Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Overview
Jos 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.
sent: or, had sent
to spy secretly: Num 13:2, Num 13:17-21; Jdg 18:2, Jdg 18:14, Jdg 18:17; Mat 10:16; Eph 5:5
even Jericho: Jos 5:10, 6:1-24
harlot'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 πανδοκευτρια. The Greek πορνη, by which the LXX render it, and which is adopted by the Apostles, is derived from περναω, 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
lodged: Heb. lay
told the king: Psa 127:1; Pro 21:30; Isa 43:13; Dan 4:35
Bring: Jos 10:23; Gen 38:24; Lev 24:14; Job 21:30; Joh 19:4; Act 12:4, Act 12:6
to search: Gen 42:9-12, Gen 42:31; Sa2 10:3; Ch1 19:3
Exo 1:19; Sa2 16:18, Sa2 16:19, Sa2 17:19, Sa2 17:20; Kg2 6:19
of shutting: Jos 2:7; Neh 13:19; Isa 60:11; Eze 47:1, Eze 47:2, Eze 47:12; Rev 21:25
the men went out: Jer 50:20; Rom 3:7, Rom 3:8
to the roof: Jos 2:8; Exo 1:15-21; Deu 22:8; Sa2 11:2; Mat 24:17
hid 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
I know: Exo 18:11; Kg2 5:15; Job 19:25; Ecc 8:12; Heb 11:1, Heb 11:2
that 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
your 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
faint: Heb. melt, Jos 2:11; Sa1 14:16; Sa2 17:10; Psa 112:10; Isa 19:1; Nah 2:10
For we: Jos 4:24; Exo 14:21-31, Exo 15:14-16
what ye did: Num 21:21-35; Deu 2:30-37, Deu 3:1-8
our hearts: Jos 5:1, Jos 7:5, Jos 14:8; Deu 1:28, Deu 20:8; Isa 13:7; Nah 2:10
did there remain: Heb. rose up, Rev 6:16
for 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
swear: 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
that ye will: Sa1 20:14-17, Sa1 24:21, Sa1 24:22; Est 8:6; Ti2 1:16-18; Jam 2:13
my father's: Jos 2:13; Gen 24:3, Gen 24:9; Rom 1:31; Ti1 5:8
give me: Jos 2:18; Exo 12:13; Eze 9:4-6; Mar 14:44
my 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
for yours: Heb. instead of you to die, Kg1 20:39
when 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
she let them: Sa1 19:12-17; Act 9:25; Co2 11:33
for her house: Jos 6:20
Get you: Jos 2:22; Sa1 23:14, Sa1 23:29; Psa 11:1
Jos 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
scarlet thread: Jos 2:21; Lev 14:4; Num 4:8, Num 19:6; Heb 9:19
bring: Heb. gather
thy 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
whosoever: 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
his 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
his blood: Jos 2:14; Sa2 4:11; Kg1 2:32; Mat 27:25
And if thou: Pro 11:13
we will be quit: Jos 2:17
And she bound: Jos 2:18; Mat 7:24; Joh 2:5
found them not: Sa1 19:10-12; Sa2 17:20; Psa 32:6, Psa 32:7
Truly the Lord: Jos 1:8, Jos 21:44, Jos 21:45; Exo 23:31; Num 13:32, Num 13:33; Pro 25:13
all the inhabitants: Jos 2:9-11; Psa 48:5, Psa 48:6; Rev 6:16, Rev 6:17