Joshua 9:16

Joshua 9:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Three days after they made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites heard that they were neighbors, living near them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)At the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, they heard that they were their neighbors and that they lived among them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And it happened at the end of three days, after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors who dwelt near them.

Context of Joshua 9:16

14The Israelite men tasted some of the Gibeonites' food, but they did not ask the Lord what they should do. 15So Joshua agreed that they would not kill the people of Gibeon. The Israelite leaders also said that they would obey this agreement. Three days after they made this agreement, the Israelites discovered that the Gibeonites lived near to them. 17So the Israelites left Gilgal to find the cities where the Hivites lived. After three days they arrived at their cities: Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth and Kiriath-Jearim. 18The Israelites did not attack them, because of the promise that their leaders had made. They had made a strong promise in the name of the Lord God of Israel that they would not kill the Gibeonites. The Israelite people were angry with their leaders, because of the agreement.

Joshua 9:16 word by word

וַיְהִ֗י מִקְצֵה֙ שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֔ים אַחֲרֵ֕י אֲשֶׁר־כָּרְת֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם בְּרִ֑ית וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֗וּ כִּי־קְרֹבִ֥ים הֵם֙ אֵלָ֔יו וּבְקִרְבּ֖וֹ הֵ֥ם יֹשְׁבִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it came to pass at the endקָצֶהqâtseh qêtseh · endH7097
• of threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• they had madeכָּרַתkârath · to cut: make(covenant)H3772
• a leagueבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• with them, that they heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• their neighboursקָרֹבqârôb qârôb · nearH7138
• they dweltיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• amongקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130

Cross-references for Joshua 9:16

• Proverbs 12:19True words continue to be true for ever. But people quickly see that lies are lies.

Commentaries on Joshua 9:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16At the end of three days - Gibeon is reputed to be only about eight leagues distant from Gilgal, and on this account the fraud might be easily discovered in the time mentioned above.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-21Verses 14-21 The Israelites, having examined the provisions of the Gibeonites, hastily concluded that they confirmed their account. We make more haste than good speed, when we stay not to take God with us, and do not consult him by the word and prayer. The fraud was soon found out. A lying tongue is but for a moment. Had the oath been in itself unlawful, it would not have been binding; for no obligation can render it our duty to commit a sin. But it was…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16living among them: When reporting Israel’s discovery, the author of Joshua repeated the word the Israelites used to express their suspicion of the Gibeonites (9:7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1716-17. at the end of three days ... they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them--This information was obtained in their further progress through the country; for as Jos 9:17 should be rendered, "when the children of Israel journeyed, they came to their cities." Gibeon was about eighteen or twenty miles from Gilgal.Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 9:16

• Alliances
• Contracts
• Diplomacy
• Government
• Joshua
• Kirjath-Jearim
• Magnanimity
• Oath
• Servant
• Treaty

In the dictionaries

• Alliance
• Gibeon
• Slave
• Wilily
• Chephirah
• Covenant, in the Old Testament
• Exodus, the Book of
• Joshua, Book of
• Make, Maker
• Palestine

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