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Joshua 9:17 KJV
Joshua · chapter 9 · verse 17
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.Joshua 9:17 · King James Version
Joshua 9:17 in context
15And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
16And 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.
17And 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.
18And 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.
19But 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- journeyednâçaʻproperly, to pull up, especially the tent-pinsH5265 →
- ChephirahKᵉphîyrâhKephirah, a place in PalestineH3716 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- BeerothBᵉʼêrôwthBeeroth, a place in PalestineH881 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- citiesʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
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Here is, I. The treaty soon concluded with the Gibeonites, Jos 9:15. The thing was not done with much formality, but in short, 1. They agreed to let them live, and more the Gibeonites did not ask. In a common war this would have been but a small matter to be granted;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-21