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Joshua 9:2

Joshua

1 And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;

That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,

4 They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;

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BSB
they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.
KJV
That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
WEB
they gathered themselves together to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
ASV
that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
DARBY
that they assembled together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
BLB
that they gathered together to fight with Joshua and Israel with one mouth.
ÅB
da samlet de seg alle som én for å stride mot Josva og Israel.
OTB
samlet de seg med ett mål: å kjempe mot Josva og Israel.
B1930
da samlet de sig alle som én for å stride mot Josva og Israel.

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  • Revelation 20:8–9

    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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  • Revelation 16:14

    For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

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  • Acts 4:26–28

    The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.

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  • Joel 3:9–13

    Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:

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  • Psalms 2:1–2

    Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

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  • Proverbs 11:21

    Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

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  • Isaiah 8:12

    Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

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  • 2 Chronicles 20:1–30

    It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

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