Behold, it is very good. — Comp. Numbers 14:7; Joshua 2:23-24. The beauty of the site well bears out the description — “the rich and beautiful seclusion of that loveliest of the scenes of Palestine” (Stanley). It was by a similar statement that Anaxilaus of Rhegium persuaded the Messenians to seize Zankle (Pausan. 4:23, quoted by Cassel).
Are ye still? — 1 Kings 22:3; 2 Kings 7:9.