Joshua 9:3
And the men of Gibeon, hearing what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
In Context
2Came together with one purpose, to make war against Joshua and Israel.
Cross References
Joshua 6:1(Now Jericho was all shut up because of the children of Israel: there was no going out or coming in.)
Joshua 8:1Then the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear and do not be troubled: take with you all the fighting-men and go up against Ai: for I have given into your hands the king of Ai and his people and his town and his land:
Joshua 8:26For Joshua did not take back his hand with the outstretched spear till the destruction of the people of Ai was complete.
Joshua 10:1Now when it came to the ears of Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, that Joshua had taken Ai, and had given it up to the curse (for as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king); and that the people of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living among them;
Joshua 10:28That day Joshua took Makkedah, and put it and its king to the sword; every soul in it he gave up to the curse without mercy: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
Joshua 18:25Gibeon and Ramah and Beeroth
Matthew Henry on Joshua 9:2-3
The Application of the Gibeonites. ( b. c. 1450.) 1 And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof; 2 That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord. Hitherto the Canaanites had acted defensively; the Israelites were the aggressors upon Jericho and… Read the whole commentary →