Joshua 10:6

Slack not thy hand The climax in the message is very noticeable; (1) slack not thy hand; (2) come up to us quickly; (3) save us; (4) help us. Compare the prayer of the persecuted Christians (Acts 4:24-30).

Slack= "slacken," "relax;" A. S. slæcanfrom the adjective slæc. It occurs in an intransitive sense in Deuteronomy 23:21, "When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slackto pay it." Comp. Latimer, Serm. p. 231, "What a remorse of conscience shall ye have, when ye remember how ye have slackedyour duty."

all the kings of the Amorites This is a common designation of the five chiefs. Their march had evidently been very rapid, and the danger was urgent.