Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house [was] upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
Ver. 15. For her house was upon the town wall.] In an obscure nook, among the poorer sort of people: for this harlot Rahab had not got such an estate as Phryne had, who offered at her own charge to repair the ruined walls of Thebes, if these words only might have been inscribed on them, "Alexander overturned these walls, and Phryne set them up again." a
And she dwelt upon the wall.] Where Providence had placed her for such a purpose as this: for it is God that appointeth the bounds of men's habitations. Act 17:26
a O μεν Aλεξανδρος κατεσκαψε, η δε φρυνη ανωκοδο μησεν .