{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/cmt/tsk/jos002.htm","path":"bib/cmt/tsk/jos002.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/tsk/jos002.htm","text":"Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880]\nOverview\nJos 2:1, Rahab receives and conceals the two spies sent from Shittim; Jos 2:8, The covenant between her and them; Jos 2:23, Their return and relation.\nsent: or, had sent\nto spy secretly: Num 13:2, Num 13:17-21; Jdg 18:2, Jdg 18:14, Jdg 18:17; Mat 10:16; Eph 5:5\neven Jericho: Jos 5:10, 6:1-24\nharlot'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 \u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03b4\u03bf\u03ba\u03b5\u03c5\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03b1. The Greek \u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03bd\u03b7, by which the LXX render it, and which is adopted by the Apostles, is derived from \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03bd\u03b1\u03c9, 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. Jos 6:17, Jos 6:25; Mat 1:5, Rachab, Jos 21:31; Heb 11:31; Jam 2:25\nlodged: Heb. lay\ntold the king: Psa 127:1; Pro 21:30; Isa 43:13; Dan 4:35\nBring: Jos 10:23; Gen 38:24; Lev 24:14; Job 21:30; Joh 19:4; Act 12:4, Act 12:6\nto search: Gen 42:9-12, Gen 42:31; Sa2 10:3; Ch1 19:3\nExo 1:19; Sa2 16:18, Sa2 16:19, Sa2 17:19, Sa2 17:20; Kg2 6:19\nof shutting: Jos 2:7; Neh 13:19; Isa 60:11; Eze 47:1, Eze 47:2, Eze 47:12; Rev 21:25\nthe men went out: Jer 50:20; Rom 3:7, Rom 3:8\nto the roof: Jos 2:8; Exo 1:15-21; Deu 22:8; Sa2 11:2; Mat 24:17\nhid them: Exo 2:2; Sa2 17:19; Kg1 18:4, Kg1 18:13; Kg2 11:2; Jer 36:26; Col 3:3; Heb 11:23\nI know: Exo 18:11; Kg2 5:15; Job 19:25; Ecc 8:12; Heb 11:1, Heb 11:2\nthat the Lord: Gen 13:14-17, Gen 15:18-21; Exo 3:6-8; Deu 32:8; Psa 115:16; Jer 27:5; Mat 20:15\nyour terror: Gen 35:5; Exo 15:15, Exo 15:16, Exo 23:27; Deu 2:25, Deu 11:25, Deu 28:10; Jdg 7:14; Sa1 14:15; Kg2 7:6\nfaint: Heb. melt, Jos 2:11; Sa1 14:16; Sa2 17:10; Psa 112:10; Isa 19:1; Nah 2:10\nFor we: Jos 4:24; Exo 14:21-31, Exo 15:14-16\nwhat ye did: Num 21:21-35; Deu 2:30-37, Deu 3:1-8\nour hearts: Jos 5:1, Jos 7:5, Jos 14:8; Deu 1:28, Deu 20:8; Isa 13:7; Nah 2:10\ndid there remain: Heb. rose up, Rev 6:16\nfor the Lord: Deu 4:39; Kg1 8:60; Psa 83:18, Psa 102:15; Jer 16:19-21; Dan 4:34, Dan 4:35; Dan 6:25-27; Zac 8:20-23\nswear: Jos 9:15, Jos 9:18-20; Sa1 20:14, Sa1 20:15, Sa1 20:17, Sa1 30:15; Ch2 36:13; Jer 12:16\nthat ye will: Sa1 20:14-17, Sa1 24:21, Sa1 24:22; Est 8:6; Ti2 1:16-18; Jam 2:13\nmy father's: Jos 2:13; Gen 24:3, Gen 24:9; Rom 1:31; Ti1 5:8\ngive me: Jos 2:18; Exo 12:13; Eze 9:4-6; Mar 14:44\nmy father: It is observable that in this enumeration of her kindred, there is no mention made of a husband. It is most likely that she was a single woman or widow, who obtained an honest livelihood by keeping a house for the entertainment of strangers; and not a woman of ill fame, as some have supposed. The spies sent on this occasion were certainly some of the most confidential persons that Joshua had in his host, and their errand was of the greatest importance; is it then not most likely that they lodged at an inn? Jos 2:13\nfor yours: Heb. instead of you to die, Kg1 20:39\nwhen the Lord: Jos 6:17, Jos 6:25; Gen 24:49; Num 10:29-32; Jdg 1:24, Jdg 1:25; Sa1 20:8; Sa2 9:1; Pro 18:24; Mat 5:7\nshe let them: Sa1 19:12-17; Act 9:25; Co2 11:33\nfor her house: Jos 6:20\nGet you: Jos 2:22; Sa1 23:14, Sa1 23:29; Psa 11:1\nJos 2:20; Gen 24:3-8; Exo 20:7; Lev 19:11, Lev 19:12; Num 30:2; Sa2 21:1, Sa2 21:2, Sa2 21:7\nscarlet thread: Jos 2:21; Lev 14:4; Num 4:8, Num 19:6; Heb 9:19\nbring: Heb. gather\nthy father: Jos 2:13, Jos 6:23; Gen 7:1, Gen 12:2, Gen 19:12-17; Est 8:6; Luk 19:9; Act 10:27, Act 10:33; Act 11:14; Ti2 1:16\nwhosoever: Exo 12:13, Exo 12:23; Num 35:26-28; Kg1 2:36-42; Mat 24:17; Act 27:31; Phi 3:9; Heb 10:29; Jo1 2:27, Jo1 2:28\nhis blood: Lev 20:9, Lev 20:11; Sa2 1:16, Sa2 3:28, Sa2 3:29; Eze 33:4, Eze 33:5; Mat 27:24, Mat 27:25; Act 18:6; Act 20:26\nhis blood: Jos 2:14; Sa2 4:11; Kg1 2:32; Mat 27:25\nAnd if thou: Pro 11:13\nwe will be quit: Jos 2:17\nAnd she bound: Jos 2:18; Mat 7:24; Joh 2:5\nfound them not: Sa1 19:10-12; Sa2 17:20; Psa 32:6, Psa 32:7\nTruly the Lord: Jos 1:8, Jos 21:44, Jos 21:45; Exo 23:31; Num 13:32, Num 13:33; Pro 25:13\nall the inhabitants: Jos 2:9-11; Psa 48:5, Psa 48:6; Rev 6:16, Rev 6:17\nfaint: Heb. melt, Jos 2:9, Jos 2:11, Jos 5:1; Exo 15:15","title":"Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge: Joshua: Joshua Chapter 2","type":"page"}