Joshua Chapter 9 verse 3 Holy Bible

ASV Joshua 9:3

But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
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BBE Joshua 9:3

And the men of Gibeon, hearing what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
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DARBY Joshua 9:3

And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,
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KJV Joshua 9:3

And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
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WBT Joshua 9:3

And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,
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WEB Joshua 9:3

But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,
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YLT Joshua 9:3

And the inhabitants of Gibeon have heard that which Joshua hath done to Jericho and to Ai,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - The inhabitants of Gibeon. That is, of a confederation of cities (see ver. 17), of which Gibeon was the head. Gibeon was a city of some importance (Joshua 10:2). Though it was for size and importance "as one of the royal cities," we hear nothing of a king there. Hengstenberg, in his history, describes it (p. 227) as "eine freie Stadt," with daughter cities dependent on it. In fact, the Phoenician cities (see Introduction) seem to have had as great a variety of constitution as those of ancient Greece. Its inhabitants were Hivites (ver. 7, and Joshua 11:19). Its name (compare Gibeah and גִבְעָה a hill) signifies hill city, like the termination dunum in Latin, as Lugdunum, or Lyons; dune in Anglo-Saxon, as Ethandune. Compare also Dunkirk. Robinson, in his 'Biblical Researches,' 2:135-9, identifies it with el-Jib, a village on an eminence in the midst of a fertile plain, where the remains of large buildings may still be seen. (So Vandevelde and Condor.) "Onely the Hivites are wiser than their fellowes, and will rather yeeld and live. Their intelligence was not diverse from the rest; all had equally heard of the miraculous conduct and successe of Israel; but their resolution was diverse. As Rahab saved her family in the midst of Jericho, so these foure cities preserved themselves in the midst of Canaan; and both of them by beleeving what God would do. The efficacie of God's marvellous works is not in the acts themselves, but in our apprehension" (Bp. Hall).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersTHE GIBEONITES MAKE PEACE WITH JOSHUA (Joshua 9:3-27).(3) The inhabitants of Gibeon.--Hivites, as appears by Joshua 9:7. Gibeon was one member of a tetrapolis, or community of four cities, as is seen in Joshua 9:17. Their deception of Joshua and the Israelites on this occasion is a curious compensation for what was done by Simeon and Levi to the Hivites long before, when Jacob first came to Shechem from Padan-Aram (see Genesis 34). On that occasion, the inhabitants of a single city of the Hivites were put to the sword by Israel, by means of a stratagem; on this occasion, a stratagem saved four Hivite cities from destruction by Israel's sword.