And they: The Canaanites were ripe for destruction; and God was pleased, instead of destroying them by a pestilence, a famine, or an earthquake, to employ the Israelites as the executioners of his vengeance. Had an angel been commissioned to slay them, who would have charged him with iniquity or cruelty? In all public calamities infants are involved; and tens of thousands of infants die in great agony every year. Now, either God is not the agent in these calamities - which opinion, though often implied in men's reasonings on these subjects, is not far from atheism or they must consist with the most perfect justice and goodness. utterly: Jos 9:24, Jos 9:25, Jos 10:28, Jos 10:39, Jos 11:14, Deu 2:34, Deu 7:2, Deu 7:3, Deu 7:16, Deu 20:16, Deu 20:17, 1Sa 15:3, 1Sa 15:8, 1Sa 15:18, 1Sa 15:19, 1Ki 20:42, Psa 137:8, Psa 137:9, Jer 48:18, Rev 18:21 Reciprocal: Num 31:15 - General Jos 7:24 - his sons Jos 8:2 - do to Ai Jos 8:22 - let none Jos 10:1 - as he had Jos 10:29 - Libnah 1Sa 22:19 - men 1Sa 27:9 - and the camels Jer 44:7 - to cut Lam 2:21 - young