Joshua 9:2

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
gathered	וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֣וּ vai.yit.ka.be.Tzu	H6908	to grasp · conjunction + verb, hithpael sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
together	יַחְדָּ֔ו yach.Dav	H3162	properly · adverb
fight	לְהִלָּחֵ֥ם le.hi.la.Chem	H3898	to feed on · preposition + verb, niphal infinitive construct
Joshua	יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ ye.ho.Shu.a'	H3091	Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua) · proper noun, a man's name
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
one	אֶחָֽד 'e.Chad	H259	properly · cardinal number, feminine singular absolute
accord	פֶּ֖ה peh	H6310	the mouth (as the means of blowing) · noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

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 agains…
Psalms 2:1-2 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
Psalms 83:2-8 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
Proverbs 11:21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Isaiah 8:9-10 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be…
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.
Isaiah 54:15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.
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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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 9:1-2

Hitherto the Canaanites had acted defensively; the Israelites were the aggressors upon Jericho and Ai. But here the kings of Canaan are in consultation to attack Israel, and concert matters for a vigorous effort of their united forces to check the progress of their victorious arms. Now, 1. It was strange they did not do this sooner. They had notice long since of their approach; Israel's design upon Canaan was no secret; one would have expected that a prudent concern for their common safety would put them upon taking some measures to oppose their coming over Jordan, and maintain that pass against them, or to give them a warm reception as soon as they were over. It was strange they did not att…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 9:2

they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord--Although divided by separate interests and often at war with each other, a sense of common danger prompted them to suspend their mutual animosities, that by their united forces they might prevent the land from falling into the hands of foreign masters.

Adam Clarke on Joshua 9:1

And it came to pass, when all the kings - heard thereof - From this account it appears that the capture and destruction of Jericho and Ai had been heard of to the remotest parts of the land, that a general fear of the Israelitish arms prevailed, and that the different dynasties or petty governments into which the land was divided, felt all their interests at stake, and determined to make the defense of their country a common cause. This was the most prudent step they could take in their circumstances, and therefore they entered into a confederation in order to arrest the progress of the Israelites. The Great Sea mentioned here is the Mediterranean Sea, the coasts of which were inhabited by t…

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John Gill on Joshua 9:2

That they gathered themselves together to fight with Joshua, and with Israel,.... Not at this time, but they met together to consult what was proper to be done in order to secure themselves, and their people, and put a stop to the successes of the arms of Israel; and for this purpose entered into alliances with each other to assist one another, or at a convenient time and place to join their forces together, and attack Israel, as afterwards they did, Joshua 11:1; and this they did with one accord; were unanimous in their councils and resolutions; they all confederated together, and agreed as one man to make a common cause of it, and oppose Israel with their united forces.

Dictionary and topics

Gibeon — Hill-city, “one of the royal cities, greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty” (Josh. 10:2). Its inhabitants were Hivites (11:19). It lay within the territory of Benjamin, and became a…
Alliances · . — .
Armies · Of different nations often confederated — Of different nations often confederated
Hittites · Conquered by Joshua — Conquered by Joshua
Joshua · against him — against him

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Joshua 9:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 9:1-2

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 9:2

Adam Clarke on Joshua 9:1

John Gill on Joshua 9:2

Dictionary and topics

Joshua 9:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 9:1-2

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 9:2

Adam Clarke on Joshua 9:1

John Gill on Joshua 9:2

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Joshua 9:1-15

Keil & Delitzsch on Joshua 9:1-2

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Joshua 9:2