Joshua 9:3 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Joshua 9:3

The Treaty with the Gibeonites

1 And it came to pass when ^aall the kings who were on this side of the Jordan, in the hills and in the lowland and in all the coasts of ^bthe Great Sea toward Lebanon—^cthe Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite—heard about it,

2 that they ^agathered together to fight with Joshua and Israel with one¹ accord.

3 But when the inhabitants of ^aGibeon ^bheard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

4 they worked craftily, and went and¹ pretended to be ambassadors. And they took old sacks on their donkeys, old wineskins torn and² mended,

5 old and patched sandals on their feet, and old garments on themselves; and all the bread of their provision was dry and moldy.

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?”

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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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