Joshua 10:15-27 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.… The names of the places may help us to consider the nature of their respective kings. 1. "The king of Jerusalem." That such a king should have been slain works violently in our memory and whole thought, for "Jerusalem" means peace — the city of peace, the restful city, the sabbatic metropolis, the home of rest. But is there not a false peace? The king of false peace must be slain. He has ruled over some of us too long. 2. "Hebron" means conjunction, joining, alliance. Is not the king of false fellowship to be killed? What concord hath Christ with Belial? God has always been against unholy alliances. Many a man He has, so to say, arrested with the words, Why this conjunction? What right have you to be here, pledging your character to sustain a known dishonesty? 3. And the king of Jarmuth. The word means high, that which is lifted up. And is not the king of false ambition to be slain and then hanged — to have contempt added to murder? Contempt is never so well expended as upon false ambition. 4. Then the king of Lachish. The word means hard to be captured, almost out of reach, or so defended that it will be almost impossible to get at the king. Is not the king of fancied security to be slain and hanged? 5. King of Eglon. The Word "Eglon" means pertaining to a calf, and may be taken as representing the whole system of false worship. (J. Parker, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.WEB: Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal. |
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