Joshua 10:2

that they are greatly afraid, because Gibeon is a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it is greater than Ai, and all its men -- heroes.

Exodus 15:14-16

Peoples have heard, they are troubled; Pain hath seized inhabitants of Philistia.

Deuteronomy 11:25

no man doth station himself in your presence; your dread and your fear doth Jehovah your God put on the face of all the land on which ye tread, as He hath spoken to you.

Deuteronomy 28:10

and all the peoples of the land have seen that the name of Jehovah is called upon thee, and they have been afraid of thee.

Joshua 2:9-13

and she saith unto the men, 'I have known that Jehovah hath given to you the land, and that your terror hath fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted at your presence.

Joshua 2:24

and they say unto Joshua, 'Surely Jehovah hath given into our hand all the land; and also, all the inhabitants of the land have melted at our presence.'

1 Samuel 27:5

And David saith unto Achish, 'If, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes, they give to me a place in one of the cities of the field, and I dwell there, yea, why doth thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?'

2 Samuel 12:26

And Joab fighteth against Rabbah of the Bene-Ammon, and captureth the royal city,

Psalm 48:4-6

For, lo, the kings met, they passed by together,

Proverbs 1:26-27

I also in your calamity do laugh, I deride when your fear cometh,

Proverbs 10:24

The feared thing of the wicked it meeteth him, And the desire of the righteous is given.

Hebrews 10:27

but a certain fearful looking for of judgment, and fiery zeal, about to devour the opposers;

Hebrews 10:31

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

Revelation 6:15-17

and the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich, and the chiefs of thousands, and the mighty, and every servant, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens, 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 she saith unto the men, 'I have known that Jehovah hath given to you the land, and that your terror hath fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted at your presence.
Exodus 15:14
Peoples have heard, they are troubled; Pain hath seized inhabitants of Philistia.
Deuteronomy 11:25
no man doth station himself in your presence; your dread and your fear doth Jehovah your God put on the face of all the land on which ye tread, as He hath spoken to you.
Deuteronomy 28:10
and all the peoples of the land have seen that the name of Jehovah is called upon thee, and they have been afraid of thee.
Psalm 48:4
For, lo, the kings met, they passed by together,
Proverbs 1:26
I also in your calamity do laugh, I deride when your fear cometh,
Proverbs 10:24
The feared thing of the wicked it meeteth him, And the desire of the righteous is given.
Hebrews 10:27
but a certain fearful looking for of judgment, and fiery zeal, about to devour the opposers;
Revelation 6:15
and the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich, and the chiefs of thousands, and the mighty, and every servant, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens, and in the rocks of the mountains,

The royal cities

1 Samuel 27:5
And David saith unto Achish, 'If, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes, they give to me a place in one of the cities of the field, and I dwell there, yea, why doth thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?'
2 Samuel 12:26
And Joab fighteth against Rabbah of the Bene-Ammon, and captureth the royal city,