Joshua 9:15

Joshua 9:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
• New International Version (NIV)Then Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the assembly ratified it by oath.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them to let them live; and the rulers of the congregation swore to them.

Context of Joshua 9:15

13These wineskins we filled were brand new, but look how they have ripped. Our clothes and sandals have worn out because it has been a very long journey.” 14The men examined some of their provisions, but they failed to ask the Lord’s advice. Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community sealed it with an oath. 16Three days after they made the treaty with them, the Israelites found out they were from the local area and lived nearby. 17So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities – Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.

Joshua 9:15 word by word

וַיַּ֨עַשׂ לָהֶ֤ם יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ שָׁל֔וֹם וַיִּכְרֹ֥ת לָהֶ֛ם בְּרִ֖ית לְחַיּוֹתָ֑ם וַיִּשָּׁבְע֣וּ לָהֶ֔ם נְשִׂיאֵ֖י הָעֵדָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Joshuaיְהוֹשׁוּעַyehôshûa‛ yehôshûa‛ · JoshuaH3091
• madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• peaceשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peaceH7965
• with them, and madeכָּרַתkârath · to cut: make(covenant)H3772
• a leagueבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• with them, to let them liveחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421
• and the princesנָשִׂיאnâώîy' nâώi' · leaderH5387
• of the congregationעֵדָה‛êdâh · congregationH5712
• swareשָׁבַעshâba‛ · to swearH7650

Cross-references for Joshua 9:15

• Joshua 2:12So now, promise me this with an oath sworn in the Lord’s name. Because I have shown allegiance to you, show allegiance to my family. Give me a solemn pledge
• Joshua 6:22Joshua told the two men who had spied on the land, “Enter the prostitute’s house and bring out the woman and all who belong to her as you promised her.”
• Joshua 11:19No city made peace with the Israelites (except the Hivites living in Gibeon); they had to conquer all of them,
• Deuteronomy 20:10When you approach a city to wage war against it, offer it terms of peace.
• 2 Samuel 21:2So the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke with them. (Now the Gibeonites were not descendants of Israel; they were a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had made a promise to them, but Saul tried to kill them because of his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.)
• Jeremiah 18:7There are times, Jeremiah, when I threaten to uproot, tear down, and destroy a nation or kingdom.

Commentaries on Joshua 9:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Joshua made peace with them - Joshua agreed to receive them into a friendly connection with the Israelites, and to respect their lives and properties; and the elders of Israel bound themselves to the observance of it, and confirmed it with an oath. As the same words are used here as in Joshua 9:6, we may suppose that the covenant was made in the ordinary way, a sacrifice being offered on the occasion, and its blood poured out before the Lord. See on…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-21Verses 14-21 The Israelites, having examined the provisions of the Gibeonites, hastily concluded that they confirmed their account. We make more haste than good speed, when we stay not to take God with us, and do not consult him by the word and prayer. The fraud was soon found out. A lying tongue is but for a moment. Had the oath been in itself unlawful, it would not have been binding; for no obligation can render it our duty to commit a sin. But it was…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15Israel made a treaty of peace with the Gibeonites. The Israelites were God's subjects, having made a treaty with God at Mount Sinai (see study note on Exodus 20:1–23:33). Israel could not make treaties without God's approval. made a treaty of peace with them to let them live (literally made a covenant for their lives): Nations confirmed covenants through a ceremony involving cutting animals in half as sacrifices. The parties of the covenant walked between…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-153-15. when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard--This town, as its name imports, was situated on a rocky eminence, about six miles northwest from Jerusalem, where the modern village of El Jib now stands. It was the capital of the Hivites, and a large important city (Jos 10:2). It seems to have formed, in union with a few other towns in the neighborhood, a free independent state (Jos 9:17) and to have enjoyed a republican government (Jos 9:11).Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 9:15

• Alliances
• Confidence
• Contracts
• Craftiness
• Deception
• Diplomacy
• Government
• Joshua
• Kirjath-Jearim
• Magnanimity
• Oath
• Servant
• Treaty

In the dictionaries

• Joshua
• Alliance
• Covenant
• Gibeon
• Slave
• Wilily
• Chephirah
• Covenant, in the Old Testament
• Exodus, the Book of
• Joshua, 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