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Joshua 9:18

Joshua 9:18
And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

And the children of Israel smote them not,.... The inhabitants of the four cities, when they came to them, though they…

Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832

All the congregation murmured - Merely because they were deprived of the spoils of the Gibeonites. They had now got…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Joshua 9:15-21

Here is, I. The treaty soon concluded with the Gibeonites, Jos 9:15. The thing was not done with much formality, but in…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

had sworn unto them The remembrance of the league was kept up through the whole course of the subsequent history. A…

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