Joshua 9:15

God's Word

So Joshua made peace with them by making a treaty which allowed them to live. The leaders of the congregation swore to it with an oath.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:2

(The Gibeonites were not a part of Israel but were left over from the Amorites. Although the Israelites had sworn ⌞to spare them⌟, Saul, in his eagerness, tried to destroy them for Israel and Judah.) The king called the Gibeonites

Exodus 23:32

Never make a treaty with them and their gods.

Joshua 10:1

King Adoni Zedek of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and claimed it for the Lord the same way he had destroyed Jericho and its king. He also heard that the people of Gibeon had made peace with the people of Israel and were living with them.

Joshua 10:4

“Come, help me destroy Gibeon because it has made peace with Joshua and the people of Israel.”

Joshua 11:19

Not one city had made a peace treaty with the people of Israel except Gibeon, where the Hivites lived. Israel captured everything in battle.

Joshua 9:16

But three days after the treaty was made, the Israelites heard that these people were their neighbors and lived with them.