Joshua 2:4 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:

Joshua 2:4 —

Old words in this verse

wist: — knew.

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 6:19
And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.
2 Samuel 17:19-20
And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known. …
2 Samuel 16:18-19
And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide. …
Exodus 1:19
And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.

Topics

Harlot (prostitute)

Commentary

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

(vv. 1-7)

In these verses we have, I. The prudence of Joshua, in sending spies to observe this important pass, which was likely to be disputed at the entrance of Israel into Canaan (Josh. 2:1). Go view the land, even Jericho. Moses had sent spies (Num. 13:1-33) Joshua himself was one of them and it proved of ill consequence. Yet Joshua now sent spies, not, as the former were sent, to survey the whole land,…

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

(vv. 4)

4-6. the woman took the two men, and hid them--literally, “him,” that is, each of them in separate places, of course previous to the appearance of the royal messengers and in anticipation of a speedy search after her guests. According to Eastern manners, which pay an almost superstitious respect to a woman’s apartment, the royal messengers did not demand admittance to search but asked her to bring…