Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

Bible References

They feared

Hebrews 10:27
but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fiery indignation which is about to devour the adversaries.
Revelation 6:15
and the kings of the earth, and the princes, and the generals, the rich and the mighty, both slaves and freemen, every one of them hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.