Joshua 10:6 “Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do…”

Joshua 10:6

Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, because all the kings of the Amorites from the hill country have joined forces against us.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.

World English Bible

The men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, saying, “Don’t abandon your servants! Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us; for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill country have gathered together against us.”

American Standard Version

Geneva Bible 1599

And the men of Gibeon sent vnto Ioshua, euen to the hoste to Gilgal, saying, Withdrawe not thine hand from thy seruants: come vp to vs quickly, and saue vs, and helpe vs: for all the Kings of the Amorites which dwell in the mountaines, are gathered together against vs.

Darby Translation

And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua, to the camp at Gilgal, saying, Withdraw not thy hand from thy servants: come up to us quickly, and save us and help us; for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill-country are gathered against us.

Young's Literal Translation

And the men of Gibeon send unto Joshua, unto the camp at Gilgal, saying, 'Let not thy hand cease from thy servants; come up unto us [with] haste, and give safety to us, and help us; for all the kings of the Amorite, dwelling in the hill-country, have been assembled against us.'

Bible in Basic English

And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua to the tent-circle at Gilgal, saying, Be not slow to send help to your servants; come up quickly to our support and keep us safe: for all the kings of the Amorites from the hill-country have come together against us.

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Cross references

“to the camp”

Joshua 5:10 Joshua 9:6

Joshua 5:10 · BSB

On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover.

Joshua 9:6 · BSB

They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land; please make a treaty with us.”

“Slack”

2 Kings 4:24

2 Kings 4:24 · BSB

Then she saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Drive onward; do not slow the pace for me unless I tell you.”

“from thy”

Joshua 9:15 Isaiah 33:22 Joshua 9:24 Joshua 9:25

Joshua 9:15 · BSB

And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.

Isaiah 33:22 · BSB

For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.

Joshua 9:24 · BSB

The Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives be…

Joshua 9:25 · BSB

Now we are in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you.”

“mountains”

Joshua 21:11 Deuteronomy 1:15 Psalm 125:2 Luke 1:39

Joshua 21:11 · BSB

They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)

Deuteronomy 1:15 · BSB

So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them as leaders over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens, and as officers for your tribes.

Psalm 125:2 · BSB

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.

Luke 1:39 · BSB

In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5So the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces and advanced with all their armies. They camped before Gibeon and made war against it.

7So Joshua and his whole army, including all the mighty men of valor, came from Gilgal.

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