No one in this region made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites of Gibeon. All the others were defeated.
Parallel translations
- WEB There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon. They took all in battle.
- KJV There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle.
- BSB No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle.
- NKJV There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon. All the others they took in battle.
- NASB There was not a city which made peace with the sons of Israel except the Hivites living in Gibeon; they took them all in battle.
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No city made peace with Israel except the Hivites of Gibeon; all others were taken in battle. Gibeon's earlier surrender stands as the lone exception.
Overview
The narrator highlights that only Gibeon sought peace, while every other city resisted and fell in war. The exception recalls how the Gibeonites, though by deception, found mercy by submitting. Their solitary case quietly illustrates that those who seek peace with God's people may be spared.
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- Josh 9:3–27But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,
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