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But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Gibeon was the head of the four towns (Joshua 9:17) occupied by the Hivites (Joshua 11:19). The inhabitants were Amorites (…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

THE GIBEONITES MAKE PEACE WITH JOSHUA (Joshua 9:3–27).

The inhabitants of Gibeon. —Hivites, as appears in Joshua…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard, etc. The inhabitants of Gibeon alone, rejecting the proposal to make war, resort to fraud and tr…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And when the inhabitants of Gibeon
A large and royal city, a metropolitan one, which had three others belonging to i…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Other people heard this news and were driven by it to make war against Israel; but the Gibeonites were led to make peace with them. Thus the discov…

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