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Now it came about when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai, and had ^(F1)utterly destroyed it (just ^(C1)as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king), and that the inhabitants of Gibeon had ^(C2)made peace with Israel and were ^(F2)within their land,

that ^(F1)he ^(C1)feared greatly because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.