Verse 2

that they feared{H3372} greatly,{H3966} because Gibeon{H1391} was a great{H1419} city,{H5892} as one{H259} of the royal{H4467} cities,{H5892} and because it was greater{H1419} than Ai,{H5857} and all the men{H582} thereof were mighty.{H1368}

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 2:24 : 24 And they said{H559} unto Joshua,{H3091} Truly{H3588} Jehovah{H3068} hath delivered{H5414} into our hands{H3027} all the land;{H776} and moreover all the inhabitants{H3427} of the land{H776} do melt{H4127} away before{H6440} us.
  • Exod 15:14-16 : 14 The peoples{H5971} have heard,{H8085} they tremble:{H7264} Pangs{H2427} have taken hold{H270} on the inhabitants{H3427} of Philistia.{H6429} 15 Then{H227} were the chiefs{H441} of Edom{H123} dismayed;{H926} The mighty men{H352} of Moab,{H4124} trembling{H7461} taketh hold{H270} upon them: All the inhabitants{H3427} of Canaan{H3667} are melted away.{H4127} 16 Terror{H367} and dread{H6343} falleth{H5307} upon them; By the greatness{H1419} of thine arm{H2220} they are as still{H1826} as a stone;{H68} Till thy people{H5971} pass over,{H5674} O Jehovah,{H3068} Till the people{H5971} pass over{H5674} that{H2098} thou hast purchased.{H7069}
  • Deut 11:25 : 25 There shall no man{H376} be able to stand{H3320} before{H6440} you: Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} shall lay{H5414} the fear{H6343} of you and the dread{H4172} of you upon{H6440} all the land{H776} that ye shall tread{H1869} upon, as he hath spoken{H1696} unto you.
  • Deut 28:10 : 10 And all the peoples{H5971} of the earth{H776} shall see{H7200} that thou art called{H7121} by the name{H8034} of Jehovah;{H3068} and they shall be afraid{H3372} of thee.
  • Josh 2:9-9 : 9 and she said{H559} unto the men,{H582} I know{H3045} that Jehovah{H3068} hath given{H5414} you the land,{H776} and that the fear{H367} of you is fallen{H5307} upon us, and that all the inhabitants{H3427} of the land{H776} melt{H4127} away before{H6440} you. 10 For we have heard{H8085} how Jehovah{H3068} dried up{H3001} the water{H4325} of the Red{H5488} Sea{H3220} before you,{H6440} when ye came out{H3318} of Egypt;{H4714} and what ye did{H6213} unto the two{H8147} kings{H4428} of the Amorites,{H567} that were beyond{H5676} the Jordan,{H3383} unto Sihon{H5511} and to Og,{H5747} whom ye utterly destroyed.{H2763} 11 And as soon as we had heard{H8085} it, our hearts{H3824} did melt,{H4549} neither did there remain{H6965} any more spirit{H7307} in any man,{H376} because{H6440} of you: for Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} he is God{H430} in heaven{H8064} above,{H4605} and on earth{H776} beneath. 12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear{H7650} unto me by Jehovah,{H3068} since{H3588} I have dealt{H6213} kindly{H2617} with you, that ye also will deal{H6213} kindly{H2617} with my father's{H1} house,{H1004} and give{H5414} me a true{H571} token;{H226} 13 and that ye will save alive{H2421} my father,{H1} and my mother,{H517} and my brethren,{H251} and my sisters,{H269} and all that they have, and will deliver{H5337} our lives{H5315} from death.{H4194}
  • 1 Sam 27:5 : 5 And David{H1732} said{H559} unto Achish,{H397} If now I have found{H4672} favor{H2580} in thine eyes,{H5869} let them give{H5414} me a place{H4725} in one{H259} of the cities{H5892} in the country,{H7704} that I may dwell{H3427} there: for why should thy servant{H5650} dwell{H3427} in the royal{H4467} city{H5892} with thee?
  • 2 Sam 12:26 : 26 Now Joab{H3097} fought{H3898} against Rabbah{H7237} of the children{H1121} of Ammon,{H5983} and took{H3920} the royal{H4410} city.{H5892}
  • Ps 48:4-6 : 4 For, lo, the kings{H4428} assembled{H3259} themselves, They passed by{H5674} together.{H3162} 5 They saw{H7200} it, then were they amazed;{H8539} They were dismayed,{H926} they hasted away.{H2648} 6 Trembling{H7461} took hold{H270} of them there, Pain,{H2427} as of a woman in travail.{H2427}
  • Prov 1:26-27 : 26 I also will laugh{H7832} in [the day of] your calamity;{H343} I will mock{H3932} when your fear{H6343} cometh;{H935} 27 When your fear{H6343} cometh{H935} as a storm,{H5492} And your calamity{H343} cometh{H857} on as a whirlwind;{H5492} When distress{H6869} and anguish{H6695} come{H935} upon you.
  • Prov 10:24 : 24 The fear{H4034} of the wicked,{H7563} it shall come{H935} upon him; And the desire{H8378} of the righteous{H6662} shall be granted.{H5414}
  • Heb 10:27 : 27 but{G1161} a certain{G5100} fearful{G5398} expectation{G1561} of judgment,{G2920} and{G2532} a fierceness{G2205} of fire{G4442} which{G2068} shall{G3195} devour{G2068} the adversaries.{G5227}
  • Heb 10:31 : 31 It is a fearful thing{G5398} to fall{G1706} into{G1519} the hands{G5495} of the{G2316} living{G2198} God.{G2316}
  • Rev 6:15-17 : 15 And{G2532} the kings{G935} of the earth,{G1093} and{G2532} the princes,{G3175} and{G2532} the chief captains,{G5506} and{G2532} the rich,{G4145} and{G2532} the strong,{G1415} and{G2532} every{G3956} bondman{G1401} and{G2532} {G3956} freeman,{G1658} hid{G2928} themselves{G1438} in{G1519} the caves{G4693} and{G2532} in{G1519} the rocks{G4073} of the mountains;{G3735} 16 and{G2532} they say{G3004} to the mountains{G3735} and{G2532} to the rocks,{G4073} Fall{G4098} on{G1909} us,{G2248} and{G2532} hide{G2928} us{G2248} from{G575} the face{G4383} of him that sitteth{G2521} on{G1909} the throne,{G2362} and{G2532} from{G575} the wrath{G3709} of the Lamb:{G721} 17 for{G3754} the great{G3173} day{G2250} of their{G846} wrath{G3709} is come;{G2064} and{G2532} who{G5101} is able{G1410} to stand?{G2476}