Joshua 9:3
Now, the inhabitants of Gibeon, heard that which Joshua had done unto Jericho and unto Ai;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
In Context
Cross References
Joshua 6:1Now, Jericho, was shut up and barred because of the sons of Israel,—none came out and none went in.
Joshua 8:1Then said Yahweh unto Joshua—Do not fear nor be dismayed, take with thee all the army, and arise, go up to Ai,—see! I have given into thy hand, the king of Ai and his people, and his city, and his land;
Joshua 8:26Now, Joshua, drew not back his hand which he had stretched out with the javelin,—until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
Joshua 10:1And it came to pass, when Adonizedec, king of Jerusalem, heard that Joshua had captured Ai, and devoted it to destruction, as he had done unto Jericho and her king, so, had he done unto Ai and her king,—and that the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and had come into their midst,
Joshua 10:28And Joshua captured, Makkedah, on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and, the king thereof, devoted he to destruction, them and all the souls that were therein, he left no survivor,—but did unto the king of Makkedah, as he had done unto 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 →