Joshua 10:6 KJV

And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.

Matthew Henry

  • Five kings war against GibeonWhen sinners leave the service of Satan and the friendship of the world, that they make peace with God and join Israel, they must not marvel if the world...

Thompson Chains

  • GilgalSee the chain from Deuteronomy 11:30 · 9 links
  • AmoritesSee the chain from Genesis 10:16 · 10 links

Cross References

  • Joshua 5:10 And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
  • Joshua 9:6 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.
  • Deuteronomy 1:15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
  • Joshua 9:15 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.
  • Joshua 9:24–25 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. …

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Topics

  • Adoni-zedek A king of Jerusalem
  • Amorites Kings of
  • Armies Joshua, against the Amorites
  • Canaan Conquest of, by the Israelites
  • Debir 1. King of Eglon

Timeline

Bible Dictionary

  • GibeonHill-city, “one of the royal cities, greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty” (Josh 10:2). Its inhabitants were Hivites...
  • JoshuaJehovah is his help, or Jehovah the Saviour. The son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, the successor of Moses as the leader of Israel. He...
  • GilgalRolling. (1.) From the solemn transaction of the reading of the law in the valley of Shechem between Ebal and Gerizim the Israelites...
  • AmoritesHighlanders, or hillmen, the name given to the descendants of one of the sons of Canaan (Gen 14:7), called Amurra or Amurri in the...

Strong’s Numbers

  • And the men אֱנוֹשׁ ʼĕnôwsh
  • of Gibeon גִּבְעוֹן Gibʻôwn
  • sent שָׁלַח shâlach
  • unto Joshua יְהוֹשׁוּעַ Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ
  • to the camp מַחֲנֶה machăneh
  • to Gilgal גִּלְגָּל Gilgâl
  • saying אָמַר ʼâmar
  • Slack רָפָה râphâh
  • not thy hand יָד yâd
  • from thy servants עֶבֶד ʻebed
  • come up עָלָה ʻâlâh
  • to us quickly מְהֵרָה mᵉhêrâh
  • and save יָשַׁע yâshaʻ
  • us, and help עָזַר ʻâzar
  • us: for all the kings מֶלֶךְ melek
  • of the Amorites אֱמֹרִי ʼĔmôrîy
  • that dwell יָשַׁב yâshab
  • in the mountains הַר har
  • are gathered together קָבַץ qâbats

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