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There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: they took all in battle.
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God's Sovereign Hand
John Calvin explains a theological puzzle: If God forbade peace treaties, why does the text imply the Canaanites were at fault for not seeking peace? The answer lies in God's sovereignty. God, having decreed their judgment, also hardened their hearts. This hardening led them to attack Israel, providing the just cause for war and ensuring God's plan was fulfilled without leaving Israel in a moral quandary.
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Joshua
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16th Century
Protestant
There was not a city that made peace, etc. This sentence appears, at first sight, contradictory to what is everywhere said in the books of…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel Though, according to…
Presbyterian
Never let the sons of Anak be a terror to the Israel of God, for their day to fall will come. The land rested from war. It did not end in a peace w…
