And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
Ver. 15. And Joshua made peace with them.] This was not without the Lord; who, as he glorified his justice in rooting out the rest of the Amorites, so he manifested his mercy in saving these Gibeonites from that general deluge of destruction.
Verse Joshua 9:15. _JOSHUA MADE PEACE WITH THEM_] Joshua agreed to receive them into a friendly connection with the Israelites, and to respect their lives and properties; and the elders of Israel bou...
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 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...
DISCOURSE: 252 JOSHUA’S LEAGUE WITH GIBEON Joshua 9:15. _And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live._ IT is not uncommon for persons to harden themselves against G...
_VER._ 15. _AND JOSHUA_— With the advice of the elders, who were deceived as well as himself, _made peace with them,_ &c. That is, he not only preserved their lives, (for, supposing the Gibeonites 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 JOSHUA MADE PEACE WITH THEM, AND MADE A LEAGUE WITH THEM, TO LET THEM LIVE: AND THE PRINCES OF THE CONGREGATION SWARE UNTO THEM._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
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...
וַ יַּ֨עַשׂ לָהֶ֤ם יְהֹושֻׁ֨עַ֙ שָׁלֹ֔ום וַ י
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 ...
Reader! do not fail to behold your own interest and concern in this history. Are you come, as the men of Gibeon, to seek peace in Jesus? And hath your Almighty Joshua made peace with you, and entered...
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 JOSHUA MADE PEACE WITH THEM,.... Upon the report the princes made of having examined what they had said, and which they found to be true, particularly concerning their victuals: AND MADE A LEAGUE...
_Joshua made a league with them to let them live_ Not merely, it seems, to spare their lives, which, supposing them to belong to a far country, they had no warrant to take away, but to let them contin...
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 Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to their advantage, TO LET THEM LIVE; AND THE PRINCES OF THE CONGREGATION SWARE UNTO THEM. In the entire transaction Joshua and the heads...
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...
14-21 The Israelites, having examined the provisions of the Gibeonites, hastily concluded that they confirmed their account. We make more haste than good speed, when we stay not to take God with us,...
TO LET THEM LIVE, i.e. that they would not destroy them. Some question whether this league was lawful and obliging, because it is contrary to a positive and precedent law of God, by which they were en...
Joshua 9:15 Joshua H3091 made H6213 (H8799) peace H7965 made H3772 (H8799) covenant H1285 live H2421 ...
‘ And Joshua made peace with them, and made a treaty-covenant with them, to let them live. And the princes of the congregation swore to them.' Following up the token eating of their food to indicate a...
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...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 9:8. We are thy servants] This was not a declaration of fealty, but is rather to be read as an expression of courtesy (Genesis 32:4; Genesis 1:18), very adroitly introduced to...
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...
2 Samuel 21:2; Deuteronomy 20:10; Deuteronomy 20:11; Jeremiah 18:7;...
To let them live — That is, they should not destroy them. That this league was lawful and obliging, appears, Because Joshua and all the princes, upon the review concluded it so to be, and spared them...