Joshua 9:3

¶ And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,

And when the inhabitants {H3427} of Gibeon {H1391} heard {H8085} what Joshua {H3091} had done {H6213} unto Jericho {H3405} and to Ai {H5857},

But when the inhabitants of Giv'ah heard what Y'hoshua had done to Yericho and 'Ai,

But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.

  • Joshua 10:2

    That they feared greatly, because Gibeon [was] a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it [was] greater than Ai, and all the men thereof [were] mighty.

  • Joshua 9:17

    And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities [were] Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim.

  • 2 Samuel 21:1

    ¶ Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, [It is] for Saul, and for [his] bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

  • 2 Samuel 21:2

    And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites [were] not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)

  • Joshua 6:1

    ¶ Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.

  • Joshua 6:27

    So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was [noised] throughout all the country.

  • Joshua 8:1

    ¶ And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land:

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