These four verses seem to be a fragment or extract taken from some other and independent source and inserted into the thread of the narrative after…

EXCURSUS TO NOTES ON JOSHUA.

THE DEFEAT OF THE FIVE KINGS AT GIBEON (Joshua 10:10–12).

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And Joshua returned, etc. This verse is not placed in its proper sequence, for the account of the end of the battle and the punishment inf…

And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp
to Gilgal .
] That is, he t…

None moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel. This shows their perfect safety. The kings were called to an account, as rebels agains…