84 BATTLES OF THE BIBLE.

two fields, so called from the springs they contained ;
but whether it was one field only or two, we cannot be
certain. This we know, that the upper springs are types
of the blessings that relate to the soul; the nether
springs have reference to the blessings of this life.

George. Had the tribe of Judah cleared their country
of Canaanites now ?

Grandfather. Not thoroughly. They drove out those
in the mountains; but those who were in the valleys
they were afraid of, because they had chariots of iron.

George. That was cowardly.

Grandfather. It was cowardly to suffer their fears to
conquer their faith ; when the Lord had promised to be
with them, they ought to have feared nothing. Yet
Judah had acted bravely, and he assisted Simeon as he
had promised. The children of Benjamin acted more
feebly ; they did not drive out the Jebusites, but con-
tinued to live amongst them. The Ephraimites, the
descendants of Joseph, acted more vigorously; they
exerted themselves to get possession of Bethel, which
lay on their borders. The Lord blessed their exertions.
They went up to the place cautiously seeking to find out
how it might be entered most easily. The spies whom
they sent forward encountered a man coming from the
city. They asked him to shew them the entrance into
the city, and promised him life on that condition. He, like
Rahab, believing that the Lord was with them, shewed
them a private entrance into the city. All the others
who were in the city they slew with the sword.