Joshua 9:15 - Revised Standard Version CI And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the leaders of the congregation swore to them. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Joshua made peace with them, covenanting with them to let them live, and the assembly's leaders swore to them. American Standard Version (1901) And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them. Common English Bible Joshua made peace with them. He made a treaty with them to protect their lives. The leaders of the community made a solemn pledge to them. Catholic Public Domain Version And Joshua made peace with them, and entering into a pact, he promised that they would not be put to death. The leaders of the multitude also swore to them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Josue made peace with them, and entering into a league promised that they should not be slain: the princes also of the multitude swore to them. |
So the king called the Gibeonites. Now the Gibeonites were not of the people of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; although the people of Israel had sworn to spare them, Saul had sought to slay them in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.
When Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it, doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king, and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them,
“Come up to me, and help me, and let us smite Gibeon; for it has made peace with Joshua and with the people of Israel.”
There was not a city that made peace with the people of Israel, except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon; they took all in battle.
At the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they dwelt among them.