And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.
14. And there was no day like that, etc We read in Isaiah and in the Sacred History, that the course of the sun was afterwards changed as a favor to King Hezekiah. (Isaiah 38:5-8) For to assure him that his life was still to be prolonged fifteen years, the shadow of the sun was carried back over ten degrees on which it had gone down.
Joshua's promise to the Gibeonites bound him not merely to spare them but to defend them as his own servants sheltering under God's wings. When he moved from Gilgal to relieve them, he walked in duty, and God's word settled all fear: those marked for destruction can neither resist nor escape, however many kings confederate against you.
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Commenting on Joshua 10:7-14
And there was no day like that, before it, or after it,.... Which must be understood as referring not to natural days, or such as are according to the natural course of things, as those in the northern and southern poles, which are much longer, but to miraculous and extraordinary ones: never was there such a day as this, occasioned by the sun standing still...