Joshua 10:3
So King Adoni-zedek of Jerusalem sent to Hoham the king of Hebron, to Piram the king of Jarmuth, to Japhia the king of Lachish, and to Debir the king of Eglon, saying,
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4“Join me and help me to storm Gibeon, for it has made terms with Joshua and the Israelites.”
Cross References
Genesis 23:2When she died in Kiriath-arba (that is Hebron), in the land of Canaan, Abraham went to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
Joshua 10:5So the five Amorite kings – the king of Jerusalem and the king of Hebron and the king of Jarmuth and the king of Lachish and the king of Eglon – all mustered and marched up with all their armies to besiege Gibeon and attack it.
Joshua 12:10the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron,
Joshua 15:35Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
Joshua 15:63But the Judites could not evict the Jebusites, who inhabited Jerusalem, so the Jebusites live there in Jerusalem among the people of Judah to this day.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 10:2-7
The Combination Against Gibeon. ( b. c. 1450.) 1 Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedec king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them; 2 That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty. 3 Wherefore Adoni-zedec king… Read the whole commentary →