George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Joshua 2:9
Strength. Hebrew "they faint or melt away," deprived both of strength and counsel.
Strength. Hebrew "they faint or melt away," deprived both of strength and counsel.
Verse Joshua 2:9. _I KNOW THAT THE LORD HATH GIVEN YOU THE LAND_] It is likely she had this only from _conjecture_, having heard of their successes against the Amorites, their prodigious numbers, and...
2. THE SPIES AND RAHAB'S FAITH CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The spies sent forth (Joshua 2:1)_ 2. Rahab's faith and works (Joshua 2:2) 3. The escape of the spies and assurance given (Joshua 2:15) 4. The return...
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 Jordan. The events in ch. 2 must have taken longer than thre...
I KNOW. Faith's conclusion, from what she had heard, verses: Joshua 2:11; Joshua 2:12. Corresponds with Sarah's "she judged" in Hebrews 11:11. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. FAINT. Hebrew. have...
Reception of the Spies by Rahab 9. _the Lord_ The name is remarkable as used by Rahab. But the Israelites had long been encamped in the neighbourhood, and she might easily have become acquainted with...
DISCOURSE: 244 RAHAB PROTECTS THE SPIES Joshua 2:8. And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof: and she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and th...
_VER._ 9. _SHE SAID UNTO THE MEN, I KNOW THAT THE LORD HATH GIVEN YOU THE LAND,_ &C.— As if she had thus addressed them. "Be not surprised at the care I take for your security. I, as well as you, beli...
_The Covenant Made With Rahab Joshua 2:8-21_ 8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof; 9 And she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that...
_AND SHE SAID UNTO THE MEN, I KNOW THAT THE LORD HATH GIVEN YOU THE LAND, AND THAT YOUR TERROR IS FALLEN UPON US, AND THAT ALL THE INHABITANTS OF THE LAND FAINT BECAUSE OF YOU._ No JFB commentary on...
2:9 faint (e-33) 'Melt away,' so ver. 24....
YOUR TERROR IS FALLEN UPON US] Cp. Exodus 15:14. Compare Joshua 5:1 for a similar panic produced by the crossing of Jordan. 10F. Rahab had followed the career of Israel with fascinated interest. She i...
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). The incident, natural in itself, acquires a special inter...
COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 2 JOSHUA SENDS TWO MEN TO LOOK OVER THE LAN...
(9-11) SHE SAID UNTO THE MEN, I KNOW THAT THE LORD HATH GIVEN YOU THE LAND.... — The words of this confession are memorable in everyway. Note the fulfilment of the prophetic song of Moses, which is pa...
וַ תֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אֶל ־הָ֣ אֲנָשִׁ֔ים יָדַ֕עְתִּי...
CHAPTER VII. THE SPIES IN JERICHO. Joshua 2:1. IT was not long ere Joshua found an occasion not only for the exercise of that courage to which he had been so emphatically called both by God and the...
A HEATHEN WOMAN'S ACT OF FAITH Joshua 2:1 “To view the land” was a hazardous undertaking. The physiognomy of the Hebrews would certainly betray them, and it did. The sacred writer does not commend Ra...
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 the two who had brought back a report revealing their...
The third thing Joshua did was to secretly send two spies to Jericho to survey the surrounding land and especially the city. These two found a woman of faith in a heathen city. Rahab was a harlot livi...
And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your (d) terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. (d) For so God prom...
What a wonder working God our God is! Jericho is one of the cities devoted to destruction: and yet in this place there is a precious soul to be gathered to his people! Compare Joshua 6:26 with 1 Kings...
The book of Joshua naturally follows the five books of Moses, and indeed is connected more manifestly with those that go before it than might appear to an ordinary reader. It opens not with a mere par...
The second chapter contains the interesting history of Rahab. How beautiful. it is to see the grace of God setting up its way-marks from the beginning, that the eye of faith may know where to rest, wh...
AND SHE SAID UNTO THE MEN,.... The two spies: I KNOW THAT THE LORD HATH GIVEN YOU THE LAND; the land of Canaan, of which she was an inhabitant, and in which they now were; this she knew either by som...
And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. Ver. 9. _I know that th...
_Before they were laid down_ To sleep, as they intended. _She came up unto them_ Having got clear of the officers, to the _roof of the house_, where they lay hid. Here she informs them, 1st, That the...
1 Rahab receiueth and concealeth the two spies sent from Shittim. 8 The couenant betweene her and them. 23 Their returne and relation. 1 AND Ioshua the sonne of Nun sent out of Shittim two men, to s...
and she said unto the men, I know that the Lord, Jehovah, of whom she had heard and toward whom she felt a reverential awe, HATH GIVEN YOU THE LAND, AND THAT YOUR TERROR IS FALLEN UPON US, namely, the...
THE SPIES SAVED BY RAHAB...
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 sent before at the request of the people (Deuteronomy 1:...
FAINT: _ Heb._ melt...
8-21 Rahab had heard of the miracles the Lord wrought for Israel. She believed that his promises would certainly be fulfilled, and his threatenings take effect; and that there was no way of escape bu...
QUEST. How could they understand one the other? ANSW. 1. The Hebrew and the Canaan or Phoenician languages have a very great resemblance, and are thought to be but differing dialects of one and the s...
Joshua 2:9 said H559 (H8799) men H582 know H3045 (H8804) LORD H3068 given H5414 (H8804) land...
‘ And she said to the men, “I know that YHWH has given you the land and that your terror is fallen on us and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.” ' Here is a clue to her behavio...
Joshua 2:1. 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. It is with an army and in a war that Joshua is now to dis...
CONTENTS: Rahab and the Jericho spies. CHARACTERS: Joshua, two spies, Rahab, king of Jericho. CONCLUSION: Let not God's people be afraid of their most powerful enemies, for their God can, when He pl...
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. _A harlot's house, named Rahab._ The word is render...
_Joshua _. .. _ sent out _. .. _ two men to spy._ THE SPIES DESPATCHED I. The position in which joshua and the Israelites were placed. It was a difficult task that had been performed by Moses; did no...
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 2:9 I KNOW THAT THE LORD HAS GIVEN YOU THE LAND. Rahab shows remarkable awareness of Israel’s history (see Joshua 1:2). The fact that
CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 2:9. Your terror is fallen upon us] As Moses had predicted forty years before; Exodus 15:15. JOSHUA 2:12. GIVE ME A TRUE TOKEN] Rahab asks them to enter into solemn covenant w...
EXPOSITION RAHAB AND THE SPIES.— JOSHUA 2:1 AND JOSHUA THE SON OF NUN SENT. Rather, as margin, _had_ sent (see note on Joshua 1:2). It might have been at the very time when the command was given
Now chapter two, Joshua sent out two men to spy out the land, actually to spy out Jericho, because Jericho was the first city that they were going to come to. Jericho is one of the oldest cities in th...
1 Samuel 14:15; 1 Samuel 14:16; 2 Kings 5:15; 2 Kings 7:6; 2 Samue
PREPARING TO POSSESS THE LAND Joshua 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The men who fell by the way. The closing verses of Joshua 1:1, give the story of Joshua's preparations to carry out God's instructions,...
Your terror — That is, the dread of you....