25And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.
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But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-36)We are here told upon what terms the rest of the tribes stood with the Canaanites that remained. I. Benjamin neglected to drive the Jebusites out of that part of the city of Jerusalem which fell to their lot, Jdg. 1:21. Judah had set them a good example, and gained them great advantages by what they did (Jdg. 1:9), but they did not follow the blow for want of resolution. II. The house of Joseph, 1…
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