Joshua 9:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you? ”

Joshua 9:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Joshua 9:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the men of Israel said unto the (d) Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you? (d) For the Gibeonites and the Hivites were all one people.
Joshua 9:7 - 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 9:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you? Peradventure ye dwell among us - It is strange they should have had such a suspic...
Joshua 9:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you? Peradventure ye dwell among us. The answer of the Israelites implied t...
Joshua 9:7 - 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 9:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you? — Literally, Peradventure thou art a dweller in the midst of me; and how shall I make a covenant with thee? The Israelites...
Joshua 9:7 - 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 9:7 - 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 9:7 - 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 9:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The, deceit which the Gibeonites made use of, blinded the eyes of Israel. And it is astonishing it should, so: for in the close of the defeat of Ai, Joshua caused Israel to hear the command of God, t...
Joshua 9:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites ,.... Though they did not know them to be such, but as they afterwards appeared to be the Hivites, as the Gibeonites were, they are here so called, see...
Joshua 9:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you? Ver. 7. Peradventure ye dwell among us. ] Certe qui caret ne decipiatur, vi...
Joshua 9:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The men of Israel said to the Hivites That is, the Gibeonites, who were Hivites, Joshua 11:19 . Peradventure you dwell among us That is, in this land, and so are of that people with whom we are...
Joshua 9:7 - 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 9:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Artifice of the Gibeonites. B. C. 1450. 3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard w...
Joshua 9:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The Hivites, i.e. the Gibeonites, who were Hivites, Joshua 11:19 . Among us, i.e. in this land, and so are of that people with whom we are forbidden to make any league or covenant, Exodus 23...
Joshua 9:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps it may be that you dwell among us, and how shall we make a covenant-treaty with you?” The elders of Israel were not fools. They were suspicio...
Joshua 9:7 - 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 9:7 - 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 9:7 - 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 9:7 - 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 9:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Gibeonites Deceive Joshua and the Princes
Joshua 9:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 20:16 ; Deuteronomy 7:2 ; Deuteronomy 7:3 ; Exodus 23:31-33 ; Exodus 3:8 ; Exodus 34:12 ; Genesis 10:17 ; Genesis 34:2 ; Joshua 11:19 ; Judges 2:2 ; Numbers 33:52
Joshua 9:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The Hivites — That is, the Gibeonites who were Hivites, Joshua 11:19 . Among us — That is, in this land, and so are of that people with whom we are forbidden to make any league or covenant.

Joshua 9:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Joshua 9:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Joshua 9:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 9:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 9:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joshua 9:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 9:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Joshua 9:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joshua 9:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joshua 9:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 9:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 9:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 9:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joshua 9:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 9:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 9:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 9:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 9:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 9:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 9:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 9:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 9:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 9:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 9:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 9:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes