Joshua 9:22 (KJV)

Words Then and Now

spake spoke Still heard today: Thus Spake Zarathustra, the famous opening music of 2001: A Space Odyssey Webster’s 1828 · Speak
Wherefore why; therefore Still heard today: the whys and wherefores, the reasons Webster’s 1828 · Wherefore

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Thou and Ye

ye, you more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

The Gibeonites are to be bondmenThe Gibeonites do not justify their lie, but plead that they did it to save their lives. And the fear was not merely of the power of man; one might flee from...

Cross References

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.
Joshua 9:16 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.
Genesis 3:13–14 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. …
Genesis 27:35–36 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing. …
Genesis 27:41–45 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. …
Genesis 29:25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
Joshua 9:9–10 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, …
2 Corinthians 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

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Topics

Alliances Joshua and the Gibeonites
Canaan Conquest of, by the Israelites
Contracts Scriptures illustrative of the binding force of Contracts
Falsehood The Gibeonites, ambassadors, in the deception they perpetrated upon Joshua and the elders of Israel in leading them to believe that they...
Gibeon The people of, adroitly draw Joshua into a treaty
God Victories over the Canaanites under Joshua
Israel Make a treaty with the Gibeonites
Joshua Makes a treaty with the Gibeonites
Kirjath-Jearim Inhabitants of, who were not struck down, on account of the covenant made by the Israelites with the Gibeonites, but put under servitude
Magnanimity Joshua and the elders of Israel to the Gibeonites who had deceived the Israelites
Servant Gibeonites

Timeline

Timeline of the Bible1451–1443 BC · Joshua

Bible Dictionary

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...

Hebrew and Strong’s

And Joshua לָהֶם lāhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural יְהוֹשֻׁעַ yĕhôšuaʿ יְהוֹשׁוּעַ Proper name
called וַיִּקְרָא wayyiqrāʾ קָרָא Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
for them, and he spake וַיְדַבֵּר waydabbēr דָבַר Verb · piel sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
unto them, saying אֲלֵיהֶם ʾălêhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural לֵאמֹר lēʾmōr אָמַר Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition
Wherefore have ye beguiled לָמָּה lāmmâ Interrogative · with preposition רִמִּיתֶם rimmîtem רָמָה Verb · piel perfect, second person masculine plural
us, saying אֹתָנוּ ʾōtānû Object marker · with suffix: first person common plural לֵאמֹר lēʾmōr אָמַר Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition
We are very אֲנַחְנוּ ʾănaḥnû Pronoun · first person common plural מְאֹד mĕʾōd מְאֹד Adverb
far רְחוֹקִים rĕḥôqîm רָחוֹק Adjective · masculine plural
from you; when ye dwell וְאַתֶּם wĕʾattem Pronoun · second person masculine plural · with and יֹשְׁבִים yōšĕbîm יָשַׁב Verb · qal active participle, masculine plural
among מִכֶּם mikkem Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine plural בְּקִרְבֵּנוּ bĕqirbēnû קֶרֶב Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: first person common plural

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