And when the inhabitants of Gibeon
A large and royal city, a metropolitan one, which had three
others belonging to it, and under it, mentioned ( Joshua 9:17 ) ; see (
Joshua 10:2 )
; no mention is made of any king over them, perhaps they were
governed by elders, ( Joshua 9:11 ) . Though
an Arabic writer F8 says, the king of Gibeon wrote to
Joshua, and desired security, and sent him large gifts, whom
having preserved in safety, Joshua placed on his throne: when
these
heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai;
had taken the one in a miraculous way, and the other by a
stratagem, and had burnt them both, destroyed the inhabitants,
plundered their substance, and slew both their kings, all which
struck them with terror.