And when Joshua] In this verse, to the seventh of the third Chapter, he summaily setteth down the causes why God inflicted his judgements upon the Israelites, and would not drive out the Canaanites from before them, namely, their neglect of Gods commands, idolatry, and back-sliding. These words to the tenth verse, are repeated out of the 24th, 5: 28. of Joshua, and here inserted, to clear the way to the ensuing story.