Joshua 9:15

Free Bible Version

Then Joshua made a treaty with them, promising to spare their lives, and the leaders of the assembly swore an oath to guarantee it.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:2

David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke with them. The Gibeonites were not Israelites, but what was left of the Amorites. The Israelites had sworn an oath to them, but in his nationalistic passion for the Israelites and Judah, Saul had tried to wipe them out.

Exodus 23:32

You must not make any agreement with them or with their gods.

Joshua 10:1

Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, learned that Joshua had captured Ai and destroyed the town completely, as he had also done to Jericho, and had killed its king, just as he had the king of Jericho. He also heard that the Gibeonites had made peace with the Israelites and were allied with them.

Joshua 10:4

“Come and help me attack Gibeon because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”

Joshua 11:19

Not a single town made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon. All the rest were conquered in battle.

Joshua 9:16

Three days after they had made the treaty, the Israelites learned that the Gibeonites lived nearby, right among them!