Joshua 10:4

Joshua 10:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
• New International Version (NIV)“Come up and help me attack Gibeon,” he said, “because it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Come up to me and help me, that we may attack Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Come and help me destroy Gibeon,” he urged them, “for they have made peace with Joshua and the people of Israel.”

Context of Joshua 10:4

2he 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 warriors. 3So Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, to Piram king of Jarmuth, to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying, "Come up to me and help me, and let us strike Gibeon. For it has made peace with Joshua and with the people of Israel." 5Then 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 their forces and went up with all their armies and encamped against Gibeon and made war against it. 6And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, saying, "Do not relax your hand 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 hill country are gathered against us."

Joshua 10:4 word by word

עֲלֽוּ־אֵלַ֣י וְעִזְרֻ֔נִי וְנַכֶּ֖ה אֶת־גִּבְע֑וֹן כִּֽי־הִשְׁלִ֥ימָה אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ וְאֶת־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Come upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• unto me, and helpעָזַר‛âzar · to helpH5826
• me, that we may smiteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• Gibeonגִּבְעוֹןgib‛ôn · GibeonH1391
• for it hath made peaceשָׁלַםshâlam · to allyH7999
• with Joshuaיְהוֹשׁוּעַyehôshûa‛ yehôshûa‛ · JoshuaH3091
• and with the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478

Cross-references for Joshua 10:4

• Isaiah 8:9Be broken, you peoples, and be shattered; give ear, all you far countries; strap on your armor and be shattered; strap on your armor and be shattered.
• Isaiah 41:5The coastlands have seen and are afraid; the ends of the earth tremble; they have drawn near and come.
• Acts 9:24but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him,
• Acts 21:28crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against the people and the law and this place. Moreover, he even brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place."
• Revelation 16:14For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.
• Revelation 20:8and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea.
• Joshua 10:1As soon as Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua had captured Ai and had devoted it to destruction, doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king, and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them,
• Joshua 9:15And Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.
• Matthew 16:24Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
• John 15:19If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
• John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
• Acts 9:23When many days had passed, the Jews plotted to kill him,
• 2 Timothy 3:12Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
• James 4:4You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
• 1 Peter 4:4With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of debauchery, and they malign you;

Commentaries on Joshua 10:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-43Gibeon and its neighboring cities were on a plateau (high flat place) north of Jerusalem (see study note on 7:2). With Gibeon now as an ally with Israel, Israel controlled the plateau and the central hill country near Gibeon. Historically, controlling the plateau often meant controlling the hill country. The kings of Canaan had to conquer Gibeon, or they would fail.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-43-4. Wherefore Adoni-zedek ... sent, ... saying, Come up unto me, and help me--A combined attack was meditated on Gibeon, with a view not only to punish its people for their desertion of the native cause, but by its overthrow to interpose a barrier to the farther inroads of the Israelites. This confederacy among the mountaineers of Southern Palestine was formed and headed by the king of Jerusalem, because his territory was most exposed to danger, Gibeon…Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 10:4

• Adoni-Zedek
• Amorites
• Armies
• Confederacies
• Debir
• Hebron
• Jerusalem
• War

In the dictionaries

• Gibeon
• Israel
• Joshua
• Gibeon, Gibeonite
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Children of Israel
• Adonizedec
• Adoni-Zedek
• Eglon (2)

Commentaries on Joshua 10

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings