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Joshua 9:6 KJV
Joshua · chapter 9 · verse 6
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.Joshua 9:6 · King James Version
Joshua 9:6 in context
4They 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;
5And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
6And 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.
7And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
8And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- countryʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- JoshuaYᵉhôwshûwaʻJehoshua , the Jewish leaderH3091 →
- GilgalGilgâlGilgal, the name of three places in PalestineH1537 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- wentyâlakto walkH3212 →
- campmachănehan encampmentH4264 →
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Here, I. The Gibeonites desire to make peace with Israel, being alarmed by the tidings they heard of the destruction of Jericho, Jos 9:3. Other people heard those tidings, and were irritated thereby to make war upon Israel; but the Gibeonites heard them and were induced to make peace with them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 3-14