Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
Joshua thought his work was finished, yet God stretched his days longer still, and he seized the chance to press Israel once more toward God. We must never lay down our labor for Him while breath remains; if He extends our years beyond expectation, it is because He has further service waiting for us to do.
AI summary
Commenting on Joshua 24:1-14
Then Balak the son of Zippor, the king of Moab, arose,.... Being alarmed with what Israel had done to the two kings of the Amorites, and by their near approach to the borders of his kingdom: and warred against Israel; he fully designed it, and purpose is put for action, as Kimchi observes; he prepared for it, proclaimed war, and commenced it, though he did...
Your fathers lived beyond the Euphrates in idolatry, serving false gods as Laban did, mixing a faint knowledge of the true God with material images. Yet from that pagan stock God called Abraham and built your nation not by your merit but by His free grace alone.
AI summary
Commenting on Joshua 24:2-13