Joshua 10:26
“And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And it came to pass, at the time of the going down of the sun,.... Which was the time fixed by the law of God for taking…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Smote - slew - and hanged them on five trees - Hanging alive seems a barbarous custom: among the Hebrews, criminals were…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Joshua 10:15-27
It was a brave appearance, no doubt, which the five kings made when they took the field for the reducing of Gibeon, and…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Joshua smote them The actual execution of the kings he reserved for his own hands.
hanged them "Hongide upon fiue…
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