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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joshua 9:1-27

Victory in central Canaan (8:1-9:27)Now that the Israelites had removed the cause of their defeat, God promised Joshua victory over Ai. He added that on this occasion the Israelites could keep the plunder for themselves (8:1-2).Even with God’s assurance of victory, Joshua planned the attack thoroughly. One company of soldiers was to draw the men of Ai out of the city to fight, then a second company would come out of hiding to attack Ai from the rear (3-9). The plan worked perfectly. When the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 9:3

inhabitants. The Gibeonires were Hivites (Joshua 9:7 ), condemned to extermination as mixed with the descendants of the Nephilim ( App-26 ). Exodus 23:32 ; Exodus 34:12-15 .Numbers 33:51-56 . Deuteronomy 7:1 , Deuteronomy 7:2 ; Deuteronomy 20:16 . They were aware of this. Hence their mission; by which they exposed themselves to the enmity of the other nations (Joshua 10:1-4 ). Gibeon = High place. About six and a half miles from Beth-el, eight miles north-north-west of Jerusalem. what. Some... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Joshua 9:3

"But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, they also did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-skins, old, and rent, and bound up, and old and patched shoes upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provisions was dry and was become mouldy. And they went to Joshua and the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We are come from a... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 9:3

Ver. 3. And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard, &c.— The city of Gibeon, which was much more considerable than Ai, was, according to Eusebius and St. Jerome, the capital of the country of the Hivites. Eusebius adds, that in his time there was a village of this name four miles to the west of Beth-el. Gibeon afterwards fell to the lot of the tribe of Benjamin, and was assigned to the priests. See chap. Joshua 18:25 Joshua 21:17. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Joshua 9:3

3-15. when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard—This town, as its name imports, was situated on a rocky eminence, about six miles northwest from Jerusalem, where the modern village of El Jib now stands. It was the capital of the Hivites, and a large important city (Joshua 10:2). It seems to have formed, in union with a few other towns in the neighborhood, a free independent state (Joshua 10:2- :) and to have enjoyed a republican government (Joshua 10:2- :). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 9:1-27

5. The treaty with the Gibeonites ch. 9The residents of the town of Gibeon decided that if they could not defeat the Israelites they would join them. This has been a strategy that enemies of believers have employed for centuries (cf. Numbers 25:1-2). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 9:3-5

Gibeon stood seven miles south of Bethel. It was "one of the largest towns in the central part of Canaan," [Note: Keil and Delitzsch, p. 95.] larger than Ai (Joshua 10:2), and possibly the Hivite capital. [Note: Bush, p. 99.] It later became a Levitical town (Joshua 18:25; Joshua 21:17). The Israelites eventually pitched the tabernacle there, and it remained at that site until Solomon built his temple (1 Kings 3:4-5; 1 Chronicles 16:39; 1 Chronicles 21:29). Hivites inhabited Gibeon at the time... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 9:1-24

In Joshua 9-11 inclusive we have the account of two great campaigns, in which Joshua successively defeats a confederacy of the petty kings of southern Palestine under the king of Jerusalem, and a combination of the northern chiefs under Jabin, king of Hazor. Joshua 12 concludes the narrative of the conquest, with a summary of the successes of Moses on the E. and of Joshua on the W. of Jordan. Critics have been much exercised by the apparent contrast of this narrative of the invasion with that... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 9:1-27

The League with the GibeonitesJoshua 9 forms an introduction to the narrative of the Southern campaign (Joshua 10). The Gibeonite cities were important enough both politically and geographically (see on Joshua 9:17 and Joshua 10:2) for their defection to frighten the surrounding kinglets into concerted action against Israel.1, 2. The petty kings combine against Israel.3. Gibeon] 2 m. N. of Jerusalem. For its importance see on Joshua 10:2, Joshua 10:10. 14. Took of their victuals] thus accepting... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 9:3

THE 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 34:0). On that occasion, the inhabitants of a single city of the... read more

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joshua 9:1-27

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 9:3

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Joshua 9:3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 9:3

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Joshua 9:3

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 9:1-27

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 9:3-5

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 9:1-24

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 9:1-27

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 9:3

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