Joshua 10:2 - Easy To Read Version

² So Adoni Zedek and his people were very scared. Gibeon was not a little town like Ai. Gibeon was a very big city—it was as big as any royal city. [47] And all the men in that city were good fighters. So the king was afraid.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² He feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.

American Standard Version (1901)

² that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.

Common English Bible

² Adoni-zedek and his people were very afraid, because Gibeon was a large city, like one of the royal cities. It was larger than Ai. All its men were soldiers.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² he was very afraid. For Gibeon was a great city, and was one of the royal cities, and was greater than the town of Ai, and all its warriors were very strong.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² He was exceedingly afraid. For Gabaon was a great city, and one of the royal cities, and greater than the town of Hai: and all its fighting men were most valiant.

Joshua 10:2 Cross References

2 Samuel 12:26

Rabbah was the capital city of the Ammonites. Joab fought against Rabbah and captured it.

Proverbs 10:24

An evil person will be defeated by the things he fears. But a good person will get the things that he wants.

Deuteronomy 11:25

No person will be able to stand against you. The Lord your God will make the people fear you wherever you go in that land. That is what the Lord promised you before.

Deuteronomy 2:25

Today I will make all people everywhere afraid of you. They will hear the news about you, and they will be afraid and shake with fear.’

Deuteronomy 28:10

Then all the people in that land will see that you are called by the name of the Lord. And they will be afraid of you.

Hebrews 10:27

If we continue sinning, all we have is fear in waiting for the judgment and the angry fire that will destroy all people who live against God.

Hebrews 10:31

It is a terrible thing \{for a sinful person\} to fall into the hands of the living God.

Joshua 2:24

They said to Joshua, “The Lord really has given us all of the land. All of the people in that country are afraid of us.”

Joshua 9:24

The Gibeonite people answered, “We lied to you because we were afraid you would kill us. We heard that God commanded his servant Moses to give you all of this land. And God told you to kill all the people that lived in this land. That is why we lied to you.

Joshua 9:3

The people from the city of Gibeon heard about the way Joshua had defeated Jericho and Ai.

1 Samuel 27:5

David said to Achish, “If you are pleased with me, then give me a place in one of the country towns. I am only your servant. I should live there, not here with you in this royal city.”