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Joshua 2:22 KJV
Joshua · chapter 2 · verse 22
And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.Joshua 2:22 · King James Version
Joshua 2:22 in context
20And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
21And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
22And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
23So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:
24And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- mountainhara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
- pursuersrâdaphto run after (usually with hostile intentH7291 →
- returnedshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- soughtbâqashto search outH1245 →
- abodeyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- threeshâlôwshthreeH7969 →
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We have here the safe return of the spies Joshua had sent, and the great encouragement they brought with them to Israel to proceed in their descent upon Canaan.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-24