Joshua 9:2

2 They came together in a coalition to fight against Joshua and Israel under a single command.

Joshua 9:2 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 9:2

That they gathered themselves together to fight with Joshua,
and with Israel
Not at this time, but they met together to consult what was proper to be done in order to secure themselves, and their people, and put a stop to the successes of the arms of Israel; and for this purpose entered into alliances with each other to assist one another, or at a convenient time and place to join their forces together, and attack Israel, as afterwards they did, ( Joshua 11:1-5 ) ; and this they did

with one accord;
were unanimous in their councils and resolutions; they all confederated together, and agreed as one man to make a common cause of it, and oppose Israel with their united forces.

Joshua 9:2 In-Context

1 All the kings west of the Jordan in the hills and foothills and along the Mediterranean seacoast north toward Lebanon - the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, Girgashites, and Jebusites - got the news.

2 They came together in a coalition to fight against Joshua and Israel under a single command.

3 The people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai

4 and cooked up a ruse. They posed as travelers: their donkeys loaded with patched sacks and mended wineskins,

5 threadbare sandals on their feet, tattered clothes on their bodies, nothing but dry crusts and crumbs for food.