"Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with youb for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us."
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Verse Joshua 9:11. _WHEREFORE OUR ELDERS, C._] All this, and what
follows to the end of verse Joshua 9:13, was _false_, contrived merely
for the purpose of deceiving the Israelites, and this they did...
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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 (Joshua 9:16...
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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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WITH YOU, Hebrew in your hand,...
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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._ 9-13. _AND THEY SAID UNTO HIM, FROM A VERY FAR COUNTRY THY
SERVANTS ARE COME,_ &C.— Nothing can be more artful than this answer
of the Gibeonites, to the prudent and close questions put by Josh...
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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 ALL THAT HE DID TO THE TWO KINGS OF THE AMORITES, THAT WERE
BEYOND JORDAN, TO SIHON KING OF HESHBON, AND TO OG KING OF BASHAN,
WHICH WAS AT ASHTAROTH._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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 (se...
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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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וַ יֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלֵ֡ינוּ
זְֽקֵינֵינוּ֩ וְ כָל ־יֹשְׁבֵ֨י
אַרְצֵ֜נוּ לֵ אמֹ֗ר קְח֨וּ בְ
יֶדְכֶ֤ם צֵידָה֙...
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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 tim...
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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 (Deuteronomy 7:1-6; Deuteronomy 20:16-17). T...
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The, deceit which the Gibeonites made use of, blinded the eyes of
Israel. And it is astonishing it should, so: for in the close of the
defeat of Ai, Joshua caused Israel to hear the command of God, th...
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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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WHEREFORE OUR ELDERS, AND ALL THE INHABITANTS OF OUR COUNTRY,
SPAKE UNTO US,.... They suggest, that their senate, or the states of
their country, their principal men were convened, and that it was th...
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Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to
us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet
them, and say unto them, We [are] your servants: therefore now m...
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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 GIBEONITES DECEIVE JOSHUA AND THE PRINCES...
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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, C...
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WITH YOU:
_ Heb._ in your hand...
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Joshua 9:11 elders H2205 inhabitants H3427 (H8802) country H776 spoke
H559 (H8799) saying H559 (H8800) Take H3947 (H8798) provisions H6720
you H3027 journey H1870 go H3212 (H8798) meet H7125 (H8800) s...
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“ That is why our elders, and all the inhabitants of our country,
spoke to us saying, “Take provisions in your hand for the journey,
and go to meet them, and say to them, ‘We are your servants'. And
n...
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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 r...
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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 9:8. We are thy servants] This was not a declaration of fealty,
but is rather to be read as an expression of courtesy (Genesis 32:4;
Genesis 1:18), very adroitly introduced to...
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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 particle כwith the
infinitive, this must mea...
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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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Esther 8:17; Genesis 43:12; Joshua 1:11; Joshua 9:8; Luke 9:3; Matthew
10:10; Matthew 10:9...