For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
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Gill's Exposition
For the Canaanites,.... Those that dwell on the east and on the west of the land, see Jos 11:3; who were one of the seven nations:
and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it; of this…
Barnes' Notes
What wilt thou do unto thy great name? - i. e. “after the Canaanites have cut off our name what will become of Thy Name?” This bold expostulation, that of one wrestling in sore need with God in…
We have here an account of the deep concern Joshua was in upon this sad occasion. He, as a public person, interested himself more than any other in this public loss, and is therein an example to…
The Defeat before Ai. Joshua's Prayer
6. And Joshua rent his clothes in token of sorrow and distress (comp. Lev 10:6; Lev 21:10). The clothes were torn in front over the breast, yet for not more than…
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