Click
here to show/hide instructions.
Instructions on how to use the page:
The commentary for the selected verse is is displayed below.
All commentary was produced against the King James, so the same verse from that translation may appear as well. Hovering your mouse over a commentary's scripture reference attempts to show those verses.
Use the browser's back button to return to the previous page.
Or you can also select a feature from the Just Verses menu appearing at the top of the page.
Selected Verse: Joshua 24:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jos 24:2 |
Strong Concordance |
And Joshua [03091] said [0559] unto all the people [05971], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], Your fathers [01] dwelt [03427] on the other side [05676] of the flood [05104] in old time [05769], even Terah [08646], the father [01] of Abraham [085], and the father [01] of Nachor [05152]: and they served [05647] other [0312] gods [0430]. |
| |
King James |
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
RELATES GOD'S BENEFITS. (Jos 24:2-13)
Joshua said unto all the people--His address briefly recapitulated the principal proofs of the divine goodness to Israel from the call of Abraham to their happy establishment in the land of promise; it showed them that they were indebted for their national existence as well as their peculiar privileges, not to any merits of their own, but to the free grace of God.
Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood--The Euphrates, namely, at Ur.
Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor--(see Gen 11:27). Though Terah had three sons, Nahor only is mentioned with Abraham, as the Israelites were descended from him on the mother's side through Rebekah and her nieces, Leah and Rachel.
served other gods--conjoining, like Laban, the traditional knowledge of the true God with the domestic use of material images (Gen 31:19, Gen 31:34). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The other side of the flood - Better "On the other side of the river," i. e. the Euphrates. See the marginal reference.
They served other gods - Possibly the "images," or teraphim, which we find their ancestor Laban calling "his gods" (see the marginal reference); and of which it would seem that there were, as Joshua spoke, some secret devotees among the people Jos 24:14, Jos 24:25. It is not stated that Abraham himself was an idolater, though his fathers were. Jewish tradition asserts that Abraham while in Ur of the Chaldees was persecuted for his abhorrence of idolatry, and hence, was called away by God from his native land. The reference in the text to the original state of those who were the forefathers of the nation, is made to show that they were no better than others: God chose them not for their excellences but of His own mere motion. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The people - To the elders, by whom it was to be imparted to all the rest, and to as many of the people as came thither. He spake to them in God's name, and as from him, in the language of a prophet, Thus saith the Lord. Jehovah, the great God, and the God of Israel, whom you are peculiarly engaged to hear. The flood - Or, the river, namely, Euphrates, so called by way of eminency. They served - That is, Both Abraham and Nahor were no less idolaters than the rest of mankind. This is said to prevent their vain boasting in their worthy ancestors, and to assure them that whatsoever good was in, or had been done by their progenitors, was wholly from God's free grace, and not for their own merit or righteousness. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
On the other side of the flood - The river Euphrates.
They served other gods - Probably Abraham as well as Terah his father was an idolater, till he received the call of God to leave that land. See on Gen 11:31 (note); Gen 12:1 (note). |
34 Now Rachel [07354] had taken [03947] the images [08655], and put [07760] them in the camel's [01581] furniture [03733], and sat [03427] upon them. And Laban [03837] searched [04959] all the tent [0168], but found [04672] them not.
19 And Laban [03837] went [01980] to shear [01494] his sheep [06629]: and Rachel [07354] had stolen [01589] the images [08655] that were her father's [01].
27 Now these are the generations [08435] of Terah [08646]: Terah [08646] begat [03205] Abram [087], Nahor [05152], and Haran [02039]; and Haran [02039] begat [03205] Lot [03876].
2 And Joshua [03091] said [0559] unto all the people [05971], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], Your fathers [01] dwelt [03427] on the other side [05676] of the flood [05104] in old time [05769], even Terah [08646], the father [01] of Abraham [085], and the father [01] of Nachor [05152]: and they served [05647] other [0312] gods [0430].
