Joshua 9:2

Joshua 9:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
• New International Version (NIV)they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.
• English Standard Version (ESV)they gathered together as one to fight against Joshua and Israel.
• New King James Version (NKJV)that they gathered together to fight with Joshua and Israel with one accord.

Context of Joshua 9:2

1Now when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country and in the lowland [at the western edge of the hills of Judea], and all along the coast of the Great [Mediterranean] Sea toward Lebanon, the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, heard of this [army and its victories over Jericho and Ai], they gathered together with one purpose to fight with Joshua and with Israel. 3But when the people of Gibeon [the Hivites] heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, 4they too acted craftily and cunningly, and set out and took along provisions, but took worn-out sacks on their donkeys, and wineskins (leather bottles) that were worn out and split open and patched together,

Joshua 9:2 word by word

וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֣וּ יַחְדָּ֔ו לְהִלָּחֵ֥ם עִם־יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ וְעִם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל פֶּ֖ה אֶחָֽד׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• That they gatheredקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
• themselves togetherיָחְדָּוyachad · togetherH3162
• to fightלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• with Joshuaיְהוֹשׁוּעַyehôshûa‛ yehôshûa‛ · JoshuaH3091
• and with Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• with oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• accordפֶּהpeh · lipH6310

Cross-references for Joshua 9:2

• 2 Chronicles 20:1Now it happened after this that the Moabites and the Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
• Psalms 2:1Why are the nations in an uproar [in turmoil against God], And why do the people devise a vain and hopeless plot?
• Psalms 83:2For behold, Your enemies are in tumult, And those who hate You have raised their heads [in hatred of You].
• Proverbs 11:21Assuredly, the evil man will not go unpunished, But the descendants of the righteous will be freed.
• Isaiah 8:9“Be broken [in pieces], O peoples, and be shattered! Listen, all you [our enemies from the] far countries. Prepare yourselves [for war], and be shattered; Prepare yourselves [for war], and be shattered.
• Isaiah 54:15If anyone fiercely attacks you it will not be from Me. Whoever attacks you will fall because of you.
• Joel 3:9Proclaim this among the [pagan] nations: Prepare a war! Stir up the mighty men! Let all the men of war come near, let them come up!
• Acts 4:26The kings of the earth took their stand [to attack], And the rulers were assembled together Against the Lord and against His Anointed (the Christ, the Messiah).’
• Revelation 16:14for they are [actually] the spirits of demons, performing [miraculous] signs. And they go out to the kings of the entire inhabited earth, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.
• Revelation 20:8and will come out to deceive and mislead the nations which are in the four corners of the earth—[including] Gog and Magog—to gather them together for the war; their number is like the sand of the seashore.

Commentaries on Joshua 9:2

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Chapter 10 gives a detailed account of these kings and why they joined forces to fight the Israelites.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord--Although divided by separate interests and often at war with each other, a sense of common danger prompted them to suspend their mutual animosities, that by their united forces they might prevent the land from falling into the hands of foreign masters.Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 9:2

• Alliances
• Hittites
• Joshua

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Joshua
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Gibeon
• Wilily
• Accord; According; Accordingly
• Alliance
• Chephirah
• Exodus, the Book of

Commentaries on Joshua 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings