And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.
Ver. 25. And when he showed them the entrance,] i.e., Where and how they might best take it.
But they let go the man and all his family.] Who if he did this out of true faith, as Rahab did, Jos 2:1-24 he is to be excused: but if for selfish ends and sinister respects, he is to be esteemed a traitor, and might have met with such reward as Metius Suffetius did, who was drawn in pieces with wild horses by Tullus Hostilius for his treachery. Or as John Justinian of Genua did, who let Mohammed the great Turk enter Constantinople upon promise to make him king. He made him so; but after three days put him to death. Or, lastly, as he that betrayed the Rhodes; for he had his promised wife and portion presented; but the Turk told him that he would not have a Christian to be his son-in-law; he must needs be a Moslem, that is, a believing Turk both within and without. And therefore he caused his baptized skin, as he called it, to be taken off, and him to be cast in a bed strowed with salt, that he might get a new skin, and so he should be his son-in-law. But the wicked wretch ended his life with shame and torment.
To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Ver. 25. See Trapp on " 1Ti 1:17 "