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, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;
all the kings: Joshua 10:2-5, Joshua 10:23, Joshua 10:28-39, Joshua 11:1-5, Joshua 11:10, Joshua 11:11, Joshua 12:7-24
on this: Joshua 1:15, Joshua 3:17, Joshua 5:1, Joshua 22:4, Joshua 22:7, Deuteronomy 4:49
of the great: Joshua 1:4, Joshua 15:12, Joshua 23:4, Numbers 34:6
Lebanon: Joshua 11:17, Joshua 12:7, Joshua 13:5, Deuteronomy 3:25
Hittite: Joshua 24:11, Genesis 15:18-21, Exodus 3:17, Exodus 23:23, Exodus 23:31, Exodus 34:11, Deuteronomy 7:1
Reciprocal: Exodus 3:8 - Canaanites Deuteronomy 1:1 - on this Joshua 6:27 - his fame Joshua 10:5 - General Joshua 11:16 - hills Joshua 12:8 - the Hittites Judges 3:5 - Canaanites 1 Chronicles 1:13 - Heth Nehemiah 9:8 - the Canaanites
That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
gathered: 2 Chronicles 20:1-30, Psalms 2:1, Psalms 2:2, Psalms 83:2-8, Proverbs 11:21, Isaiah 8:9, Isaiah 8:10, Isaiah 8:12, Isaiah 54:15, Joel 3:9-13, Acts 4:26-28, Revelation 16:14, Revelation 20:8, Revelation 20:9
accord: Heb. mouth
Reciprocal: Joshua 10:5 - General 2 Chronicles 18:12 - assent
And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
Gibeon: Joshua 9:17, Joshua 10:2, 2 Samuel 21:1, 2 Samuel 21:2
Jericho: Joshua 6:1-27, Joshua 8:1-35
Reciprocal: Joshua 6:27 - his fame Joshua 11:19 - the Hivites Joshua 21:17 - Gibeon 2 Samuel 2:12 - Gibeon 1 Kings 3:4 - Gibeon 1 Chronicles 12:4 - Gibeonite Nehemiah 3:7 - the Gibeonite
They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;
work wilily: Genesis 34:13, 1 Kings 20:31-33, Matthew 10:16, Luke 16:8
ambassadors: The word tzir, an ambassador, properly denotes a hinge; because an ambassador is a person upon whom the business turns as upon a hinge. So the Latin Cardinalis, from cardo, a hinge, was the title of the prime minister of the emperor Theodosius, though now applied only to the Pope's electors and counsellors.
wine bottles: These bottles being made of skin, were consequently liable to be rent, and capable of being mended; which is done, according to Chardin, by putting in a piece, or by gathering up the wounded piece in the manner of a purse; and sometimes by inserting a flat piece of wood. Psalms 119:83, Matthew 9:17, Mark 2:22, Luke 5:37, Luke 5:38
Reciprocal: Joshua 9:12 - our bread
And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
old shoes: Joshua 9:13, Deuteronomy 29:5, Deuteronomy 33:25, Luke 15:22
clouted: The word clouted signifies here patched, from the Anglo-Saxon clut, a clout or rag; and not nailed from the French clou, a nail.
Reciprocal: Joshua 9:12 - our bread
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.
the camp: Joshua 5:10, Joshua 10:43
We be: Joshua 9:9, Deuteronomy 20:11-15, 1 Kings 8:41, 2 Kings 20:14
make ye: Kirthoo lanoo berith, "cut or divide with us a covenant," or rather the covenant sacrifice offered on these occasions. - See note on Deuteronomy 29:12.
Reciprocal: Joshua 9:22 - We are Joshua 10:6 - to the camp Ezra 10:3 - let us make Isaiah 39:3 - They are Ezekiel 16:14 - thy renown Hebrews 9:20 - testament
And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
Hivites: Joshua 11:19, Genesis 10:17, Genesis 34:2, Exodus 3:8
how shall: Exodus 23:31-33, Exodus 34:12, Numbers 33:52, Deuteronomy 7:2, Deuteronomy 7:3, Deuteronomy 20:16, Judges 2:2
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 34:18 - when
And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
From a: Deuteronomy 20:15
because: 1 Kings 8:41, 2 Chronicles 6:32, 2 Chronicles 6:33, Nehemiah 9:5, Psalms 72:19, Psalms 83:18, Psalms 148:13, Isaiah 55:5, Acts 8:7
we have: Joshua 9:24, Joshua 2:9, Joshua 2:10, Exodus 9:16, Exodus 15:14, Numbers 14:15, Isaiah 66:19
Reciprocal: Exodus 18:1 - done Joshua 6:27 - his fame Joshua 9:6 - We be Joshua 9:22 - We are 1 Kings 8:42 - For they shall 2 Kings 5:15 - now I know 2 Kings 20:14 - a far country 1 Chronicles 19:19 - the servants 2 Chronicles 20:29 - they had heard Psalms 77:14 - thou hast Psalms 126:2 - then said Psalms 145:6 - And men Isaiah 33:13 - Hear Isaiah 39:3 - They are Isaiah 60:9 - unto Ezekiel 20:9 - in whose Romans 9:17 - that
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.
