* Joshua.
Joshua seems to have been not only the general but the
standard-bearer of the army, (ver. 18,) and continued in this
employment, by holding up or extending his spear, during the
whole of the battle; and did not slacken from the pursuit till
the forces of Ai were utterly discomfited. Some commentators,
however, understand this action in a figurative sense, like
the holding up of Moses' hands, as if it implied that Joshua
continued in prayer for the success of his troops, nor ceased
till the armies of Ai were annihilated, and the city taken and
destroyed.
* drew not.
18 Ex 17:11,12
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