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So Joshua struck all the land, the hill-country, and the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded.
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An Act of Divine Command
Commentators stress that the total destruction described was not an act of human cruelty but of divine command. Joshua was obeying a specific instruction from God (Deuteronomy 20:16) as a righteous judgment against the Canaanites' deep-seated sin and idolatry, thus acquitting Israel from charges of inhumanity.
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Joshua
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18th Century
Presbyterian
See (Joshua 9:1). “The south” was the Negeb (Numbers 13:17). Interpret “the springs” as “slopes.” The word here means the d…
19th Century
Anglican
Of the hills —that is, the mountains of Judah and Ephraim.
The south —that is, the Nêgeb.
The…
16th Century
Protestant
So Joshua smote all the country, etc. Here the divine authority is again interposed to completely acquit Joshua of any charge of cruelty. …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So Joshua smote all the country of the hills and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and …
Joshua acted swiftly in taking these cities. See what a great deal of work can be done in a little time, if we are diligent and improve our opportu…
