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Joshua 9:6

And they went to Joshua, unto the camp at Gilgal, either that near Jericho, or, more probably, that in Mount Ephraim, about midway between Jerusalem and Shechem, and said unto him and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country; now, therefore, make ye a league with us.

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See also Joshua 9:6 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Joshua 9:6. _MAKE YE A LEAGUE WITH US._] כרתו לנו ברית _kirethu lanu_ _berith, cut_, or _divide, the covenant sacrifice with us_. From this it appears that heathenism at this time had its sacrif...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    CAMP AT GILGAL - While Joshua was engaged in more distant enterprises, the women, children, and property of the Israelites were left with a sufficient guard at this place, where they had been establis...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MEN. Heb, _'ish_. App-14....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _unto the camp at Gilgal_ Where was this Gilgal? (i) According to some it was the Gilgal, of which we have already heard (Joshua 5:10), in the Jordan valley, whither Joshua had returned after his succ...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 6. _AND THEY WENT TO JOSHUA—AND SAID,_ &C.— Some interpreters are of opinion, that the deputies from the Gibeonites addressed themselves to the first they met in the camp of Gilgal; but it seem...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THEY WENT TO JOSHUA UNTO THE CAMP AT GILGAL, AND SAID UNTO HIM, AND TO THE MEN OF ISRAEL, WE BE COME FROM A FAR COUNTRY: NOW THEREFORE MAKE YE A LEAGUE WITH US._ They went to Joshua unto the cam...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    9:6 make (e-30) Lit. 'cut.' so regularly, as Genesis 15:18 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 9 THE *ISRAELITES BECOME FRIENDS WITH THEIR...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֵּלְכ֧וּ אֶל ־יְהֹושֻׁ֛עַ אֶל ־הַֽ מַּחֲנ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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 ...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I pass over the historical relation of the Gibeonites conduct, to direct the Reader to the spiritual gospel sense of the passage. Are not those Gibeonites a picture of the Gentile Church, coming to ou...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    6._And they went to Joshua, _etc. I have said that in strict law, a covenant of this description was null and void. For when they obtain their prayer, what is stipulated but just that they should be k...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THEY WENT TO JOSHUA, UNTO THE CAMP AT GILGAL,.... From whence it appears, that after Jericho and Ai were destroyed, the army of Israel returned to their encampment at Gilgal, Joshua 5:10; and here...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us. Ver. 6. _We be come from a far cou...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Unto the camp to Gilgal_ Joshua's headquarters. _And said to the men of Israel_ To those that used to meet in council with Joshua, to whom it belonged to make leagues, namely, the princes of the cong...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    GILGAL; the place of their head-quarters. To the men of Israel, to wit, those who used to meet in council with Joshua, to whom it belonged to make leagues, as it here follows, even the princes of the...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 9:6 went H3212 (H8799) Joshua H3091 camp H4264 Gilgal H1537 said H559 (H8799) men H376 Israel...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 9:6 The Gibeonites claimed that they came from a DISTANT COUNTRY. This suggests they were aware that the Israelites were to be more lenient toward cities outside the Land of Prom...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 8:41; 2 Kings 20:14; Deuteronomy 20:11; Deuteronomy 29:12;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The camp at Gilgal — The place of their head — quarters. Men of Israel — To those who used to meet in council with Joshua, to whom it belonged to make leagues, even the princes of the congregation. No...

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