Joshua 2:4

2 Kings 6:19; 2 Samuel 16:18; 2 Samuel 16:19; 2 Samuel 17:19; 2 Samuel 17:20; Exodus 1:19

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I wist not whence they were - Rahab acted as she did from the belief in God’s declared word, and conviction that resistance to His will would be...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

II. Two Hebrew Spies Visit Jericho and Evade Capture. The narrative is inconsistent with Joshua 1:11 , Within three days ye are to pass over Jorda...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

wist not. Anglo-Saxon for "knew not". It is this record that is inspired, not the act and words of Rahab.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. And the woman took the two men, etc. We may presume that before Rahab was ordered to bring them forth the rumor of their arrival had been...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were : And hid them - Probably she s...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 4. And the woman took the two men, and hid them — Or rather, as some versions have it, Now the woman had taken the two men, and had hidden...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were: The woman took the two...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Two Spies at Jericho Joshua himself had been one of twelve sent by Moses on a similar errand, some thirty-eight years before ( Numbers 13 ). T...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER VII. THE SPIES IN JERICHO. Joshua 2:1-24 . IT was not long ere Joshua found an occasion not only for the exercise of that courage to wh...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Heathen Woman's Act of Faith Joshua 2:1-14 “To view the land” was a hazardous undertaking. The physiognomy of the Hebrews would certainly bet...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Forty years before this time the spies had been sent out and had brought back to Moses their reports of the land. Of these, Joshua had been one of th...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The history of this woman forms so interesting a subject in the gospel, that we cannot be too particular in attending to all the circumstances the Ho...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the woman took the two men ,.... Or "she had taken" them z before the messengers came, upon a rumour she understood was gone abroad, that she ha...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they [were]: Ver. 4. And the woman took...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And the woman Or, But the woman; had taken and hid them Before the messengers came from the king; as soon as she understood from her neighbours...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE SPIES RECEIVED AND HIDDEN BY RAHAB (vv. 1-24) Joshua then sent two spies to "view the land, especially Jericho"(v. 1).Twelve men had been se...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Two Spies and Rahab. B. C. 1451. 1...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Or, But the woman had taken and had hid them , to wit, before the messengers came from the king; as soon as she understood from her neighbours, or c...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:4 a ‘And the woman took the two men, and hid them.' We should probably read these as pluperfects, ‘had taken the two men and had hidd...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE MISSION OF THE TWO SPIES CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 2:1 . Joshua sent] Or, as in the margin, had sent. It is probable that the spies had left...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Joshua 2:1-18 . Spies are a part of the unhappy machinery of war. They are counted as necessary as the general, or as the boy who blows the bugle....
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 2:1 . Sent out two spies. Many read, “Joshua had sent out.” Being a wary general he would lose no time in gaining every kind of information...
The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua . .. sent out . .. two men to spy. The spies despatched I. The position in which joshua and the Israelites were placed. It was a d...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION RAHAB AND THE SPIES .— Joshua 2:1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent. Rather, as margin, had sent (see note on Joshua 1...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Spies at Rahab's House
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the woman took the two men and hid them, just as soon as the servant in charge of the door had informed her of the identity of the callers, where...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Preparing to Possess the Land Joshua 2:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The men who fell by the way. The closing verses of Joshua 1:1-18 , give the...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And the woman — Or, But the woman had taken — and had hid them, before the messengers came from the king; as soon as she understood from her neighb...

⁴ And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:

Related Commentaries of Joshua 2:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible 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

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Joshua 2:4