Joshua 9:16

New International Version

Three days after they made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites heard that they were neighbors, living near them.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:19

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

Joshua 9:15

Then Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the assembly ratified it by oath.

Joshua 9:17

So the Israelites set out and on the third day came to their cities: Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth and Kiriath Jearim.

Joshua 9:22

Then Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said, “Why did you deceive us by saying, ‘We live a long way from you,’ while actually you live near us?

Joshua 9:9

They answered: “Your servants have come from a very distant country because of the fame of the Lord your God. For we have heard reports of him: all that he did in Egypt,