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Joshua 9:1-6

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Guile of the Gibeonites

1 Now it came about when 1all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country and in the lowland and on all the 2coast of the Great Sea toward * Lebanon, 3the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, heard of it,
2 that they gathered themselves together with 4one accord to fight with Joshua and with Israel.
3 When the inhabitants of 5Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,
4 they also acted craftily and set out as envoys, and took worn-out sacks on their donkeys, and wineskins worn-out and torn and mended,
5 and worn-out and patched sandals on their feet, and worn-out clothes on themselves; and all the bread of their provision was dry and had become crumbled.
6 They went to Joshua to the 6camp at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, "We have come from a far country; now therefore, 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

Cross References 6

  • 1. Numbers 13:29; Joshua 3:10
  • 2. Numbers 34:6
  • 3. Exodus 3:17; Exodus 23:23
  • 4. Psalms 83:3, 5
  • 5. Joshua 9:17, 22; Joshua 10:2; Joshua 21:17
  • 6. Joshua 5:10

Footnotes 3

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