then feared they greatly, because Gibeon was, a great city, as one of the royal cities,—and because, it, was greater than Ai, and, all the men thereof, were mighty:
So the sons of Israel brake up, and came in unto their cities on the third day,—their cities, being Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
And Joshua called for them, and spake unto them, saying,—Wherefore did ye deceive us, saying—We are, very far, from you, whereas, ye, in our midst, are dwelling?
And it came to pass in that year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year in the fifth month, that Hananiah son of Azzur the prophet who was of Gibeon, spake unto me, in the house of Yahweh, before the eyes of the priests and all the people, saying:
And it came to pass, when Adonizedec, king of Jerusalem, heard that Joshua had captured Ai, and devoted it to destruction, as he had done unto Jericho and her king, so, had he done unto Ai and her king,—and that the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and had come into their midst,
And Joshua captured, Makkedah, on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and, the king thereof, devoted he to destruction, them and all the souls that were therein, he left no survivor,—but did unto the king of Makkedah, as he had done unto the king of Jericho.
and Yahweh delivered, it also, into the hand of Israel, with the king thereof, and he smote it with the edge of the sword, with all the souls that were therein, he left therein no survivor,—but did unto the king thereof, as he had done unto the king of Jericho.
and Solomon, and all the convocation with him, went to the high place that was in Gibeon,—for, there, was the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of Yahweh made in the desert.