New King James Version
Joshua 9:2
2that they gathered together to fight with Joshua and Israel with one accord.
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 Living Translation (NLT)These kings combined their armies to fight as one against Joshua and the Israelites.
Context of Joshua 9:2
1And it came to pass when all the kings who were on this side of the Jordan, in the hills and in the lowland and in all the coasts of the Great Sea toward Lebanon—the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite—heard about it, that they gathered together to fight with Joshua and Israel with one accord. 3But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, 4they worked craftily, and went and pretended to be ambassadors. And they took old sacks on their donkeys, old wineskins 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 20:1It happened after this that the people of Moab with the people of Ammon, and others with them besides the Ammonites, came to battle against Jehoshaphat.
- Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage, And the people plot a vain thing?
- Psalms 83:2For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head.
- Proverbs 11:21Though they join forces, the wicked will not go unpunished; But the posterity of the righteous will be delivered.
- Isaiah 8:9“Be shattered, O you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Give ear, all you from far countries. Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces; Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces.
- Isaiah 54:15Indeed they shall surely assemble, but not because of Me. Whoever assembles against you shall fall for your sake.
- Joel 3:9Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war! Wake up the mighty men, Let all the men of war draw near, Let 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 earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
- Revelation 20:8and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as 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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