Joshua 10:4

4 “Come up and help me attack Gibeon,” he said, “because it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”

Joshua 10:4 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
4 Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
English Standard Version (ESV)
4 "Come up to me and help me, and let us strike Gibeon. For it has made peace with Joshua and with the people of Israel."
New Living Translation (NLT)
4 “Come and help me destroy Gibeon,” he urged them, “for they have made peace with Joshua and the people of Israel.”
The Message Bible (MSG)
4 "Come and help me. Let's attack Gibeon; they've joined up with Joshua and the People of Israel."
American Standard Version (ASV)
4 Come up unto me, and help me, and let us smite Gibeon; for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
4 "Come, help me destroy Gibeon because it has made peace with Joshua and the people of Israel."
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
4 "Come up and help me. We will attack Gibeon, because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites."
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
4 "Come up and help me attack Gibeon," he said. "Its people have made peace with Joshua and the people of Israel."

Joshua 10:4 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 10:4

Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon
For which he thought himself not a match, not only because it was a great city, and full of mighty men, and had other cities subject to it, but because he might reasonably judge that Joshua would come to their assistance if possible, being in league with him; he sends to these kings in an authoritative manner, as if they were in some respects subject to him; and he proposes Jerusalem as the place of their rendezvous, and which it seems lay higher than their cities, though they were in the mountainous part of the country:

for it hath made peace with Joshua, and with the children of Israel;
their avowed enemies, and so had separated themselves from their countrymen, and from their common interest; and therefore it was thought proper to make an example of them, that others might fear to do the same.

Joshua 10:4 In-Context

2 He and his people were very much alarmed at this, because Gibeon was an important city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were good fighters.
3 So Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem appealed to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish and Debir king of Eglon.
4 “Come up and help me attack Gibeon,” he said, “because it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”
5 Then the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and Eglon—joined forces. They moved up with all their troops and took up positions against Gibeon and attacked it.
6 The Gibeonites then sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us, because all the Amorite kings from the hill country have joined forces against us.”

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