Joshua 2:10

10 We have heard how the Lord dried up the Red Sea in front of you when you were leaving Egypt. We have also heard how you killed Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan. ¹

Joshua 2:10 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 2:10

For we have heard how the Lord dried up the waters of the Red
sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt
To make a passage for them through it, to walk in as on dry land; this they had heard of and remembered, though it was forty years ago:

and what you did unto the kings of the Amorites that [were] on the
other side Jordan:
which were things more recent, done but a few months ago:

Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed;
the history of which see in ( Numbers 21:21-35 ) ; who were destroyed by them under Moses and Joshua their commanders; and Hercules, who is thought to be the same with Joshua, is by Lucian ^F7 called Ogmius, from slaying Og, as is supposed ^F8.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 In Hercule.
F8 Dickinson. Delph. Phoenic. c. 4. p. 44.

Joshua 2:10 In-Context

8 Before the spies settled down for the night, Rahab went up on the roof

9 and said to them, "I know that the Lord has given you this land. Everyone in the country is terrified of you.

10 We have heard how the Lord dried up the Red Sea in front of you when you were leaving Egypt. We have also heard how you killed Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan.

11 We were afraid as soon as we heard about it; we have all lost our courage because of you. The Lord your God is God in heaven above and here on earth.

12 Now swear by him that you will treat my family as kindly as I have treated you, and give me some sign that I can trust you.

Cross References

• 1. 2.10 aExodus 14.21; bNumbers 21.21-35.