Jos 8:18-22 | TSK | e4.org | Stretch , ; , ; the spear The word keedon is rendered clypeum , a shield or buckler, by the Vulgate but the LXX translate it γαισον , which Suidas says, signifies a kind of weapon, οιον δορατος , like a spear. It may denote a short spear, javelin, or lance; for it is evident that it signifies neither the larger spear nor the shield, because it is distinguished from both. , , ; ; Joshua may have had a flag or ensign at the end of the spear, which might be seen at a considerable distance when extended, which was the sign agreed upon by him and the ambush.

‏ Joshua 8:18-22

Stretch Josh 8:7, Josh 8:26; Exod 8:5, Exod 17:11; Job 15:25

the spear The word keedon is rendered clypeum, a shield or buckler, by the Vulgate but the LXX translate it γαισον, which Suidas says, signifies a kind of weapon, οιον δορατος, like a spear. It may denote a short spear, javelin, or lance; for it is evident that it signifies neither the larger spear nor the shield, because it is distinguished from both. 1Sam 17:6, 1Sam 17:41, 1Sam 17:45; Job 39:23; Joshua may have had a flag or ensign at the end of the spear, which might be seen at a considerable distance when extended, which was the sign agreed upon by him and the ambush.

Josh 8:6-8

the smoke Gen 19:28; Isa 34:10; Rev 18:9, Rev 19:3

and they had Job 11:20; Ps 48:5-6, Ps 76:5; Amos 2:14-16; Rev 6:15-17

power Heb. hand

let none Josh 6:21, Josh 10:28, Josh 11:11-12; Deut 7:2; Job 20:5; Luke 17:26-30; 1Thess 5:3