Joshua 10:8

8 The Lord said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid of them. I have already given you the victory. Not one of them will be able to stand against you."

Joshua 10:8 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 10:8

And the Lord said unto Joshua
Either when upon the march, and while he was proceeding on in his journey to the assistance of the Gibeonites, or rather before he set out; and it is highly probable he consulted the Lord on this occasion, having, it may be, some doubt on his mind, whether he should go to their assistance, since the league between them was obtained by fraud; and the words may be rendered, "and the Lord hath said" ^F14: before he set forward with his men of war:

fear them not;
the five kings, and their combined army:

for I have delivered them into thine hand;
had determined to do it, and which was as certain as if it had been actually done:

there shall not a man of them stand before thee;
but be either cut off, or obliged to flee.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 (rmayw) "et dixerat", Masius, Drusius, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Joshua 10:8 In-Context

6 The men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal: "Do not abandon us, sir! Come at once and help us! Save us! All the Amorite kings in the hill country have joined forces and have attacked us!"

7 So Joshua and his whole army, including the best troops, started out from Gilgal.

8 The Lord said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid of them. I have already given you the victory. Not one of them will be able to stand against you."

9 All night Joshua and his army marched from Gilgal to Gibeon, and they made a surprise attack on the Amorites.

10 The Lord made the Amorites panic at the sight of Israel's army. The Israelites slaughtered them at Gibeon and pursued them down the mountain pass at Beth Horon, keeping up the attack as far south as Azekah and Makkedah.