John Gill Commentary Joshua 10:19

"but stay not ye; pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for Jehovah your God hath delivered them into your hand." — Joshua 10:19 (ASV)

And stay you not, [but] pursue after your enemies
That is, do not stay at this cave, but having placed a sufficient guard there, go in pursuit of the enemy, with as much celerity as possible:

and smite the hindmost of them ;
their rear; or "tail" them ^F15 , as the word is, cut off the tail of them:

suffer them not to enter their cities ;
where they would not only be safe themselves for a while, but would be able to hold out against a siege for some time, and give much trouble to conquer them:

for the Lord your God has delivered them into your hands ;
this he said to encourage them, and quicken them to the pursuit of them with all eagerness and vehemence. According to the Samaritan Chronicle ^F16 , the signal or watchword was,

``God is strong in battle, God is his name.''

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FOOTNOTES:

• F15: (Mtba) "caudam eorum caedite", Pagninus, Vatablus, Masius, Drusius; "et decaudetis eos", Montanus; "decaudabitis eos", Munster.
• F16: Apud Hottinger. Smegma, p. 509.