Meanwhile, Joab had been in the country of Ammon, attacking the city of Rabbah. He captured the royal fortress
Joshua 10:2 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition This frightened Adonizedek and his people. They knew that Gibeon was a large town, as big as the towns that had kings, and even bigger than the town of Ai had been. And all of the men of Gibeon were warriors. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 that they feared 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty. American Standard Version (1901) that they feared 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. Common English Bible Adoni-zedek and his people were very afraid, because Gibeon was a large city, like one of the royal cities. It was larger than Ai. All its men were soldiers. Catholic Public Domain Version he was very afraid. For Gibeon was a great city, and was one of the royal cities, and was greater than the town of Ai, and all its warriors were very strong. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He was exceedingly afraid. For Gabaon was a great city, and one of the royal cities, and greater than the town of Hai: and all its fighting men were most valiant. |
Meanwhile, Joab had been in the country of Ammon, attacking the city of Rabbah. He captured the royal fortress
What evil people dread most will happen to them, but good people will get what they want most.
No one will be able to stand up to you. The Lord will make everyone terrified of you, just as he promised.
Today I will start making all other nations afraid of you. They will tremble with fear when anyone mentions you, and they will be terrified when you show up.
Then everyone on earth will know that you belong to the Lord, and they will be afraid of you.
They are God's enemies, and all they can look forward to is a terrible judgment and a furious fire.
“We're sure the Lord has given us the whole country,” they said. “The people there shake with fear every time they think of us.”
The Gibeonites answered, “The Lord your God told his servant Moses that you were to kill everyone who lives here and take their land for yourselves. We were afraid you would kill us, and so we tricked you into making a peace treaty. But we agreed to be your servants,
The people of Gibeon had also heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai.
One day, David was talking with Achish and said, “If you are happy with me, then let me live in one of the towns in the countryside. I'm not important enough to live here with you in the royal city.”