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Selected Verse: Joshua 7:26 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jos 7:26 |
Strong Concordance |
And they raised [06965] over him a great [01419] heap [01530] of stones [068] unto this day [03117]. So the LORD [03068] turned [07725] from the fierceness [02740] of his anger [0639]. Wherefore the name [08034] of that place [04725] was called [07121], The valley [06010] of Achor [05911], unto this day [03117]. |
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King James |
And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day. |
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] |
they raised over him a great heap of stones--It is customary to raise cairns over the graves of criminals or infamous persons in the East still.
the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor--("trouble"),
unto this day--So painful an episode would give notoriety to the spot, and it is more than once noted by the sacred writers of a later age (Isa 65:10; Hos 2:15). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
A great heap of stones - As a memorial of Achan's sin and its punishment. (Compare Jos 8:29; Sa2 18:17.)
The valley of Achor - Compare the marginal references. This valley formed part of the northern border of Judah Jos 15:7; and must therefore have lain among the ridges which cross the plain to the south of Jericho. But its exact site is uncertain. (Conder identifies it with Wady Kelt.) |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| A great heap of stones - As a monument of the sin and judgment here mentioned, that others might be warned by the example; and as a brand of infamy, as Jos 8:29; Sa2 18:17. The valley of Achor - Or, the valley of trouble, from the double trouble expressed, Jos 7:25. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| They raised over him a great heap of stones - The burial-places, both of heroes and eminent culprits, were anciently thus distinguished; and transactions of this kind gave rise to those great piles of stones called cairns, that are so frequently to be met with, especially in northern countries. From the whole of this account we may see the exceeding sinfulness of sin, and the great danger of not withstanding its first approaches. By covetousness many lives and many souls have been destroyed, and yet the living lay it not to heart! Who fears the love of money, provided he can get riches? Through the intensity of this desire, every part of the surface of the earth, and as far as possible its bowels, are ransacked in order to get wealth; and God alone can tell, who sees all things, to how many private crimes, frauds, and dissimulations, this gives birth; by which the wrath of God is brought down upon the community at large! Who is an enemy to his country? The sinner against his God. An open foe may be resisted and repelled, because he is known; but the covetous man, who, as far as his personal safety will admit, is outraging all the requisitions of justice, is an unseen pestilence, sowing the seeds of desolation and ruin in society. Achan's covetousness, which led him to break the law of God, had nearly proved the destruction of the Israelitish camp, nor would the Lord turn away from his displeasure till the evil was detected, and the criminal punished. Reader, is the face of God turned against thee, because of some private transgression? Are not thy circumstances and family suffering in consequence of something in thy private life? O search and try thy ways, return to God, and humble thyself before him lest thy iniquity instantly find thee out. |
15 And I will give [05414] her her vineyards [03754] from thence, and the valley [06010] of Achor [05911] for a door [06607] of hope [08615]: and she shall sing [06030] there, as in the days [03117] of her youth [05271], and as in the day [03117] when she came up [05927] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
10 And Sharon [08289] shall be a fold [05116] of flocks [06629], and the valley [06010] of Achor [05911] a place for the herds [01241] to lie down in [07258], for my people [05971] that have sought [01875] me.
7 And the border [01366] went up [05927] toward Debir [01688] from the valley [06010] of Achor [05911], and so northward [06828], looking [06437] toward Gilgal [01537], that is before [05227] the going up [04608] to Adummim [0131], which is on the south side [05045] of the river [05158]: and the border [01366] passed [05674] toward the waters [04325] of Enshemesh [05885], and the goings out [08444] thereof were at Enrogel [05883]:
17 And they took [03947] Absalom [053], and cast [07993] him into a great [01419] pit [06354] in the wood [03293], and laid [05324] a very [03966] great [01419] heap [01530] of stones [068] upon him: and all Israel [03478] fled [05127] every one [0376] to his tent [0168].
29 And the king [04428] of Ai [05857] he hanged [08518] on a tree [06086] until eventide [06256] [06153]: and as soon as the sun [08121] was down [0935], Joshua [03091] commanded [06680] that they should take [03381] his carcase [05038] down [03381] from the tree [06086], and cast [07993] it at the entering [06607] of the gate [08179] of the city [05892], and raise [06965] thereon a great [01419] heap [01530] of stones [068], that remaineth unto this day [03117].
25 And Joshua [03091] said [0559], Why [04100] hast thou troubled [05916] us? the LORD [03068] shall trouble [05916] thee this day [03117]. And all Israel [03478] stoned [07275] him with stones [068], and burned [08313] them with fire [0784], after they had stoned [05619] them with stones [068].
17 And they took [03947] Absalom [053], and cast [07993] him into a great [01419] pit [06354] in the wood [03293], and laid [05324] a very [03966] great [01419] heap [01530] of stones [068] upon him: and all Israel [03478] fled [05127] every one [0376] to his tent [0168].
29 And the king [04428] of Ai [05857] he hanged [08518] on a tree [06086] until eventide [06256] [06153]: and as soon as the sun [08121] was down [0935], Joshua [03091] commanded [06680] that they should take [03381] his carcase [05038] down [03381] from the tree [06086], and cast [07993] it at the entering [06607] of the gate [08179] of the city [05892], and raise [06965] thereon a great [01419] heap [01530] of stones [068], that remaineth unto this day [03117].