25And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.
And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.
And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?
Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22-27)The matter is here settled between Joshua and the Gibeonites, and an explanation of the league agreed upon. We may suppose that now, not the messengers who were first sent, but the elders of Gibeon, and of the cities that were dependent upon it, were themselves present and treated with, that the matter might be fully compromised. I. Joshua reproves them for their fraud, Josh. 9:22. And they excuse…
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