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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Joshua 6:26

Cursed be the man... that... buildeth this city Jericho. — As the marginal reference indicates, the curse of Joshua was not incurred until Hiel the Bethelite built the city, in the reign of Ahab. But the “city of palm-trees” is (somewhat doubtfully) identified with Jericho, and this was occupied by the Moabites under Eglon, not very long after the time of Joshua (Judges 3:13, &c.), and seems to have been Eglon’s residence, where he was slain by Ehud.

The curse, fulfilled upon Hiel and his family, appears to have been finally removed by the intercession of Elisha (2 Kings 2:18), at the request of the inhabitants.

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See also Joshua 6:26 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Joshua 6:26. _AND JOSHUA ADJURED_ THEM _AT THAT TIME_] It appears that he had received intimations from God that this idolatrous city should continue a monument of the Divine displeasure: and h...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    ADJURED - i. e. put an oath upon them; or, perhaps, actually caused them themselves to take an oath (compare Matthew 26:63). The words of the oath have in the original a rhythmical character which wou...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    6. THE FALL OF JERICHO CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The divine instruction (Joshua 6:1)_ 2. The instructions followed (Joshua 6:6) 3. The fall of Jericho (Joshua 6:20) 4. Rahab remembered ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOSHUA 5:13 TO JOSHUA 6:27. THE CAPTURE OF JERICHO. The narrative begins at Joshua 5:13; Joshua 6:1 is an insertion (observe that RV places it in brackets), so that

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MAN. Hebrew. _ish_ App-14. BUILDETH THIS CITY i.e. its walla and gates (Joshua 6:26), for Joshua himself gave it to the Benjamltes, Joshua 18:12. Compare 2 Samuel 10:5. See note on...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Curse upon Jericho 26. _adjured them_ i.e. "put an oath upon them." _Cursed be the man_ A city, which was _cherem_or "devoted," could not be rebuilt, Deuteronomy 13:15-17. Joshua therefore pronou...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 26. _AND JOSHUA ADJURED THEM AT THAT TIME, SAYING,_ &C.— As soon as the city of Jericho was razed and destroyed, Joshua convened the chiefs and elders of the tribes, to signify to them the divi...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _The Sparing of Rahab Joshua 6:22-27_ 22 But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye s...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND JOSHUA ADJURED THEM AT THAT TIME, SAYING, CURSED BE THE MAN BEFORE THE LORD, THAT RISETH UP AND BUILDETH THIS CITY JERICHO: HE SHALL LAY THE FOUNDATION THEREOF IN HIS FIRSTBORN, AND IN HIS YOUNGE...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    6:26 In (a-23) in (a-32) Or 'on.' *Meaning, 'in the death of.' see 1 Kings 16:34 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    This 'inspired curse' of Joshua was fulfilled, after the lapse of some six centuries, in the reign of Ahab (1 Kings 16:34). Hiel the Bethelite incurred it, being the first, apparently, to attempt a co...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CAPTURE OF JERICH This chapter describes the first and perhaps MOST decisive _action in_ the war. The impression it produced (Joshua 6:27) no doubt did much to decide the fortunes of subsequent ca...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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 6 V1 The people in Jericho kept their gate...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יַּשְׁבַּ֣ע יְהֹושֻׁ֔עַ בָּ † עֵ֥ת הַ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XII. THE FATE OF JERICHO. Joshua 6:8. THE instructions of Joshua to the priests and the people are promptly obeyed. In the bright rays of the morning sun, on the day when Jericho is to be su...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    SPARED WHEN OTHERS PERISHED Joshua 6:22 It is not the amount of truth that we know which saves us, but the grasp with which we hold it. All that Rahab knew was very slight and partial, but she held t...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    All the preparation being completed, the hosts of God moved forward as the scourge of God in judgment on the corrupt peoples of the land. It is impossible to imagine anything more calculated to impres...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    WHEN GOD BROUGHT DOWN THE WALLS Joshua 6:1-27 When Joshua met the captain of the host of the Lord in chapter 5, he asked him, "What does my Lord say to his servant?" He first told Joshua to take off...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And Joshua adjured [them] at that time, saying, Cursed [be] the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: (q) he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Cursed, &c. Jericho, in the mystical sense, signifies iniquity; the sounding of the trumpets by the priests, signifies the preaching of the word of God; by which the walls of Jericho are thrown down,...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Evidently Joshua acted in this adjuration, under the immediate influence of the Spirit of the Lord. The event proves it, for in after ages, when Hial, the Bethelite, built Jericho, what Joshua had pre...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The passing of the Jordan was a wondrous and significant event; but it was not everything. It sank deep into the consciences of the Canaanites on all sides; but there was more that was needed, and mor...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    26._And Joshua adjured them, _etc This adjuration, then, was not merely to have effect for one day, but to warn posterity through all ages that that city had been taken only by divine power. He wished...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    In chapter 6 we find the principles on which the conquests of Israel are founded. The work is altogether God's. He may indeed exercise His people in conflict, but it is He who does all. "They went up...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND JOSHUA ADJURED [THEM] AT THAT TIME,.... When the city was burnt and spoiled; not that he adjured the people individually, or one by one, which was not very practicable, but in a general way: SAYI...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Joshua adjured [them] at that time, saying, Cursed [be] the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his you...

