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Joshua 10:14

Joshua 10:14
And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And there was no day like that, before it, or after it,.... Which must be understood as referring not to natural days, or such as are according to the natural course of things, as those in the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Joshua 10:12-15

These four verses seem to be a fragment or extract taken from some other and independent source and inserted into the thread of the narrative after it had been completed, and inserted most probably by…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

And there was no day like that - There was no period of time in which the sun was kept so long above the horizon as on that occasion. Some learned men have supposed that the Fable of Phaeton was…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Joshua 10:7-14

Here, I. Joshua resolves to assist the Gibeonites, and God encourages him in this resolve. 1. He ascended from Gilgal (Jos 10:7), that is, he designed, determined, and prepared for, this expedition to…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

And there was no day This is still a quotation from the Book of Jashar, or "of riзtwise men," as Wyclif translates it.

"And so stood the sunne in the mydil of heuene,

And hyede not to goo doun the…