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Verse Joshua 9:17. _THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL - CAME UNTO THEIR CITIES_]
Probably when the fraud was discovered, Joshua sent out a detachment
to examine their country, and to see what use could be made...
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Chephirah (Kefir) is situated eight or nine miles west of Gibeon, and
was an inhabited city in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah Ezra 2:25;
Nehemiah 7:29.
Beeroth (Birch), about eight miles north of Jerus...
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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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CHILDREN. sons....
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_on the third day_ A three days" journey it might well be "according
to the slow pace of eastern armies and caravans." Stanley's _S. & P_.
p. 209.
_Chephirah_ "a village," afterwards allotted to Benja...
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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._ 17. _AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL JOURNEYED,_ &C.— Three days
after Joshua had learned the cheat of the Gibeonites, he sent out a
detachment from his army to reconnoitre their country. _Gibeon_ w...
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_The Servitude of the Gibeonites Joshua 9:16-27_
16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a
league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and
that they d...
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_AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL JOURNEYED, AND CAME UNTO THEIR CITIES ON
THE THIRD DAY. NOW THEIR CITIES WERE GIBEON, AND CHEPHIRAH, AND
BEEROTH, AND KIRJATH-JE'ARIM._
Chephirah, х_ KªPIYRAAH_ (H3716)] -...
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COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES!
JOSHUA
_BRIAN ROWLANDS_
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CHAPTER 9
THE *ISRAELITES BECOME FRIENDS WITH THEIR...
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GIBEON, AND CHEPHIRAH, AND BEEROTH, AND KIRJATH-JEARIM. — The first
three of these were assigned to Benjamin (Joshua 18:25), the last to
Judah (15:60), in the division of the land. The fact that the l...
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וַ יִּסְע֣וּ בְנֵֽי ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וַ
יָּבֹ֛אוּ...
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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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“HEWERS OF WOOD AND DRAWERS OF WATER”
Joshua 9:16
The faith of these people was so far rewarded that, while their
deception was punished by their reduction to the most menial tasks,
yet their lives w...
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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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And the children of Israel (h) journeyed, and came unto their cities
on the third day. Now their cities [were] Gibeon, and Chephirah, and
Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim.
(h) From Gilgal....
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The murmuring of the congregation, on account of the mercy shown
Gibeon, serves to remind us, of the displeasure of the elder brother
in the parable, because of the mercy shown the younger. The case i...
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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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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 THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL JOURNEYED,.... Not the whole camp, for that
still remained at Gilgal, and continued there until the Gibeonites in
distress sent to them for assistance in virtue of the leagu...
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And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on
the third day. Now their cities [were] Gibeon, and Chephirah, and
Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim.
Ver. 17. _And Kirjathjearim._] Or, Th...
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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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The Deception Discovered and Punished....
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And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on
the third day. Now, their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and
Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim, the location of all of which is pretty...
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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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14-21 The Israelites, having examined the provisions of the
Gibeonites, hastily concluded that they confirmed their account. We
make more haste than good speed, when we stay not to take God with us,...
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Cities which were subject to Gibeon, which was the royal city, JOSHUA
10:2....
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Joshua 9:17 children H1121 Israel H3478 journeyed H5265 (H8799) came
H935 (H8799) cities H5892 third H7992 day...
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‘ And the children of Israel journeyed, and came to their cities on
the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon and Chephirah, and Beeroth
and Kiriath-jearim.'
Once they heard the news and realised ho...
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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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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Joshua 9:17. On the third day] That is the same as “at the end of
three days” in Joshua 9:16. “The armed men would move from Gilgal
to Gibeon (about twelve miles) in the same day on w...
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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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1 Chronicles 13:5; 1 Chronicles 13:6; 1 Chronicles 21:29; 1 Samuel
7:1;...
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And Kirjath — jearim — Which cities were subject to Gibeon, the
royal city,Joshua 10:2....