Joshua 10:6

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Summary

And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.

To the camp

Joshua 5:10

Joshua 9:6

Slack

2 Kings 4:24

From thy

Joshua 9:15

Isaiah 33:22

Mountains

General references

Joshua 10:5

Bible References

To the camp

While the sons of Israel camped at Gilgal they observed the Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the month on the desert plains of Jericho.

They went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, “We have come from a far country; now therefore, make a covenant with us.”

Slack

Then she saddled a donkey and said to her servant, “Drive and go forward; do not slow down the pace for me unless I tell you.”

From thy

Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.

For the Lord is our judge,
The Lord is our lawgiver,
The Lord is our king;

He will save us—

Mountains

Thus they gave them Kiriath-arba, Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its surrounding pasture lands.

So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and experienced men, and appointed them heads over you, leaders of thousands and of hundreds, of fifties and of tens, and officers for your tribes.

As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
So the Lord surrounds His people

From this time forth and forever.

Now at this time Mary arose and went in a hurry to the hill country, to a city of Judah,

General references

So the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered together and went up, they with all their armies, and camped by Gibeon and fought against it.