Joshua 10:6

New English Translation

The men of Gibeon sent this message to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, “Do not abandon your subjects! Rescue us! Help us! For all the Amorite kings living in the hill country are attacking us.”

Cross References

2 Kings 4:24

She saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Lead on. Do not stop unless I say so.”

Psalm 125:2

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, now and forevermore.

Isaiah 33:22

For the Lord, our ruler, the Lord, our commander, the Lord, our king – he will deliver us.

Numbers 13:29

The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan.”

Luke 1:39

In those days Mary got up and went hurriedly into the hill country, to a town of Judah,

Deuteronomy 1:15

So I chose as your tribal leaders wise and well-known men, placing them over you as administrators of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and also as other tribal officials.

Joshua 10:5

So the five Amorite kings (the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon) and all their troops gathered together and advanced. They deployed their troops and fought against Gibeon.

Joshua 10:7

So Joshua and his whole army, including the bravest warriors, marched up from Gilgal.

Joshua 21:11

They assigned them Kiriath Arba (Arba was the father of Anak), that is, Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding grazing areas.

Joshua 5:10

So the Israelites camped in Gilgal and celebrated the Passover in the evening of the fourteenth day of the month on the plains of Jericho.

Joshua 9:15

Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community sealed it with an oath.

Joshua 9:6

They came to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land. Make a treaty with us.”

Joshua 9:8

But they said to Joshua, “We are willing to be your subjects.” So Joshua said to them, “Who are you and where do you come from?”