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Afterward Joshua struck them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging on the trees until the evening.
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A Public Display of Justice
Commentators agree that the execution and subsequent hanging of the five kings was not merely punishment but a public spectacle. It served as a display of justice against what one scholar calls "rebels against the Israel of God." The act was intended to bring shame and disgrace upon these leaders and to serve as a terrifying warning to any other Canaanites who would oppose God's people.
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19th Century
Anglican
And hanged them. —Here the hanging appears to have been a token of disgrace after death. Upon the cross of the true Joshua, the en…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And afterwards Joshua smote them and slew them With the sword; either by his own hands, or by others whom he ordered to s…
Presbyterian
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…
