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Joshua 2:7 KJV
Joshua · chapter 2 · verse 7
And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.Joshua 2:7 · King James Version
Joshua 2:7 in context
5And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
6But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
7And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
8And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
9And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- pursuedrâdaphto run after (usually with hostile intentH7291 →
- JordanYardênJarden, the principal river of PalestineH3383 →
- afterʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
- fordsmaʻăbâra crossing-place (of a river, a fordH4569 →
- shutçâgarto shut upH5462 →
- waydereka roadH1870 →
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In these verses we have, I. The prudence of Joshua, in sending spies to observe this important pass, which was likely to be disputed at the entrance of Israel into Canaan (v. 1). Go view the land, even Jericho. Moses had sent spies (Num. 13) Joshua himself was one of them and it proved of ill consequence.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7