Joshua 2:6
But she had brought them up upon the house, and hid them in the flax stalks that were spread by her on the house.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
7And the men followed after them in the way to Jordan to the fords; and the gate was shut.
Cross References
Exodus 2:2And she conceived, and bore a male child; and having seen that he was fair, they hid him three months.
Joshua 2:8And it came to pass when the men who pursued after them were gone forth, and before the spies had lain down to sleep, that she came up to them on the top of the house;
2 Samuel 17:19And a woman took a covering, and spread it over the mouth of the well, and spread out ground corn upon it to dry, and the thing was not known.
1 Kings 18:13Has it not been told to thee my lord, what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the Lord, that I hid a hundred men of the prophets of the Lord, by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
Jeremiah 36:26The Lord has made thee priest in the place of Jehoiada the priest, to be ruler in the house of the Lord over every prophet, and to every madman, and thou shalt put them in prison, and into the dungeon.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 2:2-8
The Two Spies and Rahab. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into a harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there. 2 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country. 3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come… Read the whole commentary →