Joshua 9:6 KJV

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.

Thou and Ye

  • ye 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 apply for peaceOther people heard these tidings, and were driven thereby to make war upon Israel; but the Gibeonites were led to make peace with them. Thus the discovery of...

Thompson Chains

  • GilgalSee the chain from Deuteronomy 11:30 · 9 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.
  • 2 Kings 20:14 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon.
  • Deuteronomy 20:11–15 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. …
  • Joshua 9:9 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,
  • Joshua 10:43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.

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Topics

  • Alliances Joshua and the Gibeonites
  • Canaan Conquest of, by the Israelites
  • Confidence Joshua, by the Gibeonites
  • Contracts Scriptures illustrative of the binding force of Contracts
  • Craftiness Gibeonites, in deceiving Joshua and the Israelites into a treaty

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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...
  • GilgalRolling. (1.) From the solemn transaction of the reading of the law in the valley of Shechem between Ebal and Gerizim the Israelites...
  • IsraelThe name conferred on Jacob after the great prayer-struggle at Peniel (Gen 32:28), because “as a prince he had power with God and...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And they went וַיֵּלְכוּ wayyēlĕkû יָלַךְ Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
  • to Joshua יְהוֹשֻׁעַ yĕhôšuaʿ יְהוֹשׁוּעַ Proper name
  • unto the camp אֶל ʾel Preposition אֶל ʾel Preposition הַמַּחֲנֶה hammaḥănê מַחֲנֶה Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the
  • at Gilgal הַגִּלְגָּל haggilgāl גִּלְגָּל Proper name · with the
  • and said וַיֹּאמְרוּ wayyōʾmĕrû אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
  • unto him, and to the men אֵלָיו ʾēlāyw Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular וְאֶל wĕʾel Preposition · with and אִישׁ ʾîš אִישׁ Noun · masculine singular construct
  • of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל yiśrāʾēl יִשְׂרָאֵל Proper name
  • We be come בָּאנוּ bāʾnû בּוֹא Verb · qal perfect, first person common plural
  • from a far רְחוֹקָה rĕḥôqâ רָחוֹק Adjective · feminine singular
  • country מֵאֶרֶץ mēʾereṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with preposition
  • now therefore make וְעַתָּה wĕʿattâ Adverb · with and כִּרְתוּ kirtû כָּרַת Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine plural
  • ye a league לָנוּ lānû Preposition · with suffix: first person common plural בְרִית bĕrît בְּרִית Noun · feminine singular

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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