Joshua 9:3
Gibeon.17; 10:2; 2Sa 21:1,2Jericho.6:1-27; 8:1-35Joshua 10:2
they feared.2:9-13,24; Ex 15:14-16; De 11:25; 28:10; Ps 48:4-6; Pr 1:26,27Pr 10:24; Heb 10:27,31; Re 6:15-17Gibeon.Gibeon was situated on an eminence, as its name imports, 40 furlongs north from Jerusalem, according to Josephus. the royal cities. Heb. cities of the kingdom.1Sa 27:5; 2Sa 12:26Joshua 10:4
and help.Isa 8:9,10; 41:5-7; Ac 9:24-27; 21:28; Re 16:14; 20:8-10we may.1; 9:15; Mt 16:24; Joh 15:19; 16:2,3; Ac 9:23; 2Ti 3:12; Jas 4:41Pe 4:4Joshua 10:12
Sun.Joshua doubtless acted, on this occasion, by an immediate impulse upon his mind from the Spirit of God. The terms here employed to record the miracle, agree with the accustomed manner in which the the motions of the earth and sun are described in our own day. The sun apparently moves, but really is stationary; while the diurnal movement of the earth on its axis is by us unnoticed, and would not have been known except by astronomical science. The sun appeared to the Israelites over Gibeon, and the moon over the valley of Ajalon, and there they stayed in their course for "a whole day." Many vain enquiries have been made concerning the way in which this miracle was wrought, and many difficulties and objections have been urged against understanding it literally. But the fact is authenticated by the Divine testimony; and the manner in which it was accomplished lies entirely out of our province, because beyond our comprehension. 13; De 4:19; 17:3; Job 9:7; 31:26,27; Ps 19:4; 74:16; 148:3Isa 28:21; 38:8; 60:20; Am 8:9; Hab 3:11stand thou. Heb. be silent.Hab 2:20; *marg:Zec 2:13Ajalon.19:42; Jud 12:12Aijalon.Joshua 18:25
Gibeon.9:17; 10:2; 1Ki 3:4,5; 9:2; Isa 28:21Ramah.Situated, according to Eusebius, six miles from Jerusalem towards Bethel; though Jerome places it near Gaba, seven miles from Jerusalem. 1Sa 1:1Ramathaim-zophim.7:17; 15:34; Jer 31:15; Mt 27:57Arimathea. Beeroth.Eusebius says Beeroth was seven miles from Jerusalem, towards Nicopolis or Emmaus. Jerome, however, reads Neapolis or Shechem; but Reland prefers the former.
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