
Text -- Joshua 9:9 (NET)




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Wesley: Jos 9:9 - -- Being moved thereunto by the report of his great and glorious nature and works; so they gave them hopes that they would embrace their religion.
Being moved thereunto by the report of his great and glorious nature and works; so they gave them hopes that they would embrace their religion.

Wesley: Jos 9:9 - -- They cunningly mention those things only which were done some time ago, and say nothing of dividing Jordan, or the destruction of Jericho and Ai, as i...
They cunningly mention those things only which were done some time ago, and say nothing of dividing Jordan, or the destruction of Jericho and Ai, as if they lived so far off that the fame of those things had not yet reached them.
JFB -> Jos 9:6-14; Jos 9:9
JFB: Jos 9:6-14 - -- Arrived at the Israelitish headquarters, the strangers obtained an interview with Joshua and the elders, to whom they opened their business.
Arrived at the Israelitish headquarters, the strangers obtained an interview with Joshua and the elders, to whom they opened their business.

JFB: Jos 9:9 - -- They pretended to be actuated by religious motives in seeking to be allied with His people. But their studied address is worthy of notice in appealing...
They pretended to be actuated by religious motives in seeking to be allied with His people. But their studied address is worthy of notice in appealing to instances of God's miraculous doings at a distance, while they pass by those done in Canaan, as if the report of these had not yet reached their ears.
Clarke: Jos 9:9 - -- Because of the name of the Lord thy God - They pretend that they had undertaken this journey on a religious account; and seem to intimate that they ...
Because of the name of the Lord thy God - They pretend that they had undertaken this journey on a religious account; and seem to intimate that they had the highest respect for Jehovah, the object of the Israelites’ worship; this was hypocrisy

Clarke: Jos 9:9 - -- We have heard the fame of him - This was true: the wonders which God did in Egypt, and the discomfiture of Sihon and Og, had reached the whole land ...
We have heard the fame of him - This was true: the wonders which God did in Egypt, and the discomfiture of Sihon and Og, had reached the whole land of Canaan, and it was on this account that the inhabitants of it were panic-struck. The Gibeonites, knowing that they could not stand where such mighty forces had fallen, wished to make the Israelites their friends. This part of their relation was strictly true.
TSK -> Jos 9:9
TSK: Jos 9:9 - -- From a : Deu 20:15
because : 1Ki 8:41; 2Ch 6:32, 2Ch 6:33; Neh 9:5; Psa 72:19, Psa 83:18, Psa 148:13; Isa 55:5; Act 8:7
we have : Jos 9:24, Jos 2:9, J...

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Poole -> Jos 9:9
Poole: Jos 9:9 - -- Because of the name of the Lord being moved thereunto by the report of his great and glorious nature and works; so they gave them hopes that they wou...
Because of the name of the Lord being moved thereunto by the report of his great and glorious nature and works; so they gave them hopes that they would embrace their religion.
All that he did in Egypt: they cunningly mention those things only which were done some time since, and say nothing of the dividing of Jordan, nor of the destruction of Jericho and Ai, as if they lived so far off that the fame of those things had not yet reached them.
Haydock -> Jos 9:9
Haydock: Jos 9:9 - -- God. So the queen Saba came to Solomon, 3 Kings x. The people of Gabaon being convinced that the God of Israel was the only true God, came to join ...
God. So the queen Saba came to Solomon, 3 Kings x. The people of Gabaon being convinced that the God of Israel was the only true God, came to join themselves to his people, and to worship him. (Serarius)
Gill -> Jos 9:9
Gill: Jos 9:9 - -- And they said unto him, from a very far country thy servants are come,.... Which they magnified and expressed in stronger terms than before, but were ...
And they said unto him, from a very far country thy servants are come,.... Which they magnified and expressed in stronger terms than before, but were careful not to mention any country, lest such questions should be asked about it, their answers to which would betray them, but put it off by saying they were come:
because of the name of the Lord thy God; because of what they had heard of his name, his power and goodness; or "unto the name of the Lord thy God" o; that is, they were come to profess it, and to embrace the religion of the Israelites, and be proselytes to it; which they knew would be very agreeable to them, and engage them to show them favour; and so the Samaritan Chronicle p represents them as promising to do this, saying,"we will believe in thy Lord, nor will we contradict him in what ye shall mark out for us, be it small or great;''which seems to be, confirmed by what follows, unless it be considered as an explanation of the preceding clause:
for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt; the miracles wrought there, the plagues he inflicted on the Egyptians, and the wonderful deliverance of the children of Israel from their slavery.

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TSK Synopsis -> Jos 9:1-27
TSK Synopsis: Jos 9:1-27 - --1 The kings combine against Israel.3 The Gibeonites by craft obtain a league.22 They are condemned to perpetual bondage.
MHCC -> Jos 9:3-13
MHCC: Jos 9:3-13 - --Other people heard these tidings, and were driven thereby to make war upon Israel; but the Gibeonites were led to make peace with them. Thus the disco...
Matthew Henry -> Jos 9:3-14
Matthew Henry: Jos 9:3-14 - -- Here, I. The Gibeonites desire to make peace with Israel, being alarmed by the tidings they heard of the destruction of Jericho, Jos 9:3. Other peop...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Jos 9:8-10
Keil-Delitzsch: Jos 9:8-10 - --
To the further question put by Joshua, where they had come from, the Gibeonites replied, "From a very distant land have thy servants come, because o...
Constable -> Jos 5:13--13:1; Jos 9:1-27
Constable: Jos 5:13--13:1 - --C. Possession of the land 5:13-12:24
Before Israel entered the land of Canaan, God had been preparing fo...
