Verse 2

All Jerusalem was terrified because Gibeon was a large city, like one of the royal cities. It was larger than Ai and all its men were warriors.

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 2:24 : 24 They told Joshua,“Surely the LORD is handing over all the land to us! All who live in the land are cringing before us!”
  • Exod 15:14-16 : 14 The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will seize the inhabitants of Philistia. 15 Then the chiefs of Edom will be terrified, trembling will seize the leaders of Moab, and the inhabitants of Canaan will shake. 16 Fear and dread will fall on them; by the greatness of your arm they will be as still as stone until your people pass by, O LORD, until the people whom you have bought pass by.
  • Deut 11:25 : 25 Nobody will be able to resist you; the LORD your God will spread the fear and terror of you over the whole land on which you walk, just as he promised you.
  • Deut 28:10 : 10 Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you belong to the LORD, and they will respect you.
  • Josh 2:9-9 : 9 She said to the men,“I know the LORD is handing this land over to you. We are absolutely terrified of you, and all who live in the land are cringing before you. 10 For we heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you left Egypt and how you annihilated the two Amorite kings, Sihon and Og, on the other side of the Jordan. 11 When we heard the news we lost our courage and no one could even breathe for fear of you. For the LORD your God is God in heaven above and on earth below! 12 So now, promise me this with an oath sworn in the LORD’s name. Because I have shown allegiance to you, show allegiance to my family. Give me a solemn pledge 13 that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and rescue us from death.”
  • 1 Sam 27:5 : 5 David said to Achish,“If I have found favor with you, let me be given a place in one of the country towns so that I can live there. Why should your servant settle in the royal city with you?”
  • 2 Sam 12:26 : 26 David’s Forces Defeat the Ammonites So Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal city.
  • Ps 48:4-6 : 4 For look, the kings assemble; they advance together. 5 As soon as they see, they are shocked; they are terrified, they quickly retreat. 6 Look at them shake uncontrollably, like a woman writhing in childbirth.
  • Prov 1:26-27 : 26 so I myself will laugh when disaster strikes you, I will mock when what you dread comes, 27 when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you.
  • Prov 10:24 : 24 What the wicked fears will come on him; what the righteous desire will be granted.
  • Heb 10:27 : 27 but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume God’s enemies.
  • Heb 10:31 : 31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
  • Rev 6:15-17 : 15 Then the kings of the earth, the very important people, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. 16 They said to the mountains and to the rocks,“Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who is seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, 17 because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”