[3] See "The Empire of the Hittites." By William Wright, D.D., F.R.G.S. London, 1886.
[4] The promise is not inconsistent with the fact that Joshua's troops were defeated by the men of Ai. In such promises there is an implied condition of steadfast regard to God's will on the part of those who receive them, and this condition was violated at Ai, not by Joshua, indeed, but by one of his people.
[5] "For the Oracles of God: four Orations." Pp. 3-6.
[6] It is somewhat remarkable that the present village of Riha, at or near the site of the ancient Jericho, is noted for its licentiousness. The men, it is said, wink at the infidelity of the women, a trait of character singularly at variance with the customs of the Bedouin. "At our encampment over 'Ain Terâbeh (says Robinson) the night before we reached this place, we overheard our Arabs asking the Khatib for a paper or written charm to protect them from the women of Jericho; and from their conversation it seemed that illicit intercourse between the latter and strangers that come here is regarded as a matter of course. Strange that the inhabitants of the valley should have retained this character from the earliest ages; and that the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah should still flourish upon the same accursed soil."—"Researches in Palestine," i. 553.
[7] Stanley's "Sinai and Palestine," p. 303.
[8] "Land and Book," vol. ii., pp. 460-61.
[9] "Life of Rev. Charles Simeon," p. 125.
[10] See Chapter XXXI., "Jehovah the Champion of Israel."
[11] See Mozley's "Ruling Ideas in the Early Ages," p. 40.
[12] "The People's Bible," by Joseph Parker, D.D.