Joshua 9 And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;

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1 H1961 And it came H3605 to pass, when all H4428 the kings H834 which H5676 were on this side H3383 Jordan, H2022 in the hills, H8219 and in the valleys, H3605 and in all H2348 the coasts H1419 of the great H3220 sea H413 over H4136 H4136 against H3844 Lebanon, H2850 the Hittite, H567 and the Amorite, H3669 the Canaanite, H6522 the Perizzite, H2340 the Hivite, H2983 and the Jebusite, H8085 heard thereof;

2 H6908 That they gathered H3162 themselves together, H3898 to fight H3091 with Joshua H3478 and with Israel, H259 with one H6310 accord.

3 H3427 And when the inhabitants H1391 of Gibeon H8085 heard H853 what H834 H3091 Joshua H6213 had done H3405 to Jericho H5857 and to Ai,

4 H6213 They did H6213 work H6195 wilily, H3212 and went H6735 and made as if they had been ambassadors, H3947 and took H1087 old H8242 sacks H2543 on their asses, H3196 and wine H4997 bottles, H1087 old, H1234 and rent, H6887 and bound up;

5 H1087 And old H5275 shoes H2921 and clouted H7272 on their feet, H1087 and old H8008 garments H3605 on them; and all H3899 the bread H6718 of their provision H3001 was dry H5350 and moldy.

6 H3212 And they went H3091 to Joshua H4264 to the camp H1537 at Gilgal, H559 and said H376 to him, and to the men H3478 of Israel, H935 We be come H7350 from a far H776 country: H6258 now H3772 therefore make H1285 you a league with us.

7 H376 And the men H3478 of Israel H559 said H2340 to the Hivites, H194 Peradventure H3427 you dwell H7130 among H349 us; and how H3772 shall we make H1285 a league with you?

8 H559 And they said H3091 to Joshua, H5650 We are your servants. H3091 And Joshua H559 said H4310 to them, Who H370 are you? and from from where H935 come you?

9 H559 And they said H3966 to him, From a very H7350 far H776 country H5650 your servants H935 are come H8034 because of the name H3068 of the LORD H430 your God: H8085 for we have heard H8089 the fame H3605 of him, and all H6213 that he did H4714 in Egypt,

10 H3605 And all H6213 that he did H8147 to the two H4428 kings H567 of the Amorites, H5676 that were beyond H3383 Jordan, H5511 to Sihon H4428 king H2809 of Heshbon, H5747 and to Og H4428 king H1316 of Bashan, H834 which H6252 was at Ashtaroth.

11 H2205 Why our elders H3605 and all H3427 the inhabitants H776 of our country H559 spoke H559 to us, saying, H3947 Take H6720 victuals H1870 with you for the journey, H3212 and go H7125 to meet H559 them, and say H5650 to them, We are your servants: H6258 therefore now H3772 make H1285 you a league with us.

12 H2088 This H3899 our bread H2525 we took hot H6679 for our provision H1004 out of our houses H3117 on the day H3318 we came H3318 forth H3212 to go H6258 to you; but now, H2009 behold, H3001 it is dry, H5350 and it is moldy:

13 H428 And these H4997 bottles H3196 of wine, H834 which H4390 we filled, H2319 were new; H2009 and, behold, H1234 they be rent: H428 and these H8008 our garments H5275 and our shoes H1086 are become H1086 old H3966 by reason of the very H7230 long H1870 journey.

14 H582 And the men H3947 took H6718 of their victuals, H7592 and asked H6310 not counsel at the mouth H3068 of the LORD.

15 H3091 And Joshua H6213 made H7965 peace H6213 with them, and made H1285 a league H2421 with them, to let them live: H5387 and the princes H5712 of the congregation H7650 swore to them.

16 H1961 And it came H7097 to pass at the end H7969 of three H3117 days H310 after H3772 they had made H1285 a league H8085 with them, that they heard H7138 that they were their neighbors, H3427 and that they dwelled H7130 among them.

17 H1121 And the children H3478 of Israel H5265 journeyed, H935 and came H5892 to their cities H7992 on the third H3117 day. H5892 Now their cities H1391 were Gibeon, H3716 and Chephirah, H881 and Beeroth, H7157 and Kirjathjearim.

18 H1121 And the children H3478 of Israel H5221 smote H3588 them not, because H5387 the princes H5712 of the congregation H7650 had sworn H3068 to them by the LORD H430 God H3478 of Israel. H3605 And all H5712 the congregation H3885 murmured H5921 against H5387 the princes.

19 H3605 But all H5387 the princes H559 said H3605 to all H5712 the congregation, H7650 We have sworn H3068 to them by the LORD H430 God H3478 of Israel: H6258 now H3201 therefore we may H5060 not touch them.

20 H2063 This H6213 we will do H2421 to them; we will even let them live, H3808 lest H7110 wrath H5921 be on us, because H7621 of the oath H834 which H7650 we swore to them.

21 H5387 And the princes H559 said H2421 to them, Let them live; H2404 but let them be hewers H6086 of wood H7579 and drawers H4325 of water H3605 to all H5712 the congregation; H5387 as the princes H1696 had promised them.

22 H3091 And Joshua H7121 called H1696 for them, and he spoke H559 to them, saying, H4100 Why H7411 have you beguiled H559 us, saying, H3966 We are very H7350 far H3427 from you; when you dwell H7130 among us?

23 H6258 Now H779 therefore you are cursed, H3808 and there shall none H3772 of you be freed H5650 from being slaves, H2404 and hewers H6086 of wood H7579 and drawers H4325 of water H1004 for the house H430 of my God.

24 H6030 And they answered H3091 Joshua, H559 and said, H3588 Because H5046 it was certainly told H5650 your servants, H3068 how that the LORD H430 your God H6680 commanded H5650 his servant H4872 Moses H5414 to give H3605 you all H776 the land, H8045 and to destroy H3605 all H3427 the inhabitants H776 of the land H6440 from before H3966 you, therefore we were sore H3372 afraid H5315 of our lives H6440 because H6213 of you, and have done H2088 this H1697 thing.

25 H6258 And now, H2005 behold, H3027 we are in your hand: H5869 as it seems H2896 good H3477 and right H6213 to you to do H6213 to us, do.

26 H3651 And so H6213 did H5337 he to them, and delivered H3027 them out of the hand H1121 of the children H3478 of Israel, H2026 that they slew them not.

27 H3091 And Joshua H5414 made H3117 them that day H2404 hewers H6086 of wood H7579 and drawers H4325 of water H5712 for the congregation, H4196 and for the altar H3068 of the LORD, H2088 even to this H3117 day, H4725 in the place H834 which H977 he should choose.