3 And I took [03947] your father [01] Abraham [085] from the other side [05676] of the flood [05104], and led [03212] him throughout all the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], and multiplied [07235] his seed [02233], and gave [05414] him Isaac [03327].
4 And I gave [05414] unto Isaac [03327] Jacob [03290] and Esau [06215]: and I gave [05414] unto Esau [06215] mount [02022] Seir [08165], to possess [03423] it; but Jacob [03290] and his children [01121] went down [03381] into Egypt [04714].
5 I sent [07971] Moses [04872] also and Aaron [0175], and I plagued [05062] Egypt [04714], according to that which [0834] I did [06213] among [07130] them: and afterward [0310] I brought you out [03318].
6 And I brought [03318] your fathers [01] out of Egypt [04714]: and ye came [0935] unto the sea [03220]; and the Egyptians [04714] pursued [07291] after [0310] your fathers [01] with chariots [07393] and horsemen [06571] unto the Red [05488] sea [03220].
7 And when they cried [06817] unto the LORD [03068], he put [07760] darkness [03990] between you and the Egyptians [04713], and brought [0935] the sea [03220] upon them, and covered [03680] them; and your eyes [05869] have seen [07200] what I have done [06213] in Egypt [04714]: and ye dwelt [03427] in the wilderness [04057] a long [07227] season [03117].
8 And I brought [0935] you into the land [0776] of the Amorites [0567], which dwelt [03427] on the other side [05676] Jordan [03383]; and they fought [03898] with you: and I gave [05414] them into your hand [03027], that ye might possess [03423] their land [0776]; and I destroyed [08045] them from before [06440] you.
9 Then Balak [01111] the son [01121] of Zippor [06834], king [04428] of Moab [04124], arose [06965] and warred [03898] against Israel [03478], and sent [07971] and called [07121] Balaam [01109] the son [01121] of Beor [01160] to curse [07043] you:
10 But I would [014] not hearken [08085] unto Balaam [01109]; therefore he blessed [01288] you still [01288]: so I delivered [05337] you out of his hand [03027].
11 And ye went over [05674] Jordan [03383], and came [0935] unto Jericho [03405]: and the men [01167] of Jericho [03405] fought [03898] against you, the Amorites [0567], and the Perizzites [06522], and the Canaanites [03669], and the Hittites [02850], and the Girgashites [01622], the Hivites [02340], and the Jebusites [02983]; and I delivered [05414] them into your hand [03027].
12 And I sent [07971] the hornet [06880] before [06440] you, which drave them out [01644] from before [06440] you, even the two [08147] kings [04428] of the Amorites [0567]; but not with thy sword [02719], nor with thy bow [07198].
13 And I have given [05414] you a land [0776] for which ye did not labour [03021], and cities [05892] which ye built [01129] not, and ye dwell [03427] in them; of the vineyards [03754] and oliveyards [02132] which ye planted [05193] not do ye eat [0398].
25 So Joshua [03091] made [03772] a covenant [01285] with the people [05971] that day [03117], and set [07760] them a statute [02706] and an ordinance [04941] in Shechem [07927].
14 Now therefore fear [03372] the LORD [03068], and serve [05647] him in sincerity [08549] and in truth [0571]: and put away [05493] the gods [0430] which your fathers [01] served [05647] on the other side [05676] of the flood [05104], and in Egypt [04714]; and serve [05647] ye the LORD [03068].
1 Now the LORD [03068] had said [0559] unto Abram [087], Get thee out [03212] of thy country [0776], and from thy kindred [04138], and from thy father's [01] house [01004], unto a land [0776] that I will shew [07200] thee:
31 And Terah [08646] took [03947] Abram [087] his son [01121], and Lot [03876] the son [01121] of Haran [02039] his son's [01121] son [01121], and Sarai [08297] his daughter in law [03618], his son [01121] Abram's [087] wife [0802]; and they went forth [03318] with them from Ur [0218] of the Chaldees [03778], to go [03212] into the land [0776] of Canaan [03667]; and they came [0935] unto Haran [02771], and dwelt [03427] there.