Joshua 9:20

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the (k) oath which we sware unto them. (k) This does not esta...
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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

20. This we will do to them, etc. Although, according to agreement, they give the Gibeonites their lives, they ratify the whole covenant...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 20. This we will do to them, &c.— "That we may not draw down upon us the wrath of God, by the violation of our oath, though rashly mad...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them. No...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Lest wrath come upon us ] Centuries later we are told ( 2 Samuel 21 ) that the Israelites of David's time felt this 'wrath' when Saul had broken his...
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 trans...
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...
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 agains...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Observe, how the Lord overruled the minds of his people, in behalf of Gibeon. See this doctrine illustrated more fully: Genesis 20:3-7 .
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

This we will do to them ,.... Either this favour we will show them, preserving their lives, next mentioned, or this punishment we will inflict on th...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them. Ver. 20. Lest wrath be u...
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 a...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The League with the Gibeonites. B. C. 1450....
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...
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 destroy...
The Biblical Illustrator

The inhabitants of Gibeon . .. did work wilily. A Canaanitish stratagem I. How this device originated. 1. Their wisdom suggested it. The...
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:...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Deception Discovered and Punished.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

This we will do to them: we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them. The punishment of God did s...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 1:10 ; 2 Chronicles 36:13 ; 2 Samuel 21:1-6 ; Ezekiel 17:12-21 ; Malachi 3:5 ; Proverbs 20:25 ; Romans 1:31 ; Zechariah 5:3 ; Zech...

²⁰ This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.

Related Commentaries of Joshua 9:20

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 9:20