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 looking for judgment, and an indignation by fire, which will devour the adversaries.
Revelation 6:15
and the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the chief captains, and the rich men, and the strong men, and every bondman and freeman hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains;