New American Standard Bible 2020
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 it came about when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country, the lowland, and on all the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon, the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard about it, that they met together with one purpose, to fight with Joshua and with Israel. 3The inhabitants of Gibeon also heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai, 4but they on their part acted craftily and went and took provisions for a journey, and took worn-out sacks on their donkeys, and wineskins that were worn out, split open, and patched,
Read all of Joshua 9Joshua 9:2 word by word
וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֣וּ יַחְדָּ֔ו לְהִלָּחֵ֥ם עִם־יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ וְעִם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל פֶּ֖ה אֶחָֽד׃ פRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Joshua 9:2
- 2 Chronicles 20:1Now it came about after this, that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
- Psalms 2:1Why are the nations restless And the peoples plotting in vain?
- Psalms 83:2For behold, Your enemies make an uproar, And those who hate You have exalted themselves.
- Proverbs 11:21Be assured, the evil person will not go unpunished, But the descendants of the righteous will be rescued.
- Isaiah 8:9“Be broken, you peoples, and be shattered; And listen, all remote places of the earth. Get ready, yet be shattered; Get ready, yet 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 nations: Prepare for holy war; stir up the warriors! Have all the soldiers come forward, have them come up!
- Acts 4:26The kings of the earth took their stand, And the rulers were gathered together Against the Lord and against His Christ.’
- Revelation 16:14for they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the entire world, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.
- Revelation 20:8and will come out to deceive the nations which are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for the war; the number of them 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
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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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