Joshua 10:2

that they feared greatly; for Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.

Exodus 15:14-16

The peoples heard it, they were afraid: A thrill seized the inhabitants of Philistia.

Deuteronomy 11:25

No man shall be able to stand before you: the fear of you and the dread of you will Jehovah your God lay upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.

Deuteronomy 28:10

And all peoples of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of Jehovah, and they shall be afraid of thee.

Joshua 2:9-13

and said to the men, I know that Jehovah has given you the land, and that the dread of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

Joshua 2:24

And they said to Joshua, Of a surety Jehovah has given the whole land into our hands, and even all the inhabitants of the land faint because of us.

1 Samuel 27:5

And David said to Achish, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some country-town, that I may abide there; for why should thy servant abide in the royal city with thee?

2 Samuel 12:26

And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.

Psalm 48:4-6

For behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together;

Proverbs 1:26-27

I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh;

Proverbs 10:24

The fear of a wicked man, it shall come upon him; but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

Hebrews 10:27

but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and heat of fire about to devour the adversaries.

Hebrews 10:31

It is a fearful thing falling into the hands of the living God.

Revelation 6:15-17

And the kings of the earth, and the great, and the chiliarchs, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains;

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Summary

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.

The royal cities

Bible References

They feared

Joshua 2:9
and said to the men, I know that Jehovah has given you the land, and that the dread of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
Exodus 15:14
The peoples heard it, they were afraid: A thrill seized the inhabitants of Philistia.
Deuteronomy 11:25
No man shall be able to stand before you: the fear of you and the dread of you will Jehovah your God lay upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.
Deuteronomy 28:10
And all peoples of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of Jehovah, and they shall be afraid of thee.
Psalm 48:4
For behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together;
Proverbs 1:26
I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh;
Proverbs 10:24
The fear of a wicked man, it shall come upon him; but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
Hebrews 10:27
but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and heat of fire about to devour the adversaries.
Revelation 6:15
And the kings of the earth, and the great, and the chiliarchs, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains;

The royal cities

1 Samuel 27:5
And David said to Achish, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some country-town, that I may abide there; for why should thy servant abide in the royal city with thee?
2 Samuel 12:26
And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.