John Gill Commentary Joshua 2:9

"and she said unto the men, I know that Jehovah hath given you the land, and that the fear of you is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you." — Joshua 2:9 (ASV)

And she said to the men
The two spies:

I know that the Lord has given you the land ;
the land of Canaan, of which she was an inhabitant, and in which they now were; this she knew either by some tradition that was among them; or by divine revelation, a supernatural impulse upon her mind: or by observing what the Lord had done already, in putting the land of the Amorites into their hands, which were one of the seven nations of Canaan; and by this it also appears, and more clearly by what follows, that she had knowledge of the Lord God, the God of Israel:

and that your terror is fallen upon us ;
which was another token or sign by which she knew the land would be delivered to them; that they who were a formidable people, and struck terror into others, now were terrified themselves, at the rumour of Israel being come to invade them; this was what the Lord said should be the case, (Deuteronomy 11:25) ;

and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you ;
or "melt" ^F6 , like wax before the fire, as Moses had predicted, (Exodus 15:15) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F6: (wgmn) "liquefacti sunt", Montanus, Piscator.