Joshua 10:2

then they feared exceedingly, for Gibeon was a great city, as any city of the kingdom, and thereto greater than Ai, and all her men were mighty.

Exodus 15:14-16

The nations heard, and were afraid. Pangs came upon the Philistines.

Deuteronomy 11:25

There shall no man be able to stand before you: the LORD your God shall cast the fear and dread of you upon all lands whither ye shall come, as he hath said unto you,

Deuteronomy 28:10

And all nations of the earth shall see that thou art called after the name of the LORD, and they shall be afeared of thee.

Joshua 2:9-13

and said unto the men, "I know that the LORD hath given you the land, both because that the fear of you is fallen upon us, and because that the inhabiters of the land faint at your coming.

Joshua 2:24

And they said unto Joshua, "The LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land, for all the inhabiters of the country faint for fear of us."

1 Samuel 27:5

And David said unto Achish, "If I have found grace in thine eyes, let me have a place in some town in the fields, that I may dwell there. For what should thy servant dwell in the head city of the kingdom with thee?"

2 Samuel 12:26

And as Joab fought against Rabbah, the city of the children of Ammon, he took the king's Tower,

Psalm 48:4-6

For lo, the kings of the earth were gathered, and gone by together.

Proverbs 1:26-27

Therefore shall I also laugh in your destruction, and mock you, when the thing that ye fear cometh upon you:

Proverbs 10:24

The thing that the ungodly are afraid of, shall come upon them; but the righteous shall have their desire.

Hebrews 10:27

but a fearful looking for judgment, and violent fire, which shall devour the adversaries.

Hebrews 10:31

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

Revelation 6:15-17

And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in dens, and in rocks of the hills,

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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 unto the men, "I know that the LORD hath given you the land, both because that the fear of you is fallen upon us, and because that the inhabiters of the land faint at your coming.
Exodus 15:14
The nations heard, and were afraid. Pangs came upon the Philistines.
Deuteronomy 11:25
There shall no man be able to stand before you: the LORD your God shall cast the fear and dread of you upon all lands whither ye shall come, as he hath said unto you,
Deuteronomy 28:10
And all nations of the earth shall see that thou art called after the name of the LORD, and they shall be afeared of thee.
Psalm 48:4
For lo, the kings of the earth were gathered, and gone by together.
Proverbs 1:26
Therefore shall I also laugh in your destruction, and mock you, when the thing that ye fear cometh upon you:
Proverbs 10:24
The thing that the ungodly are afraid of, shall come upon them; but the righteous shall have their desire.
Hebrews 10:27
but a fearful looking for judgment, and violent fire, which shall devour the adversaries.
Revelation 6:15
And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in dens, and in rocks of the hills,

The royal cities

1 Samuel 27:5
And David said unto Achish, "If I have found grace in thine eyes, let me have a place in some town in the fields, that I may dwell there. For what should thy servant dwell in the head city of the kingdom with thee?"
2 Samuel 12:26
And as Joab fought against Rabbah, the city of the children of Ammon, he took the king's Tower,