Joshua 9:17

Easy To Read Version

So the people of Israel went to the place where those men lived. On the third day the people of Israel came to the cities of Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.

Cross References

2 Samuel 4:2

Two men went to see to Saul’s son (Ish Bosheth). These two men were captains in the army. They were Recab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon from Beeroth. {(They were Benjamites because the town Beeroth belonged to the family group of Benjamin.

1 Chronicles 12:4

Ishmaiah from the town of Gibeon (Ishmaiah was a hero with the Three Heroes and he was also a leader of the Three Heroes); Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, and Jozabad from the Gederathite people;

1 Chronicles 2:50

This is a list of Caleb’s descendants: [23] Hur was Caleb’s first son. He was born to Ephrathah. Hur’s sons were Shobal, the founder [24] of Kiriath Jearim,

1 Chronicles 2:52

Shobal was the founder [25] of Kiriath Jearim. This is a list of Shobal’s descendants: [26] Haroeh, half the people in Manahti,

1 Chronicles 2:53

and the family groups from Kiriath Jearim. These are the Ithrite people, the Puthite people, the Shumathite people, and the Mishraite people. The Zorathite people and the Eshtaolite people came from the Mishraite people.

Ezra 2:25

from the towns of Kiriath Jearim,\par Kephirah, and Beeroth743\par

Nehemiah 7:29

from the towns of Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth743\par

Jeremiah 26:20

In the past, there was another man that preached the Lord’s message. His name was Uriah. He was the son of a man named Shemaiah. Uriah was from the city of Kiriath Jearim. Uriah preached the same things against this city and this land as Jeremiah did.

Joshua 10:2

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.

Joshua 15:60

The people of Judah were also given the two towns of Rabbah and Kiriath Beth (Kiriath Jearim).

Joshua 15:9

From that place the border went to the spring of water of Nephtoah. Then the border went to the cities near Mount Ephron. At that place the border turned and went to Baalah. (Baalah is also called Kiriath Jearim.)

Joshua 18:14

At the hill south of Beth Horon, the border turned south and went along the west side of the hill. The border went to Kiriath Baal (also called Kiriath Jearim). This town belonged to the people of Judah. This was the western border.

Joshua 18:15

The southern border started near Kiriath Jearim and went to the River of Nephtoah.

Joshua 9:16

Three days later, the people of Israel learned that those men lived very near their camp.

Joshua 9:18

But the army of Israel did not try to fight against those cities. They had made a peace agreement with those people. They had made a promise to the people before the Lord, the God of Israel.

Joshua 9:3

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

Joshua 9:9

The men answered, “We are your servants. We have come from a faraway country. We came because we heard of the great power of the Lord your God. We heard about the things he did. We heard about everything he did in Egypt.

Judges 18:12

On their way to the city of Laish, they stopped near the city of Kiriath Jearim in the land of Judah. They set up a camp there. That is why the place west of Kiriath Jearim is named Mahaneh Dan [135] to this very day.

1 Samuel 7:1

The men of Kiriath Jearim came and took the Lord’s Holy Box. [82] They took the Lord’s Box up the hill to the house of {the priest,} Abinadab. They did a special ceremony to prepare Abinadab’s son, Eleazar, to guard the Lord’s Box.