two kings: Numbers 21:24-35, Deuteronomy 2:30-37, Deuteronomy 3:1-7
Ashtaroth: Joshua 12:4, Deuteronomy 1:4, 1 Chronicles 6:71
Reciprocal: Numbers 21:33 - Og Deuteronomy 1:1 - on this Joshua 9:22 - We are 1 Kings 8:42 - For they shall Psalms 77:14 - thou hast Psalms 126:2 - then said Psalms 145:6 - And men Isaiah 33:13 - Hear Jeremiah 30:15 - Why Ezekiel 20:9 - in whose
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 make ye a league with us.
our elders: Esther 8:17
Take: Joshua 1:11, Matthew 10:9, Matthew 10:10, Luke 9:3
with you: Heb. in your hand, Genesis 43:12
We are your: Joshua 9:8, Esther 8:17
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 10:5 - We are thy servants Jeremiah 30:15 - Why
This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:
our bread: Joshua 9:4, Joshua 9:5
And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 29:5 - and thy shoe Joshua 9:5 - old shoes Mark 2:22 - bottles Luke 5:37 - old
And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.
the men took of their victuals: or, they received the men by reason of their victuals
asked not: Exodus 28:30, Numbers 27:21, Judges 1:1, Judges 20:18, Judges 20:28, 1 Samuel 14:18, 1 Samuel 14:19, 1 Samuel 22:10, 1 Samuel 23:9-12, 1 Samuel 30:7, 1 Samuel 30:8, 2 Samuel 2:1, 2 Samuel 5:19, 1 Chronicles 10:13, 1 Chronicles 10:14, Ezra 8:21, Proverbs 3:5, Proverbs 3:6, Isaiah 30:1, Isaiah 30:2, James 1:5
Reciprocal: Exodus 23:32 - shalt make Judges 20:7 - give here 1 Samuel 23:2 - inquired 1 Samuel 25:13 - Gird ye 1 Kings 22:5 - Inquire 2 Kings 3:11 - that we may 1 Chronicles 17:2 - Do all 2 Chronicles 35:22 - the mouth Luke 9:50 - Forbid 1 Timothy 5:22 - suddenly
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
made peace: Joshua 2:12-19, Joshua 6:22-25, Joshua 11:19, Deuteronomy 20:10, Deuteronomy 20:11, 2 Samuel 21:2, Jeremiah 18:7, Jeremiah 18:8
and the: 2 Samuel 21:2
Reciprocal: Leviticus 5:4 - to do evil Joshua 9:21 - as the princes Joshua 10:1 - how the Joshua 10:4 - we may Joshua 10:6 - from thy 1 Samuel 30:15 - Swear 2 Chronicles 36:13 - who had Esther 9:27 - and upon their seed Hebrews 6:16 - an oath
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 neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.
that they heard: Proverbs 12:19
Reciprocal: Joshua 9:22 - ye dwell
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.
Gibeon: Joshua 10:2, Joshua 18:25-28, 1 Chronicles 21:29, 2 Chronicles 1:3, Ezra 2:25, Nehemiah 7:29
Kirjathjearim: Joshua 15:9, Joshua 15:60, Joshua 18:14, 1 Samuel 7:1, 1 Chronicles 13:5, 1 Chronicles 13:6, 2 Chronicles 1:4
Reciprocal: Joshua 9:3 - Gibeon Joshua 18:26 - Chephirah 2 Samuel 4:2 - Beeroth 1 Chronicles 12:4 - Gibeonite
And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.
had sworn: 2 Samuel 21:7, Psalms 15:4, Ecclesiastes 5:2, Ecclesiastes 5:6, Ecclesiastes 9:2
Reciprocal: Genesis 24:39 - Peradventure Deuteronomy 7:2 - make no Joshua 2:12 - swear Joshua 6:22 - as ye sware unto her
But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.
