You. The Gabaonites addressed themselves to the first whom they met in the camp; and these made this remark to them before they were brought into the presence of Josue. The Israelites could make no league with the Chanaanites, as with equals, but only on condition that the latter should embrace the true religion, and acknowledge the dominion of the former. (Grotius) (Exodus xxiii. 32., and Deuteronomy vii. 2.)
Verse Joshua 9:7. _PERADVENTURE YE DWELL AMONG US_] It is strange they should have had such a suspicion, as the Gibeonites had acted so artfully; and it is as strange that, having such a suspicion, th...
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9. THE GIBEONITES CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The confederacy of the enemies (Joshua 9:1)_ 2. The deception of the Gibeonites (Joshua 9:3) 3. The failure (Joshua 9:14) 4. The deception discovered ...
JOSHUA 9. THE STRATAGEM OF THE GIBEONITES. This account, though composite, is straightforward enough if Joshua 9:17 be omitted. These verses _give_ an account by the priestly writer in which the princ...
_the Hivites_ Comp. Jos 11:19; 2 Samuel 21:2....
The Embassy of the Gibeonites 3. _of Gibeon_ This city was the head of the four towns occupied by the Hivites, the other three being Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim (Joshua 9:17). It appears to...
_Deceit of the Gibeonites Joshua 9:3-15_ 3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, 4 They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassado...
_AND THE MEN OF ISRAEL SAID UNTO THE HIVITES, PERADVENTURE YE DWELL AMONG US; AND HOW SHALL WE MAKE A_ _ LEAGUE WITH YOU?_ Peradventure ye dwell among us. The answer of the Israelites implied that th...
9:7 I (f-21) Or 'we,' i.e. Israel....
THE LEAGUE WITH THE GIBEONITES Joshua 9 forms an introduction to the narrative of the Southern campaign (Joshua 10). The Gibeonite cities were important enough both politically and geographically (see...
COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 9 THE *ISRAELITES BECOME FRIENDS WITH THEIR...
PERADVENTURE YE DWELL AMONG US; AND HOW SHALL WE MAKE A LEAGUE WITH YOU? — Literally, _Peradventure thou art a dweller in the midst of me; and how shall I make a covenant with thee?_ The Israelites as...
_וַ_†_יֹּ֥אמֶר_† אִֽישׁ ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶל ־הַ חִוִּ֑י...
CHAPTER XVIII. THE STRATAGEM OF THE GIBEONITES. Joshua 9:1. WE now resume the thread of the story interrupted by the narrative of the transaction at Ebal and Gerizim. We learn from the testimony of...
DECEIVED BY THE GIBEONITES Joshua 9:1 The presence of common peril forced the nations of Canaan to combine for self-preservation. Would that the various sections of the visible Church might see thei...
The fame and the dread of the people by this time were spreading far and wide. The kings of Canaan, conscious of their danger, formed a league against the oncoming hosts. However, before they had time...
TROUBLE WITH THE GIBEONITES Joshua 9:1-27; Joshua 10:1-43; Joshua 11:1-23 God had instructed Israel to destroy the Canaanites when they came into the land ...
And the men of Israel said unto the (d) Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you? (d) For the Gibeonites and the Hivites were all one people....
The, deceit which the Gibeonites made use of, blinded the eyes of Israel. And it is astonishing it should, so: for in the close of the defeat of Ai, Joshua caused Israel to hear the command of God, th...
In the wars of Jehovah it was not always a question of hostile power. Indeed this is not the most serious evil which the people of God have to encounter in this world. The very same principle which wa...
But, if such a position as this proclaims the rights of God and manifests the confidence of the people, it soon leads to conflict. The enemy will not consent to the invasion and the taking possession...
AND THE MEN OF ISRAEL SAID UNTO THE HIVITES,.... Though they did not know them to be such, but as they afterwards appeared to be the Hivites, as the Gibeonites were, they are here so called, see Josh...
_And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?_ Ver. 7. _Peradventure ye dwell among us._] _Certe qui caret ne decipiatur, vi c...
_The men of Israel said to the Hivites_ That is, the Gibeonites, who were Hivites, Joshua 11:19. _Peradventure you dwell among us_ That is, in this land, and so are of that people with whom we are for...
1 The kings combine against Israel. 3 The Gibeonites by craft obtaine a League. 16 For which they are condemned to perpetual bondage. 1 AND it came to passe when all the kings which were on this si...
And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, for that is what the Gibeonites were, as the Israelites later found out, PERADVENTURE YE DWELL AMONG US; AND HOW SHALL WE MAKE A LEAGUE WITH YOU? This ques...
THE GIBEONITES DECEIVE JOSHUA AND THE PRINCES...
DECEIVED BY THE GIBEONITES (vs.1-27) The calm deliberation with which the Lord was acting gave time for the forces of the enemy to be marshaled against Israel. Six nations, the Hittites, Amorites, Ca...
3-13 Other 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 the glory and the grace of God in th...
THE HIVITES, i.e. the Gibeonites, who were Hivites, JOSHUA 11:19. AMONG US, i.e. in this land, and so are of that people with whom we are forbidden to make any league or covenant, EXODUS 23:32,33 DEU...
Joshua 9:7 men H376 Israel H3478 said H559 (H8799) Hivites H2340 Perhaps H194 dwell H3427 (H8802) among...
‘ And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps it may be that you dwell among us, and how shall we make a covenant-treaty with you?” The elders of Israel were not fools. They were suspicious. T...
CONTENTS: The league with the Gibeonites. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, ambassadors of the Gibeonites. CONCLUSION: We make more haste than good progress in any business when we do not stop to take God al...
Joshua 9:1. _All the kings to fight with Joshua._ They realized the ancient proverb, _Quem Deus vult perdere, primum dementat._ He whom God destroys is first mad. Joshua 9:4. _Wine bottles, old and re...
_The inhabitants of Gibeon _. .. _ did work wilily._ A CANAANITISH STRATAGEM I. How this device originated. 1. Their wisdom suggested it. The selfsame facts suggest different courses of action to th...
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 9:1 Having failed to consult the Lord, Israel is tricked into making a peace covenant with the Gibeonites. The Gibeonites claimed to be from a “distant country” (v. Joshua 9:6) b...
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 9:7 The HIVITES are included in the lists of Deuteronomy 20:17 (those to be devoted “to complete destruction”) and...
JOSHUA 9:3. THE INHABITANTS OF GIBEON] “Gibeon was a city situated, as its name indicates, upon a hill. It was about forty stadia from Jerusalem, according to _Josephus_, _Ant_. vii. 11. 7 (50 accordi...
EXPOSITION THE GIBEONITES.— JOSHUA 9:1 AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN ALL THE KINGS. According to the explanation given above (Joshua 6:5, Joshua 6:15) of the
This time shall we turn to the book of Joshua, chapter nine as we begin our study this evening. Now the children of Israel had conquered Jericho and Ai, which were strong cities. The kings that were i...
Deuteronomy 20:16; Deuteronomy 7:2; Deuteronomy 7:3; Exodus 23:31;...
The Hivites — That is, the Gibeonites who were Hivites, Joshua 11:19. Among us — That is, in this land, and so are of that people with whom we are forbidden to make any league or covenant....