Afterward Joshua struck them, put them to death, and hanged them on five trees. They were hanging on the trees until the evening.
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Afterward Joshua struck them, put them to death, and hanged them on five trees. They were hanging on the trees until the evening.
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And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.
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And afterward Joshua smote them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees; and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.
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Passages linked to Joshua 10:26 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Joshua 8:29 He hanged the king of Ai on a tree until the evening. At sundown, Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised a great heap of stones on it that remains to this day.
- Numbers 25:4 Yahweh said to Moses, “Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up to Yahweh before the sun, that the fierce anger of Yahweh may turn away from Israel.”
- Deuteronomy 21:22-23 If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God. Don’t defile your land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance.
- Judges 8:21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “You rise and fall on us; for as the man is, so is his strength.” Gideon arose, and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels’ necks.
- 1 Samuel 15:33 Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women!” Then Samuel cut Agag in pieces before Yahweh in Gilgal.
- 2 Samuel 21:6 let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them up to Yahweh in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Yahweh.” The king said, “I will give them.”
- 2 Samuel 21:9 He delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the mountain before Yahweh, and all seven of them fell together. They were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of barley harvest.
- Esther 2:23 When this matter was investigated, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a gallows; and it was written in the book of the chronicles in the king’s presence.
- Esther 7:9-10 Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who were with the king said, “Behold, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, is standing at Haman’s house.” The king said, “Hang him on it!” So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.
- Matthew 27:25 All the people answered, “May his blood be on us, and on our children!”
- Galatians 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jos 10:26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew…
Jos 10:26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.
Ver. 26. Hanged them on five trees.] See Jos 8:26.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain He hanged them, after they were dead, as a…
He hanged them, after they were dead, as a brand of infamy, and for the terror and instruction of others.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And it came to pass, at the time of…
And it came to pass, at the time of the going down of the sun,.... Which was the time fixed by the law of God for taking down bodies that were hanged, Deu 21:23,
that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees; not from, any respect to them, but that they might not defile the land, as dead bodies in a ceremonial sense did, Deu 21:23; and this Joshua was the more careful of, as they were just entered into it, and were taking possession of it:
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and they cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid; so that what had been their hiding place now became their grave; and according to the Samaritan Chronicle (q), the trees also on which they were hanged were cast in with them:
and laid great stones in the cave's mouth: not as a monumental pile, as in the instances of Achan and the king of Ai, Jos 7:26; but to prevent their carcasses being dragged out, and eaten by wild beasts, as some think; or that they might not be taken out, and buried in a more honourable manner:
which remain until this very day; when Joshua was grown old, the writer of this book.
(q) Apud Hottinger. Smegma. p. 511.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 26. Smote - slew - and hanged them…
Verse 26. Smote - slew - and hanged them on five trees] Hanging alive seems a barbarous custom: among the Hebrews, criminals were first deprived of life; this was the debt required by justice: then they were hanged up, perhaps generally by the hands, not by the neck; this was done by way of example, to deter others from committing the crimes for which those had suffered: but they were never permitted to hang thus exposed all night, as this could have answered no purpose, either of justice or example, as they could not be seen in the night-season. One day also was deemed enough for their exposure, it being thought sufficient to show the public that justice had been executed; and to have exhibited them longer would have appeared to be a barbarous cruelty which attempted to extend punishment beyond the possible requisitions of justice. See Clarke on De 21:23.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 26. Joshua smote them — Here observe, they were…
26. Joshua smote them — Here observe, they were slain before they were hung. This summary infliction of capital punishment so abhorrent to the humane spirit of our Christian civilization, was in accordance with the character of that age and people, who would have construed mercy as cowardice. European nations in their wars with the semi-barbarous Orientals of modern times are compelled to adopt the severe war-code of those nations. Compare the note on Jos_8:29.
Hanged them on five trees — As a mark of further indignity, and to strike the enemy with increased terror.
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Until the evening — See on Jos_8:29.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 26. Joshua smote them] The actual execution of the…
26. Joshua smote them] The actual execution of the kings he reserved for his own hands.
hanged them] “Hongide upon fiue stokkis,” Wyclif; or suspended their bodies after death. Comp. Deu_21:23; Jos_8:29. In like manner Joshua had done to the king of Ai; Jos_8:29.
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on five trees] Each body on its own tree.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (26) And hanged them.—Here the hanging appears to have…
(26) And hanged them.—Here the hanging appears to have been a token of disgrace after death. Upon the cross of the true Joshua, the enemies of the Israel of God are exhibited. “He made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it” (Col_2:15).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And hanged them. This was also a symbolical act,…
And hanged them. This was also a symbolical act, intended to encourage Israel in their warfare. All that day, until its close, were the bodies of the five kings visible to the whole host, to remind them of the signal victory God had vouchsafed them. The same thing had been done at Ai. See Jos_8:29.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 to this very day
to this very day
"until the author wrote this story"
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 10:26-27 Joshua’s execution of the five kings followed the…
10:26-27 Joshua’s execution of the five kings followed the pattern established with the king of Ai (see note on 8:29).
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