Joshua 9:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

And it happened at the end of three days after they had made a treaty with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they lived among them.

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  • Prov 12:19 : 19 The lip of truth will be established forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

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  • Josh 9:15
    83%

    15And Joshua made peace with them, and made a treaty with them, to let them live: and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.

  • Josh 9:17-18
    2 verses
    83%

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

    18And the children of Israel did not strike them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation complained against the leaders.

  • Josh 9:6-8
    3 verses
    78%

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

    7And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, Perhaps you dwell among us; how then shall we make a treaty with you?

    8And they said to Joshua, We are your servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are you? and where do you come from?

  • Josh 9:1-4
    4 verses
    77%

    1And it happened, when all the kings on this side of the Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and along all the coasts of the great sea opposite Lebanon, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard of it;

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

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

    4They acted craftily, and went and pretended to be ambassadors, and took old sacks on their donkeys, and wine bottles, old, torn, and bound up;

  • Josh 10:1-6
    6 verses
    76%

    1Now it happened, when Adonizedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai and utterly destroyed it—just 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, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.

    3So Adonizedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,

    4Come up to me and help me, so that we may attack Gibeon, for it has 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, and the king of Eglon—gathered themselves together and went up, they and all their armies, and encamped before Gibeon and made war against it.

    6And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, saying, Do not let your hand be slack from your servants; come up to us quickly, and save us and help us, for all the kings of the Amorites who dwell in the mountains have gathered together against us.

  • Josh 9:20-22
    3 verses
    75%

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

    21And the leaders said to them, Let them live; but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for all the congregation, as the leaders had promised them.

    22And Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, Why have you deceived us, saying, We are very far from you; when you dwell among us?

  • Josh 9:11
    73%

    11Therefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take provisions with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say to them, We are your servants: therefore now make a treaty with us.

  • Josh 3:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

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

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

  • 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, except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon: all others they took in battle.

  • Judg 3:5
    72%

    5And the children of Israel lived 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 at the dawn of the day, and surrounded the city in the same manner seven times: only on that day they surrounded the city seven times.

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

  • Josh 2:22-23
    2 verses
    69%

    22And they went, and came unto the mountain, and stayed there three days, until the pursuers 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 to the children of Israel, Come here and hear the words of the LORD your God.

    10And Joshua said, By this you 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 happened, when Joshua and the children of Israel finished slaying them with a very great slaughter, until they were consumed, that the rest who remained entered into fortified cities.

  • Josh 5:8
    68%

    8And it came to pass, when they had finished circumcising all the people, that they stayed in their places in the camp till they were healed.

  • Josh 8:9
    68%

    9Joshua therefore sent them forth, and they went to lie in ambush, and stayed 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 to your servants how the LORD your 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 very afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

  • Josh 5:10
    67%

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

  • Josh 23:1
    67%

    1And it happened a long time after the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their enemies all around, that Joshua grew old and advanced in age.

  • Josh 9:26
    67%

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

  • Josh 2:2
    67%

    2And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men here tonight from the children of Israel to search out the country.

  • Josh 6:11
    67%

    11So the ark of the LORD went around the city, circling it once: and they came into the camp, and stayed 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 attacked them.

  • Josh 24:25
    67%

    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,