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Jos_24:2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, [even] Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
Ver. 2. And Joshua said unto all the people.] Besides what he had said to them in the former chapter; so solicitous was he of the public welfare after his decease also. Cicero saith that this was his chiefest care: we are sure it was good Joshua’s.
Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood,] i.e., Of the river Euphrates, that ancient river. And this was the ancient manner of speaking to the people, by giving them a historical narrative of what God had done for them and their forefathers, that mercy might enforce to duty; since divine blessings are binders, and men’s offences are increased by their obligations. See the like method made use of by those admirable preachers, David, {Psa_78:1-72} Stephen, {Act_7:2-53} and Paul. {Act_13:17-41}
And they served other gods.] Even Abraham as well as the rest, {a} till God gave him a call out of his own country, till he had "called him to his foot," {Isa_41:2} that is, to follow him and his direction, to obey him without solicitation.
{a} Some of the Rabbis say that Terah got his living by making and selling of images.