Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Joshua 9:2
accord. Hebrew "mouth" put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for what is said by it: i.e. one consent.
accord. Hebrew "mouth" put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for what is said by it: i.e. one consent.
IN THE HILLS - See the Numbers 13:17 note. THE VALLEYS - Or “the vale” (the Shephelah, Deuteronomy 1:7), which imports the lowland country between the mountains and the sea coast....
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 League of Kings Against Israel Joshua 9:1-2_ And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the Great Sea over...
_THAT THEY GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER, TO FIGHT WITH JOSHUA AND WITH ISRAEL, WITH ONE ACCORD._ They gathered themselves together to fight ... with one accord. Although divided by separate interests...
9:2 accord. (c-14) Lit. 'mouth.'...
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...
IX. PREPARATIONS OF THE CANAANITES FOR WAR. (1, 2) These verses record the general preparation of the natives of Canaan for the last struggle with Joshua....
וַ יִּֽתְקַבְּצ֣וּ יַחְדָּ֔ו לְ הִלָּחֵ֥ם עִם...
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! observe, how all nations unite against Israel. No doubt, the Hittite and the Amorite, had their jealousies and struggles one among another for preeminence, as well as other people; but, yet 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...
THAT THEY GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER TO FIGHT WITH JOSHUA, AND WITH ISRAEL,.... Not at this time, but they met together to consult what was proper to be done in order to secure themselves, and thei...
That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord. Ver. 2. _That they gathered themselves together, &c._] Herein they showed themselves far wiser than our...
_In all the coasts of the great sea_, &c. Some versions render this, _And those along all the coasts of the great sea, and those about Lebanon. Heard thereof_ That is, of the taking of Jericho and Ai,...
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...
THE GIBEONITES DECEIVE JOSHUA AND THE PRINCES...
that they gathered themselves together, they formed a league, TO FIGHT WITH JOSHUA AND WITH ISRAEL, WITH ONE ACCORD, there being only one opinion expressed among them, namely, that they must maintain...
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...
ACCORD: _ Heb._ mouth...
1,2 Hitherto the Canaanites had defended themselves, but here they consult to attack Israel. Their minds were blinded, and their hearts hardened to their destruction. Though often at enmity with each...
THEY GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER; not actually, as the following history shows; but they entered into a league or confederation to do this....
Joshua 9:2 gathered H6908 (H8691) together H3162 fight H3898 (H8736) Joshua H3091 Israel H3478 one H259 accord...
THE GENERAL FEAR OF ISRAEL (JOSHUA 9:1). As a result of the news getting around of the presence of the Israelites, and of what they had already done, the independent Canaanite cities became very much...
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 kings _. .. _ on this side Jordan _. .. _ gathered themselves together._ A CANAANITISH LEAGUE I. The characteristics of this league. 1. It was very wide, embracing every tribe in Canaan, those...
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...
_THE GUILE OF THE GIBEONITES, AND THE LEAGUE WHICH THEY SECURED_ CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 9:1. On this side Jordan]—_Lit_., beyond Jordan; meaning the western side. The historian contemplates the inva...
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 Chronicles 20:1; Acts 4:26; Isaiah 54:15; Isaiah 8:10; Isaiah 8:12
Together — They entered into a league to do this. Tho' they were many kings of different nations, and doubtless of different interests, often at variance with each other, yet they are all determined t...