Joshua 10:10

And the Lord discomfited them "As often before and after," so now, "not a man could stand before the awe and the panic of the sudden sound of the terrible shout, the sudden appearance of that undaunted host who came with the assurance not to fear, nor to be dismayed, but to be strong and of a good courage, for the Lord had delivered their enemies into their hands." Comp. Jdg 4:15; 1 Samuel 7:10; 2 Samuel 22:15.

discomfited Comp. Exodus 17:13, "And Joshua discomfitedAmalek and his people with the edge of the sword;" 1 Samuel 7:10, "but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfitedthem;" 2 Samuel 22:15, "he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfitedthem." Discomfit comes from Fr. déconfire, It. sconfiggere, to rout, whence the substantive sconfitia, the original of all being the Latin configere, to fasten together; whence discomfitprimarily signifies to unfasten; then to disintegrate, or break up a mass into the parts of which it is composed. Hence to break up an army, to disperse it.

before Israel In Exodus 23:27, the promise is given that God will always do so before the foes of Israel.

up to Beth-horon or "the House of caves" Notice the expression "along the way that goeth upto Beth-horon." It was the first stage of the flight in the long ascentfrom Gibeon towards Beth-horon the upper.

to Azekah which lay in the Shephelah or rich agricultural plain. It was near Shochoh, and between the two places the Philistines encamped before the battle in which Goliath was killed (1 Samuel 17:1). It was afterwards fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 11:9), was still standing at the time of the Babylonish invasion (Jeremiah 34:7), and was reoccupied by the Jews after their return from the Captivity (Nehemiah 11:30).

unto Makkedah Porter would identify it with a ruin on the northern slope of the Wady es Sunt, bearing the somewhat similar name of el-Klediah. Van de Velde would place it at Sumeil, a village standing on a low hill 6 or 7 miles N. W. of Beth-Jebrin.