Joshua 22:33-34

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33. blessed God Compare 1 Chronicles 29:20, "And David said to all the congregation, Now blessthe Lord your God. And all the congregation blessedthe Lord God of their fathers;" Nehemiah 8:6, "And Ezra blessedthe Lord, the great God;" Daniel 2:19, "Then Daniel blessedthe God of heaven;" Luke 2:28, "Then took he Him up in his arms, and blessedGod, and said."

did not intend i. e. did not carry out their intention of going up to war against them, as they first thought of doing when "they gathered themselves together at Shiloh;" see above Joshua 22:12.