Joshua 9:16

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they [were] their neighbours, and [that] they dwelt among them.

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  • Prov 12:19 : 19 ¶ The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue [is] but for a moment.

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  • Josh 9:15
    83%

    15¶ And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

  • Josh 9:17-18
    2 verses
    83%

    17And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities [were] Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim.

    18And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.

  • Josh 9:6-8
    3 verses
    78%

    6And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.

    7And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?

    8And they said unto Joshua, We [are] thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who [are] ye? and from whence come ye?

  • Josh 9:1-4
    4 verses
    77%

    1¶ 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];

    2That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

    3¶ And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,

    4They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;

  • Josh 10:1-6
    6 verses
    76%

    1¶ Now it came to pass, when Adonizedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;

    2That they feared greatly, because Gibeon [was] a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it [was] greater than Ai, and all the men thereof [were] mighty.

    3Wherefore Adonizedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,

    4Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.

    5Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.

    6And 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.

  • Josh 9:20-22
    3 verses
    75%

    20This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.

    21And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.

    22¶ And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We [are] very far from you; when ye dwell among us?

  • Josh 9:11
    73%

    11Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We [are] your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.

  • Josh 3:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1¶ And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.

    2And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;

  • Josh 11:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.

    19There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all [other] they took in battle.

  • Judg 3:5
    72%

    5And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:

  • Josh 6:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.

    16And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city.

  • Josh 2:22-23
    2 verses
    69%

    22¶ And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought [them] throughout all the way, but found [them] not.

    23So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all [things] that befell them:

  • Josh 3:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.

    10And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God [is] among you, and [that] he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.

  • Josh 10:20
    68%

    20And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest [which] remained of them entered into fenced cities.

  • Josh 5:8
    68%

    8And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.

  • Josh 8:9
    68%

    9Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.

  • Josh 9:24
    68%

    24And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

  • Josh 5:10
    67%

    10¶ And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.

  • Josh 23:1
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    1¶ And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old [and] stricken in age.

  • Josh 9:26
    67%

    26And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.

  • Josh 2:2
    67%

    2And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.

  • Josh 6:11
    67%

    11So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about [it] once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

  • Josh 11:7
    67%

    7So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.

  • Josh 24:25
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    25So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

  • Gen 10:16
    67%

    16And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,