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Joshua 10:6

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

5 So 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.

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.”

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

8 The LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for I have delivered them into your hand. Not one of them shall stand against you.”

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BSB
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.”
KJV
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.
WEB
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.”
ASV
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 hill-country are gathered together against us.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, saying, “Do not forsake your servants. Come up to us quickly, and save us and help us, for all the kings of the Amorite who dwell in the hill country have gathered together against us.”
ÅB
Da sendte innbyggerne i Gibeon bud til Josva i leiren ved Gilgal og lot si: Slå ikke hånden av dine tjenere, kom opp til oss så fort du kan, og berg oss og hjelp oss! For alle amoritter-kongene som bor i fjellbygdene, har slått seg sammen mot oss.
OTB
Mennene i Gibeon sendte bud til Josva i leiren ved Gilgal og sa: "Ikke forlat dine tjenere; kom raskt opp til oss og redd oss, for alle kongene av amorittene fra fjelllandet har samlet seg mot oss."
B1930
Da sendte innbyggerne i Gibeon bud til Josva i leiren ved Gilgal og lot si: Slå ikke hånden av dine tjenere, kom op til oss så fort du kan, og berg oss og hjelp oss! For alle amoritter-kongene som bor i fjellbygdene, har slått sig sammen mot oss.

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  • Joshua 9:6

    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.”

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  • Joshua 5:10

    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.

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  • Psalms 125:2

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

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  • 2 Kings 4:24

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

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  • Joshua 9:15

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

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  • Joshua 21:11

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

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  • Luke 1:39

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

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  • Isaiah 33:22

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

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