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Joshua 10:5

Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.

The five kings of the Amorites. The Septuagint has 'of the Jebusites.' The settlement of this powerful and warlike tribe lay within the confines of Moab; but having also acquired extensive possessions on the southwest of the Jordan, their name, as the ruling power, seems to have been given to the region generally (2 Samuel 21:2), although Hebron was inhabited by Hittites or Hivites (Joshua 11:19), and Jerusalem by Jebusites (Joshua 15:63).

Encamped before Gibeon and made war against it. Josephus says ('Antiquities,' b. 5:, ch. 1:, sec. 17) that the confederate troops pitched their camp at a certain fountain not far from the city, and were preparing for a siege when the Gibeonites found means of apprising Joshua of their perilous situation.

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