Joshua 2:1

2:1

sent <07971> [sent. or, had sent. Shittim.]

spies out .... secretly <07270 02791> [to spy secretly.]

Jericho <03405> [even Jericho.]

prostitute <0802 02181> [harlot's house.]

Though the word {zonah} generally denotes a prostitute, yet many very learned men are of opinion that it should be here rendered an innkeeper or hostess, from {zoon,} to furnish or provide food. In this sense it was understood by the Targumist, who renders it, {ittetha pundekeetha,} "a woman, a tavern-keeper," and so St. Chrysostome, in his second sermon on Repentance, calls her [pandokeutria.] The Greek [porn‚,] by which the LXX. render it, and which is adopted by the Apostles, is derived from [perna¢,] to sell, and is also supposed to denote a tavern keeper. Among the ancients, women generally kept houses of entertainment. Herodotus says, "Among the Egyptians, the women carry on all commercial concerns, and keep taverns, while the men continue at home and weave." The same custom prevailed among the Greeks.

[Rachab.]

spent the night <07901> [lodged. Heb. lay.]

Joshua 7:5

7:5

chased <07291> [for they.]

steep slope <04174> [the going down. or, Morad. wherefore.]

Joshua 11:1

11:1

Jabin <02985> [Jabin.]

coalition <07971> [he sent.]

Madon <04068> [Madon.]

The LXX. read [Mar¢n,] which, if legitimate, Calmet thinks may be the same as Maronia or Marath, in Phoenicia, to the north of mount Lebanon, ch. 12:19, 20; 19:15, 25.

Shimron <08110> [Shimron.]

Supposed to be the same with Symira, in Coele-Syria, joined to Maron or Marath by Pliny and Pomponius Mela.

Acshaph <0407> [Achshaph.]

Supposed by some to be the same as Achzib or Ecdippa; from which, however, it is distinguished in ch. 19:25, 29. It was in the northern part of the tribe of Asher.