Deuteronomy 20:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.

Tributaries

General references

Joshua 9:8

Bible References

Tributaries

For the Israelites are My servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold in a slave sale.

Joshua called the [Hivite] men and said, “Why did you deceive us, saying, ‘We live very far away from you,’ when [in fact] you live among us?

There was no city that made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; they took all the others in battle.

But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites live among Ephraim to this day, and they became forced laborers.

It happened when Israel became strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not drive them out completely.

their children who were left after them in the land, whom the Israelites were unable to completely destroy, from them Solomon levied (conscripted) forced laborers, even to this day (the date of this writing).

I am for peace, but when I speak,
They are for war.

But his citizens [the residents of his new kingdom] hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to be a king over us.’

General references

They said to Joshua, “We are your servants.” Then Joshua said to them, “Who are you, and where do you come from?”