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

20If you should report what we’ve been up to, we are not bound by this oath you made us swear.” 21She said, “I agree to these conditions.” She sent them on their way and then tied the red rope in the window. They went to the hill country and stayed there for three days, long enough for those chasing them to return. Their pursuers looked all along the way but did not find them. 23Then the two men returned – they came down from the hills, crossed the river, came to Joshua son of Nun, and reported to him all they had discovered. 24They told Joshua, “Surely the Lord is handing over all the land to us! All who live in the land are cringing before 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• and cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• unto the mountainהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• and abodeיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• there threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• until the pursuersרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
• were returnedשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• soughtבָּקַשׁbâqash · to seekH1245
• throughout all the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: roadH1870
• but foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672

Cross-references for Joshua 2:22

• 1 Samuel 19:10Saul tried to nail David to the wall with the spear, but he escaped from Saul’s presence and the spear drove into the wall. David escaped quickly that night.
• 2 Samuel 17:20When the servants of Absalom approached the woman at her home, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman replied to them, “They crossed over the stream.” Absalom’s men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
• Psalms 32:6For this reason every one of your faithful followers should pray to you while there is a window of opportunity. Certainly when the surging water rises, it will not reach them.

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

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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