Joshua 9:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us. ”

Joshua 9:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Camp at Gilgal - While Joshua was engaged in more distant enterprises, the women, children, and property of the Israelites were left with a sufficient guard at this place, where they had been est...
Joshua 9:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 9. The Stratagem of the Gibeonites. This account, though composite, is straightforward enough if Joshua 9:17-21 be omitted. These verses give an account by the priestly writer in which t...
Joshua 9:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

men. Heb, 'ish . App-14.
Joshua 9:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. And they went to Joshua, etc. I have said that in strict law, a covenant of this description was null and void. For when they obtain their prayer, what is stipulated but just that they sh...
Joshua 9:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us. Make ye a league with us - כרתו לנ...
Joshua 9:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 6. And they went to Joshua—and said, &c.— Some interpreters are of opinion, that the deputies from the Gibeonites addressed themselves to the first they met in the camp of Gilgal; but...
Joshua 9:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us. They went to Joshua unto t...
Joshua 9:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The League with the Gibeonites Joshua 9 forms an introduction to the narrative of the Southern campaign ( Joshua 10 ). The Gibeonite cities were important enough both politically and geographica...
Joshua 9:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XVIII. THE STRATAGEM OF THE GIBEONITES. Joshua 9:1-27 . WE now resume the thread of the story interrupted by the narrative of the transaction at Ebal and Gerizim. We learn from the test...
Joshua 9:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Deceived by the Gibeonites Joshua 9:1-15 The presence of common peril forced the nations of Canaan to combine for self-preservation. Would that the various sections of the visible Church might...
Joshua 9:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The fame and the dread of the people by this time were spreading far and wide. The kings of Canaan, conscious of their danger, formed a league against the oncoming hosts. However, before they had ti...
Joshua 9:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I pass over the historical relation of the Gibeonites conduct, to direct the Reader to the spiritual gospel sense of the passage. Are not those Gibeonites a picture of the Gentile Church, coming to o...
Joshua 9:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they went to Joshua, unto the camp at Gilgal ,.... From whence it appears, that after Jericho and Ai were destroyed, the army of Israel returned to their encampment at Gilgal, Joshua 5:10 ; and...
Joshua 9:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us. Ver. 6. We be come from a far c...
Joshua 9:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Unto the camp to Gilgal Joshua's headquarters. And said to the men of Israel To those that used to meet in council with Joshua, to whom it belonged to make leagues, namely, the princes of the con...
Joshua 9:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

DECEIVED BY THE GIBEONITES (vs.1-27) The calm deliberation with which the Lord was acting gave time for the forces of the enemy to be marshaled against Israel. Six nations, the Hittites, Amorites...
Joshua 9:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Artifice of the Gibeonites. B. C. 1450. 3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard w...
Joshua 9:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Gilgal; the place of their head-quarters. To the men of Israel, to wit, those who used to meet in council with Joshua, to whom it belonged to make leagues, as it here follows, even the princes of t...
Joshua 9:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Gibeonite Conspiracy ( Joshua 9:3-27 ). The next shock that shook Canaan was that with Jericho, Ai and Bethel defeated, and a way into Canaan having been obtained, and with the covenant having...
Joshua 9:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 9:3 . The inhabitants of Gibeon ] “Gibeon was a city situated, as its name indicates, upon a hill. It was about forty stadia from Jerusalem, according to Josephus , Ant . vii. 11. 7 (50 ac...
Joshua 9:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 9:1 . All the kings to fight with Joshua. They realized the ancient proverb, Quem Deus vult perdere, primum dementat. He whom God destroys is first mad. Joshua 9:4 . Wine bottles, old...
Joshua 9:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

The inhabitants of Gibeon . .. did work wilily. A Canaanitish stratagem I. How this device originated. 1. Their wisdom suggested it. The selfsame facts suggest different courses of action...
Joshua 9:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE GIBEONITES .— Joshua 9:1 And it came to pass, when all the kings. According to the explanation given above ( Joshua 6:5 , Joshua 6:15 ) of the particle כwith the infi...
Joshua 9:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Gibeonites Deceive Joshua and the Princes
Joshua 9:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 8:41 ; 2 Kings 20:14 ; Deuteronomy 20:11-15 ; Deuteronomy 29:12 ; Joshua 10:43 ; Joshua 5:10 ; Joshua 9:9
Joshua 9:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The camp at Gilgal — The place of their head — quarters. Men of Israel — To those who used to meet in council with Joshua, to whom it belonged to make leagues, even the princes of the congregation....

Joshua 9:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Joshua 9:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 9:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Joshua 9:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 9:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 9:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Joshua 9:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joshua 9:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 9:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joshua 9:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joshua 9:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 9:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 9:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 9:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joshua 9:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 9:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 9:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 9:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 9:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 9:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 9:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 9:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 9:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 9:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 9:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 9:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes