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Verse Joshua 9:3. _THE INHABITANTS OF GIBEON HEARD_] These alone did
not join the confederation. Gibeon is supposed to have been the
capital of the _Hivites_. In the division of the land it fell to t...
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Gibeon was the head of the four towns Joshua 9:17 occupied by the
Hivites Joshua 11:19. The inhabitants were Amorites 2 Samuel 21:2; the
name “Amorites” being used as a general name for the Canaanite...
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9. THE GIBEONITES
CHAPTER 9
_ 1. The confederacy of the enemies (Joshua 9:1)_
2. The deception of the Gibeonites (Joshua 9:3)
3. The failure (Joshua 9:14)
4. The deception discovered ...
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JOSHUA 9. THE STRATAGEM OF THE GIBEONITES. This account, though
composite, is straightforward enough if Joshua 9:17 be omitted. These
verses _give_ an account by the priestly writer in which the princ...
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INHABITANTS. The Gibeonires were Hivites (Joshua 9:7), condemned to
extermination as mixed with the descendants of the _Nephilim_
(App-26). Exodus 23:32; Exodus 34:12.
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The Embassy of the Gibeonites
3. _of Gibeon_ This city was the head of the four towns occupied by
the Hivites, the other three being Chephirah, Beeroth, and
Kirjath-jearim (Joshua 9:17). It appears to...
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_VER._ 3. _AND WHEN THE INHABITANTS OF GIBEON HEARD,_ &C.— The city
of Gibeon, which was much more considerable than Ai, was, according to
Eusebius and St. Jerome, the capital of the country of the Hi...
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_Deceit of the Gibeonites Joshua 9:3-15_
3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto
Jericho and to Ai,
4 They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been
ambassado...
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_AND WHEN THE INHABITANTS OF GIBEON HEARD WHAT JOSHUA HAD DONE UNTO
JERICHO AND TO AI,_
When the inhabitants of Gibeon heard. This town, as its name imports,
was situated on a rocky eminence about si...
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THE LEAGUE WITH THE GIBEONITES
Joshua 9 forms an introduction to the narrative of the Southern
campaign (Joshua 10). The Gibeonite cities were important enough both
politically and geographically (see...
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GIBEON] 2 m. N. of Jerusalem. For its importance see on Joshua 10:2;
Joshua 10:10....
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JOSHUA
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CHAPTER 9
THE *ISRAELITES BECOME FRIENDS WITH THEIR...
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THE GIBEONITES MAKE PEACE WITH JOSHUA (Joshua 9:3).
(3) THE INHABITANTS OF GIBEON. — Hivites, as appears by Joshua 9:7.
Gibeon was one member of a tetrapolis, or community of four cities, as
is seen i...
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וְ יֹשְׁבֵ֨י גִבְעֹ֜ון שָׁמְע֗וּ אֵת֩
אֲשֶׁ֨ר...
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CHAPTER XVIII.
THE STRATAGEM OF THE GIBEONITES.
Joshua 9:1.
WE now resume the thread of the story interrupted by the narrative of
the transaction at Ebal and Gerizim. We learn from the testimony of...
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DECEIVED BY THE GIBEONITES
Joshua 9:1
The presence of common peril forced the nations of Canaan to combine
for self-preservation. Would that the various sections of the visible
Church might see thei...
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The fame and the dread of the people by this time were spreading far
and wide. The kings of Canaan, conscious of their danger, formed a
league against the oncoming hosts.
However, before they had time...
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TROUBLE WITH THE GIBEONITES
Joshua 9:1-27; Joshua 10:1-43; Joshua 11:1-23
God had instructed Israel to destroy the Canaanites when they came
into the land ...
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The Gibeonites, as appears by Joshua 9:17, possessed four cities in
the country of the Hivites....
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In the wars of Jehovah it was not always a question of hostile power.
Indeed this is not the most serious evil which the people of God have
to encounter in this world. The very same principle which wa...
