1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Joshua 24:12 | *And I sent before you hornets: and I drove them out from their places, the two kings of the Amorrhites, not with thy sword, nor with thy bow. Exodus 23:28.; Deuteronomy 7:20.; Josue 11:20. | Hornets. St. Augustine explains this of the rumours, or devils, which terrified the people of the country. But it is generally understood literally, Wisdom 12:8. (Menochius) (Exodus 23:28.) (Calmet) --- The two, etc., not only the nations on the west, but also those on the east side of the Jordan, who fell, not so much by the valour of the Israelites, as by the terror and judgments of God. (Haydock) --- The resistance which they made was hardly worth mentioning. |