Joshua 9:6

New English Translation

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.”

Cross References

1 Kings 8:41

“Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your reputation.

2 Kings 20:14

Isaiah the prophet visited King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did these men say? Where do they come from?” Hezekiah replied, “They come from the distant land of Babylon.”

Joshua 10:43

Then Joshua and all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal.

Joshua 10:6

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.”

Joshua 4:19

The people went up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and camped in Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.

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 9:5

They had worn-out, patched sandals on their feet and dressed in worn-out clothes. All their bread was dry and hard.

Joshua 9:9

They told him, “Your subjects have come from a very distant land because of the reputation of the Lord your God, for we have heard the news about all he did in Egypt