Joshua 9:2

these joined together under one command, to wage war against Joshua and Israel.

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In The King James Version

That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

In Context

1Then all the kings who lived beyond the Jordan in the hill country, and in the lowlands along the shore of the Great Sea toward Lebanon—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and the Jebusites—

3When the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,

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Cross References

Joshua 10:5The five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon came up, they and all their armies. They set up their positions against Gibeon, and they attacked it.

Joshua 11:5All these kings met at the appointed time, and they camped at the waters of Merom to wage war with Israel.

2 Chronicles 20:1It came about after this, that the people of Moab and Ammon, and with them some Meunites came against Jehoshaphat to do battle. + 20:1 The reading some Meunites represents a correction to the Hebrew text, which reads, some Ammonites . It is thought that Meunites was original, and that a copyist changed it to some Ammonites . But this last reading makes no sense, because Ammonites have already been mentioned in this verse. However, different versions deal with this problem in different ways.

Psalms 83:2Look, your enemies are making a commotion, 1 and those who hate you have raised their heads. 1

Proverbs 11:21Be sure of this—the wicked person will not go unpunished, 1 but the descendants of righteous people will be kept safe. 1

Isaiah 8:12Do not call conspiracy anything that this people calls conspiracy, 1 you will not fear what they fear, and do not be terrified. 1

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 →

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