By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
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Gill's Exposition
Who through faith subdued kingdoms,.... As David did particularly; who subdued Syria, Moab, Ammon, Amalek, Edom, and the Philistines, Sa2 8:12. War, in some cases, is lawful; and kingdoms may be…
Barnes' Notes
By faith the harlot Rahab - She resided in Jericho; Jos 2:1. When Joshua crossed the Jordan, he sent two men as spies to her house, and she saved them by concealment from the enemies that would have…
Adam Clarke
The harlot Rahab perished not - See this account Jos 2:1, Jos 2:9, Jos 2:11, and Jos 6:23, where it is rendered exceedingly probable that the word זונה zonah in Hebrew, and πορνη in Greek, which we…
The apostle, having given us a more general account of the grace of faith, now proceeds to set before us some illustrious examples of it in the Old Testament times, and these may be divided into two…
Cambridge Bible
By faith Jos 2:9-11, "The Lord your God, He is God."
the harlot Rahab So she is called in Jos 2:1; Jas 2:25, and it shews the faithfulness of the sacred narrative that her name is even introduced as…
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