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 she said to the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror hath fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.

There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you, and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said to you.

And all the people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.

For lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

But a certain fearful apprehension of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bond-man, and every free-man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

The royal cities

And David said to Achish, If I have now found grace in thy eyes, let them give me a place in some town 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 children of Ammon, and took the royal city.