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3._And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard, etc. _The inhabitants of
Gibeon alone rejecting the proposal to make war have recourse to
fraud, and endeavor to obtain peace by pretending to live at a gr...
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But, if such a position as this proclaims the rights of God and
manifests the confidence of the people, it soon leads to conflict. The
enemy will not consent to the invasion and the taking possession...
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AND WHEN THE INHABITANTS OF GIBEON,.... A large and royal city, a
metropolitan one, which had three others belonging to it, and under
it, mentioned Joshua 9:17; see Joshua 10:2; no mention is made of...
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And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto
Jericho and to Ai,
Ver. 3. _And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard, &c._] The rest of
the Canaanites had heard as much, but made n...
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_And when_ Rather, _but when; the inhabitants of Gibeon_ A great and
royal city of the Hivites. _They made as if they had been ambassadors_
Sent from a far country. _Wine-bottles, old and rent, and bo...
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1 The kings combine against Israel.
3 The Gibeonites by craft obtaine a League.
16 For which they are condemned to perpetual bondage.
1 AND it came to passe when all the kings which were on this si...
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DECEIVED BY THE GIBEONITES
(vs.1-27)
The calm deliberation with which the Lord was acting gave time for the
forces of the enemy to be marshaled against Israel. Six nations, the
Hittites, Amorites, Ca...
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3-13 Other people heard these tidings, and were driven thereby to
make war upon Israel; but the Gibeonites were led to make peace with
them. Thus the discovery of the glory and the grace of God in th...
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Or, _but when the inhabitants_; for he shows that these took another
and a wiser course. GIBEON; a great and royal city of the Hivites,
JOSHUA 10:2, JOSHUA 11:19....
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Joshua 9:3 inhabitants H3427 (H8802) Gibeon H1391 heard H8085 (H8804)
Joshua H3091 done H6213 (H8804) Jericho...
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THE GIBEONITE CONSPIRACY (JOSHUA 9:3).
The next shock that shook Canaan was that with Jericho, Ai and Bethel
defeated, and a way into Canaan having been obtained, and with the
covenant having been mad...
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CONTENTS: The league with the Gibeonites.
CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, ambassadors of the Gibeonites.
CONCLUSION: We make more haste than good progress in any business when
we do not stop to take God al...
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Joshua 9:1. _All the kings to fight with Joshua._ They realized the
ancient proverb, _Quem Deus vult perdere, primum dementat._ He whom
God destroys is first mad.
Joshua 9:4. _Wine bottles, old and re...
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_The inhabitants of Gibeon _. .. _ did work wilily._
A CANAANITISH STRATAGEM
I. How this device originated.
1. Their wisdom suggested it. The selfsame facts suggest different
courses of action to th...
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JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 9:1 Having failed to consult the Lord, Israel
is tricked into making a peace covenant with the Gibeonites. The
Gibeonites claimed to be from a “distant country” (v. Joshua 9:6)
b...
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JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 9:3 Archaeologists have confirmed that GIBEON
was 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Jerusalem.
⇐...
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JOSHUA 9:3. THE INHABITANTS OF GIBEON] “Gibeon was a city situated,
as its name indicates, upon a hill. It was about forty stadia from
Jerusalem, according to _Josephus_, _Ant_. vii. 11. 7 (50 accordi...
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EXPOSITION
THE GIBEONITES.—
JOSHUA 9:1
AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN ALL THE KINGS. According to the explanation
given above (Joshua 6:5, Joshua 6:15) of the
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This time shall we turn to the book of Joshua, chapter nine as we
begin our study this evening.
Now the children of Israel had conquered Jericho and Ai, which were
strong cities. The kings that were i...
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2 Samuel 21:1; 2 Samuel 21:2; Joshua 10:2; Joshua 6:1; Joshua 8:1;...
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Gibeon — A great and royal city of the Hivites....