We have: Joshua 9:20, Ecclesiastes 8:2, Ecclesiastes 9:2, Jeremiah 4:2
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 30:15 - Swear 2 Chronicles 16:3 - break 2 Chronicles 36:13 - who had
This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
lest wrath: 2 Samuel 21:1-6, 2 Chronicles 36:13, Proverbs 20:25, Ezekiel 17:12-21, Zechariah 5:3, Zechariah 5:4, Malachi 3:5, Romans 1:31, 1 Timothy 1:10
Reciprocal: Genesis 24:8 - clear Exodus 20:7 - guiltless Joshua 9:19 - We have 1 Samuel 30:15 - Swear 2 Chronicles 16:3 - break Ezekiel 17:16 - whose oath
And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.
let them: Joshua 9:23, Joshua 9:27, Deuteronomy 29:11, 2 Chronicles 2:17, 2 Chronicles 2:18
as the princes: Joshua 9:15
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 9:2 - the Nethinims Ezra 2:58 - Nethinims
And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?
Wherefore: Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 27:35, Genesis 27:36, Genesis 27:41-45, Genesis 29:25, 2 Corinthians 11:3
We are: Joshua 9:6, Joshua 9:9, Joshua 9:10
ye dwell: Joshua 9:16
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 20:11 - tributaries
Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
Genesis 9:25, Genesis 9:26, Leviticus 27:28, Leviticus 27:29
cursed: This may refer to the original curse pronounced against the descendants of Canaan: both of them seem to have implied nothing else than perpetual slavery. The Gibeonites were brought, no doubt, under tribute; performed the meanest offices for the Israelites; being in the same condition as the servile class of Hindoos, called the Chetrees; had their national importance annihilated, and yet were never permitted to incorporate themselves with the Israelites.
none of you be freed: Heb. not be cut off from you
hewers: In the East, collecting wood for fuel, and carrying water, are the peculiar employment of females. The Arab women of Barbary, and the daughters of the Turcomans, are thus employed. Hence Mr. Harmer concludes, that the bitterness of the doom of the Gibeonites does not seem to have consisted in the labouriousness of the service enjoined them, but its disgracing them from the characteristic employment of men, that of bearing arms, and condemning them and their posterity for ever to the employment of females. Joshua 9:21, Joshua 9:27
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 20:11 - tributaries Joshua 9:8 - General 1 Chronicles 20:3 - with saws Ezra 2:58 - Nethinims Nehemiah 7:46 - Nethinims Esther 7:4 - But if we Psalms 123:2 - as the eyes Galatians 1:8 - let
And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
the Lord: Exodus 23:31-33, Numbers 33:51, Numbers 33:52, Numbers 33:55, Numbers 33:56, Deuteronomy 7:1, Deuteronomy 7:2, Deuteronomy 7:23, Deuteronomy 7:24, Deuteronomy 20:15-17
we were sore: Exodus 15:14-16, Job 2:4, Matthew 10:28
Reciprocal: Numbers 22:3 - General Deuteronomy 2:25 - General Deuteronomy 2:34 - utterly destroyed Deuteronomy 20:16 - General Joshua 6:21 - utterly Joshua 9:9 - we have Joshua 10:6 - from thy Joshua 10:40 - as the Lord Joshua 11:12 - as Moses 2 Kings 5:15 - now I know 2 Kings 10:5 - We are thy servants 1 Chronicles 14:17 - the fear of him Isaiah 27:5 - let him Micah 7:17 - they shall be Habakkuk 3:7 - saw the Luke 15:19 - make
And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.
we are: Genesis 16:6, Judges 8:15, 2 Samuel 24:14, Isaiah 47:6, Jeremiah 26:14, Jeremiah 38:5
as it seemeth: Judges 10:15, 1 Samuel 3:18, Matthew 11:26
Reciprocal: Joshua 6:21 - utterly Joshua 9:8 - General Joshua 10:6 - from thy 2 Kings 10:5 - We are thy servants Isaiah 27:5 - let him Luke 15:19 - make
And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.
And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.
made them: Heb. gave, or delivered to be, Joshua 9:21, Joshua 9:23, 1 Chronicles 9:2, Ezra 2:43, Ezra 8:20, Nehemiah 7:60, Nehemiah 11:3, Nethinim
in the place: Joshua 18:1, Deuteronomy 12:5, Deuteronomy 16:2, Deuteronomy 16:6, Deuteronomy 16:16, 2 Chronicles 6:6, Psalms 78:68, Psalms 132:13, Psalms 132:14, Isaiah 14:32
Reciprocal: Genesis 9:25 - a servant Deuteronomy 20:11 - tributaries Deuteronomy 20:16 - General Joshua 9:8 - General Ezra 2:58 - Nethinims Nehemiah 10:34 - the wood offering Psalms 123:2 - as the eyes Ezekiel 48:18 - that serve