Joshua 9:8 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Joshua 9:8

6 And they went to Joshua, ^ato the camp at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, “We have come from a far country; now therefore, make a¹ covenant with us.”

7 Then the men of Israel said to the ^aHivites, “Perhaps you dwell among us; so ^bhow can we make a covenant with you?”

8 But they said to Joshua, ^a“We are your servants.” And Joshua said to them, “Who are you, and where do you come from?”

9 So they said to him: ^a“From a very far country your servants have come, because of the name of the Lord your God; for we have ^bheard of His fame, and all that He did in Egypt,

10 and ^aall that He did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan—to Sihon king of Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth.

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they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal—Arrived at the Israelitish headquarters, the strangers obtained an interview with Joshua and the elders, to whom they opened their business.

Joshua 9:3-15

THE GIBEONITES OBTAIN A LEAGUE BY CRAFT. (Joshua 9:3-15)

when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard—This town, as its name imports, was situated on a rocky eminence, about six miles northwest from Jerusalem, where the modern village of El Jib now stands. It was the capital of the Hivites, and a large important city (Joshua 10:2). It seems to have formed, in union with a few other towns in the neighborhood, a free independent state (Joshua 9:17) and to have enjoyed a republican government (Joshua 9:11).

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