ESV Reformation Study Bible – Josh 2:9
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Josh 2:9

2:9 I know. Rahab knows what God wants Israel to know (3:10), that the promise of God is true.

fear. This is the inevitable response to finding oneself on the wrong side of what God has promised to do. Contrast 1:6. In holy war panic is incited among God’s enemies by the approach of His army (5:1; 9:24; 10:2; Ex. 15:14–16; Deut. 2:25).