Joshua 10:2

They were very afraid because Gibeon was a great royal city. It was larger than Ai and all the men there were great fighters.

Exodus 15:14-16

Nations learned of this and trembled. The Philistines shook with horror.

Deuteronomy 11:25

No man will be able to stand before you. Jehovah your God will lay the dread of you and the fear of you on all the land where you set foot. This is as he promised you.

Deuteronomy 28:10

All the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of Jehovah, and they will be afraid of you.

Joshua 2:9-13

She said to the men: I know Jehovah has given you the land and the terror of you has fallen on us. All the inhabitants of the land are afraid of you.

Joshua 2:24

They said to Joshua: Truly Jehovah has delivered into our hands all of the land. The inhabitants of the country are afraid of us.

1 Samuel 27:5

David said to Achish: If it is all right with you, let me live in one of the outlying towns. Why should I live in the royal city with you?

2 Samuel 12:26

Meanwhile, Joab fought against the Ammonite city of Rabbah and captured its royal fortress.

Psalm 48:4-6

Behold, the kings have assembled. And they passed by together.

Proverbs 1:26-27

I also will laugh at your trouble. I will mock when your fear comes.

Proverbs 10:24

The fear of the wicked will come upon him. The desire of the righteous will be granted.

Hebrews 10:27

But there remains a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fiery indignation, which will devour God's enemies.

Hebrews 10:31

It is a dreadful (terrible) thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Revelation 6:15-17

The kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the military commanders, and the mighty men, and every slave and every free man, 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
She said to the men: I know Jehovah has given you the land and the terror of you has fallen on us. All the inhabitants of the land are afraid of you.
Exodus 15:14
Nations learned of this and trembled. The Philistines shook with horror.
Deuteronomy 11:25
No man will be able to stand before you. Jehovah your God will lay the dread of you and the fear of you on all the land where you set foot. This is as he promised you.
Deuteronomy 28:10
All the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of Jehovah, and they will be afraid of you.
Psalm 48:4
Behold, the kings have assembled. And they passed by together.
Proverbs 1:26
I also will laugh at your trouble. I will mock when your fear comes.
Proverbs 10:24
The fear of the wicked will come upon him. The desire of the righteous will be granted.
Hebrews 10:27
But there remains a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fiery indignation, which will devour God's enemies.
Revelation 6:15
The kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the military commanders, and the mighty men, and every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.

The royal cities

1 Samuel 27:5
David said to Achish: If it is all right with you, let me live in one of the outlying towns. Why should I live in the royal city with you?
2 Samuel 12:26
Meanwhile, Joab fought against the Ammonite city of Rabbah and captured its royal fortress.