Joshua 9:8 (KJV)

Thou and Ye

thy one person
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

SubjectionSee the chain from Genesis 25:23 · 8 links

Cross References

Deuteronomy 20:11 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.
2 Kings 10:5 And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
Joshua 9:11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.
Genesis 9:25–26 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. …
Joshua 9:23 Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
Joshua 9:25 And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.
Joshua 9:27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.
1 Kings 9:20–21 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel, …

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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
Deception The Gibeonites, in misrepresenting their habitat
Diplomacy The Gibeonites, in securing a treaty with the Israelites through deception
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
Oath The Israelites confirm the covenant with the Hivites
Treaty Israelites and 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 they said וַיֹּאמְרוּ wayyōʾmĕrû אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
unto Joshua אֶל ʾel Preposition יְהוֹשֻׁעַ yĕhôšuaʿ יְהוֹשׁוּעַ Proper name
We are thy servants עֲבָדֶיךָ ʿăbādêkā עֶבֶד Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular אֲנָחְנוּ ʾănoḥnû Pronoun · first person common plural
And Joshua יְהוֹשֻׁעַ yĕhôšuaʿ יְהוֹשׁוּעַ Proper name
said וַיֹּאמֶר wayyōʾmer אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
unto them, Who are ye? and from whence אֲלֵהֶם ʾălēhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural מִי mî Interrogative אַתֶּם ʾattem Pronoun · second person masculine plural וּמֵאַיִן ûmēʾayin אַיִן Interrogative · with and, preposition
come תָּבֹאוּ tābōʾww בּוֹא Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine plural

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