Joshua 10:2

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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.

They feared

The royal cities

1 Samuel 27:5

2 Samuel 12:26

Bible References

They feared

and said unto the men, I know that Yahweh hath given unto you the land, - and that the terror of you hath fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land, have melted away, from before you.

Peoples have heard they tremble, - A pang, hath seized the dwellers of Philistia:

No man shall stand before you, - the dread of you and the fear of you, will Yahweh your God put forth over the face of all the land whereon ye shall tread, as he spake unto you.

And all the peoples of the earth shall see that, the name of Yahweh, hath been called upon thee, - and shall be afraid of thee.

For lo! Kings - Met as appointed, Passed by together;

I also, at your calamity, will laugh, I will mock, when cometh your dread;

The dread of the lawless one, the same, shall overtake him, but, the desire of the righteous, shall he granted.

But some fearful reception of judgment and fiery jealousy, about to devour the opposers.

And, the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rulers of thousands, and the rich, and the mighty, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves within the caves and within the rocks of the mountains;

The royal cities

Then said David unto Achish - If, I pray thee, I have found favour in thine eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there, - for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city, with thee?

And Joab fought against Rabbah, of the sons of Ammon, - and captured the royal city.