Joshua 10:15

“And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.] That is, he thought to have returned, had determined upon it, and prepared for it, but was prevented by hearing that the five kings had hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah; which he ordered to be stopped up till the people had finished the pursuit of their enemies, when he destroyed Makkedah, and which led him on to the conquest of other places before he returned; or else this verse stands not in its proper place, or is superfluous, since the same is expressed (<061043>Joshua 10:43); after all the above mentioned was done; the Septuagint version leaves it out.”

“These four verses seem to be a fragment or extract taken from some other and independent source and inserted into the thread of the narrative after it had been completed, and inserted most probably by another hand than that of the author of the Book of Joshua. It is probable that Joshua 10:12 and the first half of Joshua 10:13 alone belong to the Book of Jasher and are poetical, and that the rest of this passage is prose. The writer of this fragment seems to have understood the words of the ancient song literally, and believed that an astronomical miracle really took place, by which the motion of the heavenly bodies was for some hours suspended. (Compare also Ecclesiasticus 46:4.) So…”

“Joshua returned - Not upon the same day, but after he had dispatched the matter which here follows; as appears by Jos 10:43, where the very same words are repeated. And they are put here to close the general discourse of the fight which begun Jos 10:10, and ends here; which being done he particularly describes some remarkable passages, and closeth them with the same words. Joshua 10:16”

“Jos 10:6, Jos 10:43 Joshua 10:16”