Joshua 9:17

9:17 So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities – Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.

Joshua 10:2

10:2 All Jerusalem was terrified ¹  because Gibeon was a large city, like one of the royal cities. It was larger than Ai and all its men were warriors.

Joshua 10:1

Israel Defeats an Amorite Coalition

10:1 Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem, ²  heard how Joshua captured Ai and annihilated it and its king as he did Jericho ³  and its king. ⁴  He also heard how ⁵  the people of Gibeon made peace with Israel and lived among them.

Joshua 3:4-5

3:4 But stay about three thousand feet behind it. ⁶  Keep your distance ⁷  so you can see ⁸  which way you should go, for you have not traveled this way before.”

3:5 Joshua told the people, “Ritually consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will perform miraculous deeds among you.”

Joshua 9:2

9:2 they formed an alliance to fight against Joshua and Israel. ⁹ 

Isaiah 28:21

28:21 For the Lord will rise up, as he did at Mount Perazim, ¹⁰ 

he will rouse himself, as he did in the Valley of Gibeon, ¹¹ 

to accomplish his work,

his peculiar work,

to perform his task,

his strange task. ¹² 

[10:2]  ¹ tn This statement is subordinated to v. 1 in the Hebrew text, which reads literally, “When Adoni-Zedek…they feared greatly.” The subject of the plural verb at the beginning of v. 2 is probably the residents of Jerusalem.

[10:1]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[10:1]  ³ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[10:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “as he had done to Jericho and to its king, so he did to Ai and to its king.”

[10:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “and how.”

[3:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “But there should be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits in measurement.”

[3:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “do not approach it.”

[3:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “know.”

[9:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “they gathered together to fight against Joshua and Israel [with] one mouth.”

[28:21]  ¹⁰ sn This probably alludes to David’s victory over the Philistines at Baal Perazim. See 2 Sam 5:20.

[28:21]  ¹¹ sn This probably alludes to the Lord’s victory over the Canaanites at Gibeon, during the days of Joshua. See Josh 10:10-11.

[28:21]  ¹² sn God’s judgment of his own people is called “his peculiar work” and “his strange task,” because he must deal with them the way he treated their enemies in the past.