John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy sword, nor with thy bow." — Joshua 24:12 (ASV)
And I sent the hornet before you
Of which (See Gill on Exodus 23:28);
which drave them out from before you, [even] the two kings of the
Amorites ;
and not only them, and the Amorites under them, but the other nations, Hivites, Hittites
[but] not with thy sword, nor with thy bow ;
but by insects of the Lord's sending to them, which, as Kimchi says, so blinded their eyes, that they could not see to fight, and so Israel came upon them, and slew them; in which the hand of the Lord was manifestly seen, and to whose power, and not, their own, the destruction of their enemies was to be ascribed.