Joshua 10:4

Translations

Modern

“Come up and help me. We will attack Gibeon, because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”

Traditional

Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.

Literal

“Come up to me and help me, that we may attack Gibeon. For it has made peace with Joshua and with the sons of Israel.”

Latin

Ad me ascendite, et ferte præsidium, ut expugnemus Gabaon, quare transfugerit ad Josue, et ad filios Israël.

Original

Hebrew

English

“Come up and help me. We will attack Gibeon, because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”

Notes

Joshua 10:1–43

Gibeon and its neighboring cities were on a plateau (high flat place) north of Jerusalem (see study note on 7:2). With Gibeon now as an ally with Israel, Israel controlled the plateau and the central hill country near Gibeon. Historically, controlling the plateau often meant controlling the hill country. The kings of Canaan had to conquer Gibeon, or they would fail.

Joshua 7:1–12:24

This second major section of the book records Joshua's southern and northern campaigns against two coalitions of kings from Canaan. Joshua's victories allowed Israel to settle the hill country from Galilee in the north to the Negev in the south.

Theme notes and profiles

Joshua

Events

War with Canaanites

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People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Joshua: Moses' assistant who led Israel into Canaan

Places

Gibeon: Hivite city that tricked Joshua into a peace treaty

Glossary

Adoni-Zedek Amorites Beth-Horon Conquest and Allotment of the Land Gibeon, Gibeonites Japhia (Person) Jarmuth Joshua (Person) Joshua, Book of Judges, Book of Tribe of Dan

Topics

Adoni-Zedek: A King of Jerusalem Amorites: Kings of Armies: March in Ranks: Confederated Confederacies of Kings Debir: King of Eglon Gibeonites: Attacked by the Kings of Canaan Hebron: Hoham, King of, Confederated with Other Kings of the Canaanites Against Joshua Jerusalem: King of, Joined with the Four Other Kings of the Amorites Against Joshua and the Armies of Israel The Amorites: Western Kings of, Confederated Against Israel War of Extermination

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