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Joshua 10:2 KJV
Joshua · chapter 10 · verse 2
That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.Joshua 10:2 · King James Version
Joshua 10:2 in context
1Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;
2That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.
3Wherefore Adonizedec king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,
4Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- greatlymᵉʼôdproperly, vehemenceH3966 →
- fearedyârêʼto fearH3372 →
- GibeonGibʻôwnGibon, a place in PalestineH1391 →
- greatgâdôwlgreatH1419 →
- royalmamlâkâhdominionH4467 →
- cityʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
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Joshua and the hosts of Israel had now been a good while in the land of Canaan, and no great matters were effected; they were made masters of Jericho by a miracle, of Ai by stratagem, and of Gibeon by surrender, and that was all;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6