Joshua 9:16

Holman Christian Standard Bible

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

Cross References

Proverbs 12:19

Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue, only a moment.

Joshua 9:15

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.

Joshua 9:17

So the Israelites set out and reached the Gibeonite cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.

Joshua 9:22

Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said to them, “Why did you deceive us by telling us you live far away from us, when in fact you live among us?

Joshua 9:9

They replied to him, “Your servants have come from a far away land because of the reputation of the Lord your God. For we have heard of His fame, and all that He did in Egypt,