it pleased them: Heb. it was good in their eyes, It is remarkable, that Joshua is not once named in this transaction; but this only shews, that he did not in his old age assume any regal authority, but left the elders and magistrates to conduct the general business, only acting himself when great occasions made it necessary.
Yet we cannot doubt, that his wisdom and piety influenced the counsels of the elders and people at this time. Joshua 22:33; Genesis 28:8; Judges 8:3; 1 Samuel 25:32-33, 1 Samuel 29:6; 2 Chronicles 30:4; Esther 1:21 *marg.