Joshua 2:2

Behold. Figure of speech Asteriemos. App-6.

children. sons.

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To night — This evening.

² And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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