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Hawker's Poor man's commentary

Joshua 9:1-2

Reader! observe, how all nations unite against Israel. No doubt, the Hittite and the Amorite, had their jealousies and struggles one among another for preeminence, as well as other people; but, yet there is but one common cause among them, when the Lord's people are the object. Was it not so in after ages, when the Lord of his people himself, was brought before Herod and Pilate. Foes as they had been to each other, yet when Jesus and his cause comes in view, the same day they are made friends together. Luke 23:12. Is it not so now? Are not all the parties of sin confederates against Jesus? Psalms 83:2.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER IX _All the kings of the_ Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, _and_ Jebusites, _unite them forces against Joshua_, 1, 2. _The inhabitants of_ Gibeon, _hearing what Joshua h...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    IN THE HILLS - See the Numbers 13:17 note. THE VALLEYS - Or “the vale” (the Shephelah, Deuteronomy 1:7), which imports the lowland country between the mountains and the sea coast....

  • 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

    THE CANAANITE, THE PERIZZITE. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "and the Canaanite and the Perizzite"....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Joshua 9:1-2. The First League of the Canaanite Kings 1. _And it came to pass_ Thus "that spring morning" did Israel "consecrate Palestine unto the Lord, and take sea and lake, mountain and valley the...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 1. _AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN ALL THE KINGS,_ &C.— The success of Joshua's arms in the eastern part of the land of Canaan, soon struck with terror those princes whose territories lay to the wes...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _The League of Kings Against Israel Joshua 9:1-2_ 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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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, TH...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    9:1 lowland, (b-23) The _ Shephelah_ . see Deuteronomy 1:7 ....

  • 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

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יְהִ֣י כִ שְׁמֹ֣עַ כָּֽל ־הַ מְּלָכִ֡ים

  • 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

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

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  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And it came to pass, when all the kings which (a) [were] on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the (b) great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Am...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    These things. The solemn covenant by which the Israelites took possession of Chanaan, (Haydock) and the destruction of two cities of Jericho and Hai. (Calmet) --- The kings on that side of the Jordan,...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • 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 IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN ALL THE KINGS WHICH [WERE] ON THIS SIDE JORDAN,.... On the side Israel now were, and was that in which the land of Canaan lay, and was now governed by many kings, and all tha...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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, t...

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

    _In all the coasts of the great sea_, &c. Some versions render this, _And those along all the coasts of the great sea, and those about Lebanon. Heard thereof_ That is, of the taking of Jericho and Ai,...

  • 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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE GIBEONITES DECEIVE JOSHUA AND THE PRINCES...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, on the west side, in the hills, in the entire mountain country of Canaan, AND IN THE VALLEYS, the lowland toward the south and w...

  • 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

    1,2 Hitherto the Canaanites had defended themselves, but here they consult to attack Israel. Their minds were blinded, and their hearts hardened to their destruction. Though often at enmity with each...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    JOSHUA CHAPTER 9 The kings of Canaan hear of Joshua's exploits; consult together, and conclude to fight against Israel, JOSHUA 9:1,2. The Gibeonites, feigning themselves to be of a far country, obtain...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 9:1-27:1 kings H4428 side H5676 Jordan H3383 hills H2022 lowland H8219 coasts H2348 Great H1419 Sea H3220

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE GENERAL FEAR OF ISRAEL (JOSHUA 9:1). As a result of the news getting around of the presence of the Israelites, and of what they had already done, the independent Canaanite cities became very much...

  • 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 kings _. .. _ on this side Jordan _. .. _ gathered themselves together._ A CANAANITISH LEAGUE I. The characteristics of this league. 1. It was very wide, embracing every tribe in Canaan, those...

  • 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 Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _THE GUILE OF THE GIBEONITES, AND THE LEAGUE WHICH THEY SECURED_ CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 9:1. On this side Jordan]—_Lit_., beyond Jordan; meaning the western side. The historian contemplates the inva...

  • 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

    Deuteronomy 3:25; Deuteronomy 4:49; Deuteronomy 7:1; Exodus 23:23;...

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    Why did Israel honor their contract with the Gibeonites once they discovered they had been deceived? PROBLEM: Joshua 9 records how the Gibeonites deceived Israel into thinking that they were not actua...

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