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

She said to the men, "I know the Lord is handing this land over to you. We are absolutely terrified of you, and all who live in the land are cringing before you.

The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will seize the inhabitants of Philistia.

Nobody will be able to resist you; the Lord your God will spread the fear and terror of you over the whole land on which you walk, just as he promised you.

Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you belong to the Lord, and they will respect you.

For look, the kings assemble; they advance together.

so I myself will laugh when disaster strikes you, I will mock when what you dread comes,

What the wicked fears will come on him; what the righteous desire will be granted.

but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume God's enemies.

Then the kings of the earth, the very important people, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

The royal cities

David said to Achish, "If I have found favor with you, let me be given a place in one of the country towns so that I can live there. Why should your servant settle in the royal city with you?"

So Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal city.