Joshua 10:9 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁹Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night.

Joshua 10:9 —

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2 Timothy 2:3
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
Proverbs 24:11-12
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; …
Proverbs 22:29
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
1 Samuel 11:9-11
And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 7-14)

Here, I. Joshua resolves to assist the Gibeonites, and God encourages him in this resolve. 1. He ascended from Gilgal (Josh. 10:7), that is, he designed, determined, and prepared for, this expedition to relieve Gibeon, for it is probable it was before he stirred a step that God spoke to him to encourage him. It was generous and just in Joshua to help his new allies, though perhaps the king of Jeru…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 9)

9. Joshua therefore came upon them suddenly--This is explained in the following clause, where he is described as having accomplished, by a forced march of picked men, in one night, a distance of twenty-six miles, which, according to the slow pace of Eastern armies and caravans, had formerly been a three days’ journey (Jos 9:17). Jos 10:10, 11. God Fights against Them with Hailstones.