  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    Jos. 6:26 and 1 Kings 16:34. "And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Joshua adjured them at that time_ Hebrew, ישׁבע, _jashbang, he made them to swear._ As soon as the city was destroyed, it seems, he convened the heads of the tribes, to signify to them that it was th...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Iericho is shut vp. 2 God instructeth Ioshua how to besiege it. 12 The citie is compassed. 17 It must be accursed. 20 The walles fall downe. 22 Rahab is saued. 26 The builder of Iericho is cur...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Joshua adjured them, the soldiers of Israel, AT THAT TIME, SAYING, CURSED BE THE MAN BEFORE THE LORD THAT RISETH UP AND BUILDETH THIS CITY JERICHO; HE SHALL LAY THE FOUNDATION THEREOF IN HIS FIRST...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    RAHAB SAVED AT THE OVERTHROW OF JERICHO...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    JERICHO DESTROYED Joshua and Israel having been fully prepared by God, their conquest of Canaan begins. Jericho, with its thick walls, was securely shut up (v.1), prepared for a long siege; but certa...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    17-27 Jericho was to be a solemn and awful sacrifice to the justice of God, upon those who had filled up the measure of their sins. So He appoints, from whom, as creatures, they received their lives,...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    ADJURED THEM; or, made them to swear; caused the people, or some in the name of all, to swear for the present and succeeding generations, and to confirm their oath by a curse. BEFORE THE LORD, i.e. fr...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 6:26 Joshua H3091 charged H7650 (H8686) time H6256 saying H559 (H8800) Cursed H779 (H8803) man...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And Joshua charged them with an oath at that time, saying, “Cursed be the man before YHWH who rises up, and builds this city Jericho. He will lay the foundation of it with the loss of his firstborn,...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Conquest of Jericho. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, priests, Rahab, 2 spies. CONCLUSION: The victories of faith are often to be won by means, and upon principles utterly foolish and inadequate i...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Joshua 6:4. _Seven trumpets of rams' horns._ Josephus uses this term, “rams' horns:” but in most versions it is holy trumpets, or trumpets used in the Jubilee, as seems to be implied by the Hebrew wor...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The wall fell down flat._ THE FIGHT OF FAITH Of uninspired poems, perhaps the most widely read are those which celebrate a siege--the siege of Troy. Homer and Virgil have sung in noble numbers the p...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 6:26 Jericho’s ruins are to serve as a warning to Israel. Any attempt to rebuild the city, therefore, will defy the Lord’s rule. For the fulfillment of Joshua’s curse, see 1 King...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 6:26. Cursed be the man … that buildeth this city Jericho. It is exceedingly difficult to accept the generally received view, and to believe that this curse relates _merely_ t...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION RAHAB'S DELIVERANCE. THE CURSE ON JERICHO.— JOSHUA 6:22 HAD SAID. Here we have an instance of the use of the perfect as a pluperfect. We can hardly suppose, as Keil observes, that Joshua...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So in chapter six we begin the conquering of the land. The method by which they took Jericho was very fascinating indeed. The Lord said to Joshua, I have given to you the city of Jericho, and its king...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 16:34; 1 Kings 22:16; 1 Samuel 14:24; Acts 19:13; Malachi 1:4

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Adjured them — Or, made them to fear; caused the people, or some in the name of all, to swear for the present and succeeding generations, and to confirm their oath by a curse. Before the Lord — That i...

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