English Standard Version
Joshua 9:2
2they gathered together as one to fight against Joshua and Israel.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)that they gathered together to fight with Joshua and Israel with one accord.
- New Living Translation (NLT)These kings combined their armies to fight as one against Joshua and the Israelites.
Context of Joshua 9:2
1As soon as all the kings who were beyond the Jordan in the hill country and in the lowland all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, heard of this, they gathered together as one to fight against Joshua and Israel. 3But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai, 4they on their part acted with cunning and went and made ready provisions and took worn-out sacks for their donkeys, and wineskins, worn-out and torn and mended,
Read all of Joshua 9Joshua 9:2 word by word
וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֣וּ יַחְדָּ֔ו לְהִלָּחֵ֥ם עִם־יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ וְעִם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל פֶּ֖ה אֶחָֽד׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Joshua 9:2
- 2 Chronicles 20:1After this the Moabites and Ammonites, and with them some of the Meunites, came against Jehoshaphat for battle.
- Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- Psalms 83:2For behold, your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have raised their heads.
- Proverbs 11:21Be assured, an evil person will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.
- 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 54:15If anyone stirs up strife, it is not from me; whoever stirs up strife with you shall fall because of you.
- Joel 3:9Proclaim this among the nations: Consecrate for war; stir up the mighty men. Let all the men of war draw near; let them come up.
- Acts 4:26The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord and against his Anointed'—
- 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.
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
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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
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