Joshua 10:4

Israel Joshua Gibeon

² That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.

³ Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,

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.

⁵ Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.

⁶ 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.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: “Come up and help me. We will attack Gibeon, because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”
KJV: 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.
WEB: “Come up to me and help me. Let’s strike Gibeon; for they have made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.”
ASV: Come up unto me, and help me, and let us smite Gibeon; for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
DARBY: Come up to me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon; for it has made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
BLB: “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.”

ÅB: Kom opp til meg og hjelp meg, sa vi kan slå Gibeon! For de har gjort fred med Josva og Israels barn.
OTB: "Kom opp og hjelp meg å angripe Gibeon, for det har sluttet fred med Josva og israelittene."
B1930: Kom op til mig og hjelp mig, sa vi kan slå Gibeon! For de har gjort fred med Josva og Israels barn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Joshua 9:15
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
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Joshua 10:1
Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;
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Isaiah 8:9–10
Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
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Isaiah 41:5–7
The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
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John 16:2–3
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
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John 15:19
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
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James 4:4
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
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Revelation 20:8–10
And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
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