Joshua 10:6

The Passion Translation

The Gibeonites sent out a call for help to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal: “Don’t abandon us, for we are your servants! Come quickly and save us! Help us, for the Amorite kings of the hill country have surrounded us!”

Cross References

Psalm 125:2

Just as the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord’s wraparound presence surrounds his people, protecting them now and forever.

Isaiah 33:22

The Lord Yahweh is our Judge, our Lawgiver, and our King; he will save us completely!

Luke 1:39

Afterward, Mary arose and hurried off to the hill country of Judea, to the village where Zechariah and Elizabeth lived.

Joshua 10:5

The five Amorite kings joined forces—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon. Their combined armies surrounded Gibeon and attacked it.

Joshua 10:7

So Joshua and all his fighting men, all the mighty warriors of Israel, left Gilgal to aid the Gibeonites.

Joshua 21:11

They received the city of Hebron, which was also a city of asylum. It lay in the hill country of Judah and was named Kiriath Arba, after Arba the father of Anak. The fields and towns around it had already been given to Caleb, but the city and its pasturelands were now given to the descendants of Aaron. They also received the cities and pasturelands of Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa, Holon, Debir, Ain, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh; nine cities from these two tribes.

Joshua 5:10

While encamped at Gilgal, not far from Jericho, the Israelites celebrated the Feast of Passover in the evening of the fourteenth day of the month of Abib.

Joshua 9:15

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

Joshua 9:6

When they arrived at Israel’s camp at Gilgal, they said to Joshua and the Israelites: “We’ve come from a far country to propose that you make a treaty with us.”

Joshua 9:8

“We are willing to be your servants,” they answered Joshua. Joshua questioned them further, “Who are you and where are you from?”