Joshua 7:26

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
raised	וַיָּקִ֨ימוּ vai.ya.Ki.mu	H6965	to rise (in various applications · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
great	גָּד֗וֹל ga.Dol	H1419	great (in any sense) · adjective, masculine singular absolute
heap	גַּל gal-	H1530	something rolled · noun, common masculine singular construct
stones	אֲבָנִ֣ים 'a.va.Nim	H68	a stone · noun, common feminine plural absolute
day	הַיּ֣וֹם hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
turned	וַיָּ֥שָׁב vai.Ya.shov	H7725	to turn back (hence · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
fierceness	מֵחֲר֣וֹן me.cha.Ron	H2740	a burning of anger · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
anger	אַפּ֑וֹ 'a.Po	H639	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
name	שֵׁ֣ם shem	H8034	an appellation · noun, common masculine singular construct
place	הַמָּק֤וֹם ha.ma.Kom	H4725	properly · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
called	קָרָ֞א ka.Ra'	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
valley	עֵ֣מֶק 'E.mek	H6010	a vale (i.e. broad depression) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Achor	עָכ֔וֹר a.Khor	H5911	Akor · proper noun, a place name
day	הַיּ֥וֹם hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Isaiah 65:10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
Hosea 2:15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her y…
Deuteronomy 13:17 And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee merc…
Joshua 7:24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and…
Joshua 8:29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase d…
2 Samuel 18:17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every o…
Lamentations 3:53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
Joshua 10:27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them in…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 7:16–end

We have in these verses, I. The discovery of Achan by the lot, which proved a perfect lot, though it proceeded gradually. Though we may suppose that Joshua slept the better, and with more ease and satisfaction, when he knew the worst of the disease of that body of which, under God, he was the head, and was put into a certain method of cure, yet he rose up early in the morning (Jos 7:16), so much was his heart upon it, to put away the accursed thing. We have found Joshua upon other occasions an early riser; here it shows his zeal and vehement desire to see Israel restored to the divine favour. In the scrutiny observe, 1. That the guilty tribe was that of Judah, which was, and was to be, of al…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 7:26

they raised over him a great heap of stones--It is customary to raise cairns over the graves of criminals or infamous persons in the East still. the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor--("trouble"), unto this day--So painful an episode would give notoriety to the spot, and it is more than once noted by the sacred writers of a later age (Isa 65:10; Hos 2:15). Next: Joshua Chapter 8

Adam Clarke on Joshua 7:26

They raised over him a great heap of stones - The burial-places, both of heroes and eminent culprits, were anciently thus distinguished; and transactions of this kind gave rise to those great piles of stones called cairns, that are so frequently to be met with, especially in northern countries. From the whole of this account we may see the exceeding sinfulness of sin, and the great danger of not withstanding its first approaches. By covetousness many lives and many souls have been destroyed, and yet the living lay it not to heart! Who fears the love of money, provided he can get riches? Through the intensity of this desire, every part of the surface of the earth, and as far as possible its b…

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John Gill on Joshua 7:26

Dictionary and topics

Absalom — Father of peace; i.e., “peaceful” David’s son by Maacah (2 Sam. 3:3; comp. 1 Kings 1:6). He was noted for his personal beauty and for the extra-ordinary profusion of the hair of his head (2 Sam.…
Achan — Called also Achar, i.e., one who troubles (1 Chr. 2:7), in commemoration of his crime, which brought upon him an awful destruction (Josh. 7:1). On the occasion of the fall of Jericho, he seized,…
Achor — Trouble, a valley near Jericho, so called in consequence of the trouble which the sin of Achan caused Israel (Josh. 7:24, 26). The expression “valley of Achor” probably became proverbial for that…
Achor, Valley Of — (valley of trouble), the spot at which Achan was stoned. (Joshua 7:24,26) On the northern boundary of Judah, (Joshua 15:7) near Jericho.
Burial — The first burial we have an account of is that of Sarah (Gen. 23). The first commercial transaction recorded is that of the purchase of a burial-place, for which Abraham weighed to Ephron “four…
Punishments — The earliest theory of punishment current among mankind is doubtless the one of simple retaliation, “blood for blood.” Viewed historically, the first case of punishment for crime mentioned in…
Stones — Besides the ordinary uses to which stones were applied, we may mention that large stones were set up to commemorate any remarkable event. (Genesis 28:18; 35:14; 31:45; Joshua 4:9; 1 Samuel 7:12) Such…
Achor · A valley near — A valley near
Burial · Places of: For criminals, marked by heaps — Places of: For criminals, marked by heaps
Discipline · Of armies, for di — Of armies, for di
Dishonesty · .Achan hi — .Achan hi

Joshua 7:26

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 7:16–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 7:26

Adam Clarke on Joshua 7:26

John Gill on Joshua 7:26

Dictionary and topics

Joshua 7:26

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 7:16–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 7:26

Adam Clarke on Joshua 7:26

John Gill on Joshua 7:26

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Joshua 7:19–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Joshua 7:24–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Joshua 7:26

Rashi on Joshua 7:25