And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
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Interpretation
The meanest and most feeble, who have just begun to trust the Lord, are as much entitled to be protected as those who have long and faithfully been his servants. It is our duty to defend the afflicted, who, like the Gibeonites, are brought into trouble on our account, or for the sake of the gospel.
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This thought runs through Joshua 10:8-11.
Glossary
- Gibeon Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: El Jib.
- Azekah Place
- Dug over, a town in the Shephelah or low hills of Judah ( Josh. 15:35 ), where the five confederated Amoritish kings were defeated by Joshua and their army destroyed by a hailstrom (10:10, 11). Modern identification: Tel Azekah.
- Beth-horon Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Beit Ur al Tahta.
- Makkedah Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Khirbet el Qom.