So the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua, unto the camp at Gilgal, saying, Do not withhold thy hand from thy servants, - Come up unto us quickly, and save us, and help us, for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill-country, are gathered together against us.

And, when all these kings were gathered together, they came in, and encamped as one man, at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.