accursed. devoted. Probably because this was the "first-fruit" of conquest. Numbers 31:54. Compare Joshua 6:19.
she hid. Compare Joshua 2:4.
Related Commentaries of Joshua 6:17
Joshua 6:17
17 And the city shall be accursed,d even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.