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Joshua 10:6

JoshuaGibeonGilgal
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4 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.

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.

7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour.

8 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.

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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

    And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.

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  • Joshua 5:10

    And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.

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  • Psalms 125:2

    As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

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  • 2 Kings 4:24

    Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.

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  • 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 21:11

    And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

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  • Luke 1:39

    And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;

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  • Isaiah 33:22

    For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.

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