Joshua 2:22

Joshua 2:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
• New International Version (NIV)When they left, they went into the hills and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had searched all along the road and returned without finding them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They departed and went into the hills and remained there three days until the pursuers returned, and the pursuers searched all along the way and found nothing.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They departed and went to the mountain, and stayed there three days until the pursuers returned. The pursuers sought them all along the way, but did not find them.

Context of Joshua 2:22

20And if you report our mission, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.” 21“Let it be as you say,” she replied, and she sent them away. And when they had gone, she tied the scarlet cord in the window. So the spies went out into the hill country and stayed there three days, until their pursuers had returned without finding them, having searched all along the road. 23Then the two men started back, came down from the hill country, and crossed the river. So they came to Joshua son of Nun and reported all that had happened to them. 24“The LORD has surely delivered the entire land into our hands,” they said to Joshua. “Indeed, all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of us.”

Joshua 2:22 word by word

וַיֵּלְכוּ֙ וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ הָהָ֔רָה וַיֵּ֤שְׁבוּ שָׁם֙ שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֔ים עַד־שָׁ֖בוּ הָרֹדְפִ֑ים וַיְבַקְשׁ֧וּ הָרֹדְפִ֛ים בְּכָל־הַדֶּ֖רֶךְ וְלֹ֥א מָצָֽאוּ׃Read the interlinear

• ·הָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• So the spies went outבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• into the hill countryהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• and stayedיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• thereשָׁםshâm · thereH8033
• threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• untilעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• their pursuersרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
• had returnedשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• withoutלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• finding themמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• having searchedבָּקַשׁbâqash · to seekH1245
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• along the roadדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: roadH1870

Cross-references for Joshua 2:22

• 1 Samuel 19:10Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But David eluded him and the spear struck the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.
• 2 Samuel 17:20When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
• Psalms 32:6Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.

Commentaries on Joshua 2:22

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Unto the mountain - Probably the mountains to the west and north of Jericho, called afterward, from the belief that the 40 days of our Lord‘s temptation were passed among them, the Quarantania. The spies avoided at the first the neighhourhood of the Jordan, where the pursuers sought them: and amidst the grottoes of the limestone rocks, which in later ages were the abode of numerous hermits, they could readily shelter themselves for three days.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-24Verses 22-24 The report the spies brought was encouraging. All the people of the country faint because of Israel; they have neither wisdom to yield, nor courage to fight. Those terrors of conscience, and that sense of Divine wrath, which dismay the ungodly, but bring not to repentance, are fearful forebodings of approaching destruction. But grace yet abounds to the chief of sinners. Let them, without delay, flee to Christ, and all shall be well.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-24Like any good military commander, Joshua sent out spies or scouts to get information about his objective. Because Israel planned to approach Canaan from the east, they could not avoid Jericho.Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 2:22

• Armies
• Reconnoissance

In the dictionaries

• Blameless
• Cord
• Hide
• Land
• Let
• Melt
• Town
• Hospitality; Host
• Joshua, Book of
• Rahab

Commentaries on Joshua 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings