22 They departed and came to the hill country , and remained there for three days until the pursuers returned . Now the pursuers had sought them all along the road , but had not found them. 23 Then the two men returned and came down from the hill country and crossed over and came to Joshua the son of Nun , and they related to him all that had happened to them. 24 They said to Joshua , "Surely the Lord has given all the land into our hands ; moreover , all the inhabitants of the land have melted away before e us."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Joshua 2:22-24
Commentary on Joshua 2:22-24
(Read Joshua 2:22-24)
The report the spies brought was encouraging. All the people of the country faint because of Israel; they have neither wisdom to yield, nor courage to fight. Those terrors of conscience, and that sense of Divine wrath, which dismay the ungodly, but bring not to repentance, are fearful forebodings of approaching destruction. But grace yet abounds to the chief of sinners. Let them, without delay, flee to Christ, and all shall be well.