And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
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Interpretation
Other people heard these tidings, and were driven thereby to make war upon Israel; but the Gibeonites were led to make peace with them. Thus the discovery of the glory and the grace of God in the gospel, is to some a savour of life to life, but to others a savour of death to death, 2Co 2:16.
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This thought runs through Joshua 9:3-7.
Glossary
- Ai Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Et Tell.
- Jericho Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell es Sultan.
- Joshua Tribe
- Jehovah is his help, or Jehovah the Saviour. The son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, the successor of Moses as the leader of Israel. He is called Jehoshua in Num. 13:16 (A. V. ), and Jesus in Acts 7:45 and Heb. 4:8 .
- Gibeon Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: El Jib.