When the inhabitantsof GibeonheardwhatJoshuahad doneto Jerichoand to Ai,
Now Abnerthe sonof Ner,wentout from Mahanaimto Gibeonwith the servantsof Ish-bosheththe sonof Saul.
and Ishmaiahthe Gibeonite,a mightymanamong the thirty,and overthe thirty.Then Jeremiah,Jahaziel,Johanan,Jozabadthe Gederathite,
Then Solomonand allthe assemblywith him wentto the highplacewhichwas at Gibeon,for God'stentof meetingwas there,whichMosesthe servantof the LORDhad madein the wilderness.
Now in the sameyear,in the beginningof the reignof Zedekiahkingof Judah,in the fourthyear,in the fifthmonth,Hananiahthe sonof Azzur,the prophet,whowas from Gibeon,spoketo me in the houseof the LORDin the presenceof the priestsand allthe people,saying,
Now it cameabout when Adoni-zedekkingof Jerusalemheardthat Joshuahad capturedAi,and had utterlydestroyedit (justas he had doneto Jerichoand its king,sohe had doneto Aiand its king),and that the inhabitantsof Gibeonhad madepeacewith Israeland were withintheir land,
that he fearedgreatly,becauseGibeon[was] a greatcity,like oneof the royalcities,and becauseit was greaterthanAi,and allits men[were] mighty.
Now JoshuacapturedMakkedahon that day,and struckit and its kingwith the edgeof the sword;he utterlydestroyedit and everypersonwhowas in it. He leftnosurvivor.Thus he didto the kingof Makkedahjustas he had doneto the kingof Jericho.
The LORDgaveit alsowith its kinginto the handsof Israel,and he struckit and everypersonwho[was] in it with the edgeof the sword.He leftnosurvivorin it. Thus he didto its kingjustas he had doneto the kingof Jericho.
There was not a citywhichmadepeacewith the sonsof Israelexceptthe Hiviteslivingin Gibeon;they tookthem allin battle.
Gibeonand Ramahand Beeroth,
From the tribeof Benjamin,Gibeonwith its pasturelands,Gebawith its pasturelands,
Then the sonsof Israelsetout and cameto their citieson the thirdday.Now their cities[were] Gibeonand Chephirahand Beerothand Kiriath-jearim.
Then Joshuacalledfor them and spoketo them, saying,"Whyhave you deceivedus, saying,'We are veryfarfrom you,' when you are livingwithinour land?
they alsoactedcraftilyand setout as envoys,and tookworn-outsackson their donkeys,and wineskinsworn-outand tornand mended,
