Topic
Gibeonites
16 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Joshua 9:3Torrey Descended from the Hivites and Amorites
¶ And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
- Joshua 9:4–13Torrey ISRAEL — Deceived by
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; And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their…
- Joshua 9:7Torrey Descended from the Hivites and Amorites
And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
- Joshua 9:15Torrey ISRAEL — Made a league with
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.
- Joshua 9:17Torrey Cities of
And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.
- Joshua 9:18Torrey ISRAEL — Spared on account of their oath
And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.
- Joshua 9:19Torrey ISRAEL — Spared on account of their oath
But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.
- Joshua 9:20–27Torrey ISRAEL — Appointed, hewers of wood, &c
This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them. And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the…
- Joshua 10:1–5Torrey Attacked by the kings of Canaan
Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with…
- Joshua 10:2Torrey A mighty and warlike people
That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.
- Joshua 10:6–10Torrey Delivered by Israel
¶ 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.…
- 2 Samuel 21:1Torrey Israel plagued for Saul's cruelty to
Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
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- 2 Samuel 21:2 Torrey Descended from the Hivites and Amorites
- 2 Samuel 21:4–9 Torrey Effected the destruction of the remnant of Saul's house
- 1 Chronicles 9:2 Torrey The office of the Nethinim probably originated in
- Nehemiah 7:25 Torrey Part of, returned from the captivity
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
gib'-e-un-its. Inhabitants of GIBEON (which see).
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 17 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Descended from the Hivites and Amorites Jos 9:3,7; 2Sa 21:2
- A mighty and warlike people Jos 10:2
- Cities of Jos 9:17
- ISRAEL
- Deceived by Jos 9:4-13
- Made a league with Jos 9:15
- Spared on account of their oath Jos 9:18,19
- Appointed, hewers of wood, &c Jos 9:20-27
- Attacked by the kings of Canaan Jos 10:1-5
- Delivered by Israel Jos 10:6-10
- Saul sought to destroy 2Sa 21:2
- Israel plagued for Saul's cruelty to 2Sa 21:1
- Effected the destruction of the remnant of Saul's house 2Sa 21:4-9
- The office of the Nethinim probably originated in 1Ch 9:2
- Part of, returned from the captivity Ne 7:25
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.