John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 24:12

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And I sent the hornet before you, etc.] Of which (see Gill on “<022328>Exodus 23:28”); which drave them out from before you, [even] the two kings of the Amorites; who were Sihon and Og, and not only them, and the Amorites under them, but the other nations, Hivites, Hittites, etc. [but] not with thy sword, nor with thy bow; but by insects of the Lord’s sending to them, which, as Kimchi says, so blinded their eyes, that they could not see to fight, and so Israel came upon them, and slew them; in which the hand of the Lord was manifestly seen, and to whose power, and not, their own, the destruction of their enemies was to be ascribed.

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