Joshua 7:26

And they set up over him a great heap of stones; and the Lord ceased from his fierce anger. Therefore he called + 7:26 Gr. it.the place Emecachor until this day.

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In The King James Version

And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.

In Context

25And Joshua said to Achar, Why hast thou destroyed us? the Lord destroy thee + 7:25 Gr. as also to-day.as at this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones.

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Cross References

Numbers 25:8and went in after the Israelitish man into the + 25:8 Gr. furnace, κάμινον. Trom renders lupanar. Heb. הקבה.chamber, and pierced them both through, both the Israelitish man, and the woman through her womb; and the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

Deuteronomy 13:18And there shall nothing of the cursed thing cleave to thy hand, that the Lord may turn from his fierce anger, and + 13:18 Heb. give.shew thee mercy, and pity thee, and multiply thee, as he sware to thy fathers;

Joshua 8:29And he hanged the king of Gai on a + 8:29 Gr. double tree.gallows; and he remained on the tree till evening: and when the sun went down, Joshua gave charge, and they took down his body from the tree, and cast it into + 8:29 Gr. the pit or trench. For vv. 30-35, see chap. 9. 2.a pit, and they set over him a heap of stones until this day.

2 Samuel 18:17And he took Abessalom, and cast him into a great cavern in the wood, into a deep pit, and set up over him a very great heap of stones: and all Israel fled every man to his tent.

2 Chronicles 29:10Therefore it is now in my heart to make a covenant, a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that he may turn away his fierce wrath from us.

Psalms 85:4Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for to thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 7:17-26

Achan's Arraignment; Achan's Confession; The Execution of Achan. ( b. c. 1451.) 16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: 17 And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: 18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. 19 And Joshua said unto… Read the whole commentary →

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