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Joshua 9:1-6

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The Gibeonites Act with Cunning

1 Now when all the kings who [were] beyond the Jordan in the hill country and in the Shephelah, and on all the coast of the great sea toward Lebanon--the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites--heard of [this],
2 they gathered themselves together to fight with one accord against Joshua and Israel.
3 But the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua did to Jericho and Ai,
4 and they acted on their part with cunning: they went and prepared provisions, and took worn-out sacks for their donkeys and old wineskins [that were] torn and mended.
5 The sandals on their feet [were] patched and old, their clothes [were] old, and their food was dry and crumbled.
6 And they went to Joshua at the camp [at] Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, "We have come from a far land; so then {make a covenant with us}."
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Joshua 9:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 9

This chapter gives an account of the combination of the several kings of Canaan against Israel, Jos 9:1,2; and of the craftiness of the Gibeonites, pretending they were ambassadors from a far country, and desired to enter into a league with Israel, which they obtained, Jos 9:3-15; but when it was discovered who they were, it occasioned a murmuring among the people, Jos 9:16-18; which the princes quelled by proposing to make them hewers of wood, and drawers of water, Jos 9:19-21; in order to which Joshua summoned them before him, and chided them for beguiling them; and after they had made their excuse, he ordered them to the service the princes proposed, and so peace in the congregation of Israel was preserved, Jos 9:21-27.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Footnotes 13

  • [a]. Or "And it happened"
  • [b]. Or "lowlands"; a geographical region on the western edge of the hills of Judea
  • [c]. Literally "white mountain"
  • [d]. Hebrew "Hittite"
  • [e]. Hebrew "Amorite"
  • [f]. Hebrew "Canaanite"
  • [g]. Hebrew "Perizzite"
  • [h]. Hebrew "Hivite"
  • [i]. Hebrew "Jebusite"
  • [j]. Hebrew "with"
  • [k]. The Hebrew is difficult here. Some ancient manuscripts read, "they sent out a delegation/an envoy"
  • [l]. Or "sackcloths"
  • [m]. Literally "cut for us a covenant"
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