Joshua 9:15

Holman Christian Standard Bible

So Joshua established peace with them and made a treaty to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:2

The Gibeonites were not Israelites but rather a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but Saul had tried to kill them in his zeal for the Israelites and Judah. So David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them.

Exodus 23:32

You must not make a covenant with them or their gods.

Joshua 10:1

Now Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and completely destroyed it, treating Ai and its king as he had Jericho and its king, and that the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living among them.

Joshua 10:4

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

Joshua 11:19

No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites who inhabited Gibeon; all of them were taken in battle.

Joshua 9:16

Three days after making the treaty with them, they heard that the Gibeonites were their neighbors, living among them.