Joshua 10:2

Overview - Joshua 10
Five kings war against Gibeon.
Joshua rescues it.
10 God fights against them with hailstones.
12 The sun and moon stand still at the word of Joshua.
16 The five kings are mured in a cave.
22 They are brought forth;
24 scornfully used;
26 and hanged.
28 Seven kings more are conquered.
43 Joshua returns to Gilgal.
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Joshua 10:2  (King James Version)
That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.
 


they feared
Joshua 2:9-13 Joshua 2:24 Exodus 15:14-16 ; Deuteronomy 11:25 ; 28:10 Psalms 48:4-6 ; Proverbs 1:26 Proverbs 1:27
Proverbs 10:24 ; Hebrews 10:27 Hebrews 10:31 ; Revelation 6:15-17

Gibeon
Gibeon was situated on an eminence, as its name imports, 40 furlongs north from Jerusalem, according to Josephus.

the royal cities
Hebrew cities of the kingdom.
1 Samuel 27:5 ; 2 Samuel 12:26