John Gill Commentary Joshua 24:11

John Gill Commentary

Joshua 24:11

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

Joshua 24:11

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"And ye went over the Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand." — Joshua 24:11 (ASV)

And you went over Jordan
In a miraculous manner, the waters parting to make way for the host of Israel:

and came unto Jericho ;
the first city of any size and strength in the land, which was about seven or eight miles from Jordan; (See Gill on Numbers 22:1);

and the men of Jericho fought against you ;
by endeavouring to intercept their spies, and cut them off; by shutting up the gates of their city against Israel; and it may be throwing darts, arrows, and stones, from off the walls of it at them. Kimchi thinks that some of the great men of Jericho went out from thence, to give notice and warning to the kings of Canaan of the approach of the Israelites, and in the mean time the city was taken; and that these afterwards joined with the kings in fighting against Joshua and the people of Israel:

the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the
Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites and the Jebusites ;
the seven nations of Canaan; this they did at different times, and in different places:

and I delivered them into your hand ;
these nations and their kings.