Commentary on Joshua - Keil & Delitzsch - David Cox
Commentary on Joshua - Keil & Delitzsch - David Cox
Commentary on Joshua - Keil & Delitzsch - David Cox
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<strong>Keil</strong> and <strong>Delitzsch</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Commentary</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> the Old Testament<br />
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and therefore of the restorati<strong>on</strong> of the town as a fortificati<strong>on</strong>, the "founding" (laying<br />
the foundati<strong>on</strong>) menti<strong>on</strong>ed in the parallel clause can <strong>on</strong>ly be understood as referring<br />
to the foundati<strong>on</strong> of the town-wall. This view of the curse, which is well supported<br />
both by the language and the facts, is also c<strong>on</strong>firmed by the subsequent history.<br />
<strong>Joshua</strong> himself allotted Jericho to the Benjamites al<strong>on</strong>g with certain other towns (Josh<br />
18:21), which proves that he intended them to inhabit it; and accordingly we find the<br />
city of palms, i.e., Jericho, menti<strong>on</strong>ed afterwards as an inhabited place (Judg 3:13; 2<br />
Sam 10:5), and yet it was not till the time of Ahab that <strong>Joshua</strong>'s curse was fulfilled,<br />
when Hiel the Bethelite undertook to make it into a fortified town (1 Kings 16:34).<br />
(Note: Knobel's opini<strong>on</strong>, that the Jericho menti<strong>on</strong>ed between the times of <strong>Joshua</strong> and Ahab in all<br />
probability did not stand up<strong>on</strong> the old site which Hiel was the first to build up<strong>on</strong> again, is at variance with<br />
1 Kings 16:34, as it is not stated there that he rebuilt the old site of Jericho, but that he began to build the<br />
town of Jericho, which existed, according to 2 Sam 10:5 and Judg 3:13, in the time of <strong>David</strong>, and even of<br />
the judges, i.e., to restore it as a fortified town; and it is not raised into a truth by any appeal to the<br />
statements of Strabo, Appian , and others, to the effect that Greeks and Romans did not choose places for<br />
building up<strong>on</strong> which any curse rested.)<br />
Verse 27. Thus the Lord was with <strong>Joshua</strong>, fulfilling His promise to him (Josh 1:5ff.),<br />
so that his fame spread through all the land.<br />
Achan's Theft and Punishment. Ch. 7.<br />
<strong>Joshua</strong> 7:1<br />
But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan,<br />
the s<strong>on</strong> of Carmi, the s<strong>on</strong> of Zabdi, the s<strong>on</strong> of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of<br />
the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of<br />
Israel.<br />
At Jericho the Lord had made known to the Canaanites His great and holy name; but<br />
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