Commentary on Joshua - Keil & Delitzsch - David Cox
Commentary on Joshua - Keil & Delitzsch - David Cox Commentary on Joshua - Keil & Delitzsch - David Cox
Keil and Delitzsch
Keil and Delitzsch
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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 />
every town that had to be taken was looked up<strong>on</strong> as a height to be scaled, though as a fact in this instance<br />
the army had really to ascend from Jericho to Ai, which was situated up in the mountains (On v. 1 b , see<br />
Josh 6:2.) "His land" is the country round, which bel<strong>on</strong>ged to the town and was under its king.<br />
Verse 2. <strong>Joshua</strong> was to do the same to Ai and her king as he had already d<strong>on</strong>e to<br />
Jericho and her king, except that in this case the c<strong>on</strong>querors were to be allowed to<br />
appropriate the booty and the cattle to themselves. In order to c<strong>on</strong>quer the town, he<br />
was to lay an ambush behind it.<br />
(Note: The much agitated questi<strong>on</strong>, whether it could be worthy of God to employ stratagem in war, to<br />
which different replies have been given, has been answered quite correctly by Calvin. "Surely," he says,<br />
"wars are not carried <strong>on</strong> by striking al<strong>on</strong>e; but they are c<strong>on</strong>sidered the best generals who succeed through<br />
art and counsel more than by force.... Therefore, if war is lawful at all, it is bey<strong>on</strong>d all c<strong>on</strong>troversy that the<br />
way<br />
is perfectly clear for the use of the customary arts of warfare, provided there is no breach of faith in the<br />
violati<strong>on</strong> of treaty or truce, or in any other way.") 'oreeb (OT:693), a collective noun, signifying the<br />
pers<strong>on</strong>s c<strong>on</strong>cealed in ambush; ma'araab (OT:3993) (v. 9), the place of ambush. "Behind it," i.e., <strong>on</strong> the<br />
west of the town.<br />
Verse 3-9. Accordingly <strong>Joshua</strong> set out with all the people of war against Ai, and<br />
selected 30,000 brave men, and sent them out in the night, with instructi<strong>on</strong>s to stati<strong>on</strong><br />
themselves as an ambuscade behind the town, and at no great distance from it. As the<br />
distance from Gilgal to Ai was about fifteen miles, and the road runs pretty straight<br />
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