New English Translation
Joshua 10:6
6The men of Gibeon sent this message to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, “Do not abandon your subjects! Rescue us! Help us! For all the Amorite kings living in the hill country are attacking us.”
Joshua 10:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.
- New International Version (NIV)The Gibeonites then sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us, because all the Amorite kings from the hill country have joined forces against us.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And 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."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, saying, “Do not forsake your servants; come up to us quickly, save us and help us, for all the kings of the Amorites who dwell in the mountains have gathered together against us.”
Context of Joshua 10:6
4“Come to my aid so we can attack Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.” 5So the five Amorite kings (the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon) and all their troops gathered together and advanced. They deployed their troops and fought against Gibeon. The men of Gibeon sent this message to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, “Do not abandon your subjects! Rescue us! Help us! For all the Amorite kings living in the hill country are attacking us.” 7So Joshua and his whole army, including the bravest warriors, marched up from Gilgal. 8The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for I am handing them over to you. Not one of them can resist you.”
Read all of Joshua 10Joshua 10:6 word by word
וַיִּשְׁלְח֣וּ אַנְשֵׁי֩ גִבְע֨וֹן אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֤עַ אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה֙ הַגִּלְגָּ֣לָה לֵאמֹ֔ר אַל־תֶּ֥רֶף יָדֶ֖יךָ מֵֽעֲבָדֶ֑יךָ עֲלֵ֧ה אֵלֵ֣ינוּ מְהֵרָ֗ה וְהוֹשִׁ֤יעָה לָּ֙נוּ֙ וְעָזְרֵ֔נוּ כִּ֚י נִקְבְּצ֣וּ אֵלֵ֔ינוּ כָּל־מַלְכֵ֥י הָאֱמֹרִ֖י יֹשְׁבֵ֥י הָהָֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
- of Gibeonגִּבְעוֹןgib‛ôn · GibeonH1391
- sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
- unto Joshuaיְהוֹשׁוּעַyehôshûa‛ yehôshûa‛ · JoshuaH3091
- to the campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
- to Gilgalגִּלְגָּלgilgâl · GilgalH1537
- sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- Slackרָפָהrâphâh · to slackenH7503
- not thy handיָדyâd · handH3027
- from thy servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
- come upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
- to us quicklyמְהֵרָהmehêrâh · hasteH4120
- and saveיָשַׁעyâsha‛ · to saveH3467
- us, and helpעָזַר‛âzar · to helpH5826
- us: for all the kingsמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- of the Amoritesאֱמֹרִי'ĕmôrîy · AmoriteH567
- that dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
- in the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: hill countryH2022
- are gathered togetherקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
Cross-references for Joshua 10:6
- Joshua 5:10So the Israelites camped in Gilgal and celebrated the Passover in the evening of the fourteenth day of the month on the plains of Jericho.
- Joshua 9:6They came to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land. Make a treaty with us.”
- 2 Kings 4:24She saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Lead on. Do not stop unless I say so.”
- Joshua 9:15Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community sealed it with an oath.
- Isaiah 33:22For the Lord, our ruler, the Lord, our commander, the Lord, our king – he will deliver us.
- Joshua 21:11They assigned them Kiriath Arba (Arba was the father of Anak), that is, Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding grazing areas.
- Deuteronomy 1:15So I chose as your tribal leaders wise and well-known men, placing them over you as administrators of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and also as other tribal officials.
- Psalms 125:2As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, now and forevermore.
- Luke 1:39In those days Mary got up and went hurriedly into the hill country, to a town of Judah,
Commentaries on Joshua 10:6
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6The language reflects the urgency of the crisis. Accordingly Joshua made a forced march, accompanied only by his soldiers Joshua 10:7, and accomplished in a single night the distance from Gilgal to Gibeon (about 15 miles in a direct line), which on a former occasion had been a three days‘ journey Joshua 9:17.Read the comment
- 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. 6-96-8. the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua--Their appeal was urgent and their claim to protection irresistible, on the ground, not only of kindness and sympathy, but of justice. In attacking the Canaanites, Joshua had received from God a general assurance of success (Jos 1:5). But the intelligence of so formidable a combination among the native princes seems to have depressed his mind with the anxious and dispiriting idea that it was a chastisement for the…Read the comment
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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
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