discouraged: Heb. melted, Deuteronomy 20:8 *marg. Exodus 15:15; Joshua 2:9, Joshua 2:11, Joshua 2:24 *marg. Joshua 14:8; Isaiah 13:7; Ezekiel 21:7
The people: Deuteronomy 9:1-2; Numbers 13:28-33
walled: That is, with very high walls, which could not be easily scaled. Harmer says, high walls are still to be seen in Arabia, and are deemed a sufficient defence against the Arabs, who scarcely ever attempt to plunder except on horseback. The monastery on Mount Sinai, and the convent of St. Anthony in Egypt, are surrounded with a very high wall, without gates; the persons and things being taken up and let down through an opening in the upper part, by means of a pulley and a basket. This kind of walling is a sufficient defence.
we have seen: Deuteronomy 9:2; Joshua 11:22, Joshua 15:14; Judges 1:10, Judges 1:20; 2 Samuel 21:16-22