Yosua 2:8

2:8 Now before the spies ¹  went to sleep, Rahab ²  went up ³  to the roof.

Yosua 2:1

Joshua Sends Spies into the Land

2:1 Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them: ⁴  “Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho.” ⁵  They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there. ⁶ 

1 Samuel 9:25

9:25 When they came down from the high place to the town, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof.

1 Samuel 9:2

9:2 He had a son named Saul, a handsome young man. There was no one among the Israelites more handsome than he was; he stood head and shoulders above all the people.

1 Samuel 11:2

11:2 But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “The only way I will make a treaty with you is if you let me gouge out the right eye of every one of you and in so doing humiliate all Israel!”

[2:8]  ¹ tn Heb “they.”

[2:8]  ² tn Heb “she”; the referent (Rahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:8]  ³ tn The Hebrew text adds, “to them.” This is somewhat redundant in English and has not been translated.

[2:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “Joshua, son of Nun, sent from Shittim two men, spies, secretly, saying.”

[2:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “go, see the land, and Jericho.”

[2:1]  map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[2:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “they went and entered the house of a woman, a prostitute, and her name was Rahab, and they slept there.”