reduction to the most menial tasks, yet thei...
Joshua 9:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The fame and the dread of the people by this time were spreading far and wide. The kings of Canaan, conscious of their danger, formed a league against the oncoming hosts. However, before they had ti...
Joshua 9:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The murmuring of the congregation, on account of the mercy shown Gibeon, serves to remind us, of the displeasure of the elder brother in the parable, because of the mercy shown the younger. The case...
Joshua 9:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the children of Israel smote them not ,.... The inhabitants of the four cities, when they came to them, though they found it to be a true report that was brought them of their being neighbours,...
Joshua 9:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes. Ver. 18....
Joshua 9:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

All the congregation murmured against the princes Both from that proneness which is in people to censure the actions of their rulers, and from the desire of the spoil of these cities.
Joshua 9:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

DECEIVED BY THE GIBEONITES (vs.1-27) The calm deliberation with which the Lord was acting gave time for the forces of the enemy to be marshaled against Israel. Six nations, the Hittites, Amorites...
Joshua 9:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The League with the Gibeonites. B. C. 1450. 15 And Joshua made peace with them, and ma...
Joshua 9:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Partly, from that proneness which is in people to censure the actions of their rulers; partly, because they might think the princes by their rashness had brought them into a snare, that they could ne...
Joshua 9:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And the children of Israel did not smite them, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by YHWH the God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.' Tru...
Joshua 9:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 9:17 . On the third day] That is the same as “at the end of three days” in Joshua 9:16 . “The armed men would move from Gilgal to Gibeon (about twelve miles) in the same...
Joshua 9:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 9:1 . 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...
Joshua 9:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

The inhabitants of Gibeon . .. did work wilily. A Canaanitish stratagem I. How this device originated. 1. Their wisdom suggested it. The selfsame facts suggest different courses of action...
Joshua 9:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE GIBEONITES .— Joshua 9:1 And it came to pass, when all the kings. According to the explanation given above ( Joshua 6:5 , Joshua 6:15 ) of the particle כwith the infi...
Joshua 9:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Deception Discovered and Punished.
Joshua 9:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 21:7 ; Ecclesiastes 5:2 ; Ecclesiastes 5:6 ; Ecclesiastes 9:2 ; Psalms 15:4
Joshua 9:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Against the princes — Both from that proneness which is in people to censure the actions of their rulers; and from their desire of the spoil of these cities.

Joshua 9:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Joshua 9:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 9:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Joshua 9:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 9:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Joshua 9:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joshua 9:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 9:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joshua 9:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joshua 9:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 9:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 9:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 9:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joshua 9:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 9:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 9:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 9:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 9:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 9:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 9:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 9:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 9:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 9:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 9:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 9:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes