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

1All the kings who lived west of the Jordan River heard about what had happened at Ai. They were the kings who ruled in the hill country, in the low hills in the west, and all the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, as far as Lebanon. They were the kings of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. They joined together to fight against Joshua and the Israelites. 3Some Hivite people who lived in Gibeon heard how Joshua had won against Jericho and Ai. 4So they had a clever idea. Some men took old bags of food and broken bags of wine that had holes in them. They put these things on their donkeys.

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 20:1After that, armies from Moab and Ammon, as well as some Meunites, attacked Jehoshaphat.
• Psalms 2:1Why are nations making plans to turn against the Lord? All their plans will fail!
• Psalms 83:2Look! Your enemies are causing trouble. The people who hate you are ready to attack.
• Proverbs 11:21Be sure about this: Evil people will receive the punishment that they deserve. But people who are righteous will escape.
• Isaiah 8:9You foreign nations must listen to this! Join together to fight. Shout as you go to battle. But you will never win! You people from countries that are far away, get ready for war. But you will be completely destroyed!
• Isaiah 54:15If anyone comes to attack you, I will not have sent them. You will win against anyone who tries to attack you.
• Joel 3:9Tell this news to the people in all the countries: Get ready for war! Shout to the soldiers. Make all the men who fight get ready to attack.
• Acts 4:26The kings and rulers of the world met together. They decided to fight against the Lord God and against his Messiah.”
• Revelation 16:14Those bad spirits are the spirits of demons. They had the power to do miracles. They went to all the rulers in the whole world, to bring them together to fight in a big war. That war will happen on the great day of God, who has all power and authority.
• Revelation 20:8Satan will then go and deceive people in nations everywhere in the world. He will make them believe him. Those nations are God's enemies, Gog and Magog. Satan will bring them together to fight a war against God's people. Satan's army has many people, as much as the sand on the shore of the sea.

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