Joshua 9:26

26 So Joshua saved them from the Israelites, and they did not kill them.

Joshua 9:26 in Other Translations

26 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.

26 So he did this to them and delivered them out of the hand of the people of Israel, and they did not kill them.

26 So Joshua did not allow the people of Israel to kill them.

26 And that's what they did. Joshua delivered them from the power of the People of Israel so they didn't kill them.

26 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.

26 So Joshua rescued them and did not let the people of Israel kill them.

26 This is what Joshua did to them: he delivered them from the hands of the Israelites, and they did not kill them.

26 So Joshua saved the people of Gibeon. He didn't let the people of Israel kill them.

Joshua 9:26 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 9:26

And so did he unto them
What was good and right, he showed them favour, and did them justice:

and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that
they slew them not;
who were so incensed against them for imposing on them in the manner they did, that they were ready many of them to draw their swords and slay them; and would have done it, had it not been for the interposition of Joshua, and the orders he gave to the contrary.

Joshua 9:26 In-Context

24 They answered Joshua, “Your servants were clearly told how the LORD your God had commanded his servant Moses to give you the whole land and to wipe out all its inhabitants from before you. So we feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we did this.

25 We are now in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you.”

26 So Joshua saved them from the Israelites, and they did not kill them.

27 That day he made the Gibeonites woodcutters and water carriers for the assembly, to provide for the needs of the altar of the LORD at the place the LORD would choose. And that is what they are to this day.