Verse 4

Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty warrior among the thirty and a leader over the thirty.

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 9:3 : 3 But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
  • Josh 15:36 : 36 Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim—fourteen cities with their villages.
  • 1 Chr 11:15 : 15 Three of the thirty chiefs went down to David at the rock by the cave of Adullam while a band of Philistines was camped in the Valley of Rephaim.
  • Josh 9:17-23 : 17 So the Israelites set out and on the third day they arrived at the cities of Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim. 18 But the Israelites did not attack them because the leaders of the assembly had sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. And the whole assembly grumbled against the leaders. 19 But all the leaders said to the assembly, 'We have sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.' 20 This is what we will do to them: We will let them live so that no wrath will fall on us for breaking the oath we swore to them. 21 They also said, 'Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the entire assembly,' just as the leaders had directed. 22 Then Joshua summoned them and said, 'Why did you deceive us by saying, “We live far away from you,” while in fact you live among us?' 23 'Now therefore, you are under a curse and will always serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.'