约书亚记 10:6

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

約書亞擊敗五王基遍人就派人到吉甲營中約書亞那裡去，說：“不可丟棄你的僕人，求你快快上我們這裡來拯救我們、幫助我們；因為住在山地的亞摩利人所有的王都集合起來攻擊我們。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
基 遍 人 就 打 发 人 往 吉 甲 的 营 中 去 见 约 书 亚 ， 说 ： 你 不 要 袖 手 不 顾 你 的 仆 人 ， 求 你 速 速 上 来 拯 救 我 们 ， 帮 助 我 们 ， 因 为 住 山 地 亚 摩 利 人 的 诸 王 都 聚 集 攻 击 我 们 。

Contextual Overview

¹ At this time Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had defeated Ai and completely destroyed it, as he had also done to Jericho and its king. The king also learned that the Gibeonites had made a peace agreement with Israel and that they lived nearby. ² Adoni-Zedek and his people were very afraid because of this. Gibeon was not a little town like Ai; it was a large city, as big as a city that had a king, and all its men were good fighters. ³ So Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sent a message to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon. He begged them, ⁴ "Come with me and help me attack Gibeon, which has made a peace agreement with Joshua and the Israelites." ⁵ Then these five Amorite kings—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—gathered their armies, went to Gibeon, surrounded it, and attacked it. ⁶ The Gibeonites sent this message to Joshua in his camp at Gilgal: "Don't let us, your servants, be destroyed. Come quickly and help us! Save us! All the Amorite kings from the mountains have joined their armies and are fighting against us."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

to the camp: Joshua 5:10, Joshua 9:6

Slack: 2 Kings 4:24

from thy: Joshua 9:15, Joshua 9:24, Joshua 9:25, Isaiah 33:22

mountains: Joshua 21:11, Deuteronomy 1:15, Psalms 125:2, Luke 1:39

Reciprocal: Joshua 4:19 - Gilgal Joshua 10:5 - General Joshua 10:15 - General Joshua 11:2 - on the north 1 Samuel 25:34 - hasted Psalms 123:2 - as the eyes Isaiah 27:5 - let him Luke 1:65 - all the

Cross-References

Genesis 9:22
Ham, the father of Canaan, looked at his naked father and told his brothers outside.

Genesis 10:8
Cush also had a descendant named Nimrod, who became a very powerful man on earth.

Genesis 10:16
He was also the father of the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,

1 Chronicles 4:40
They found good pastures with plenty of grass, and the land was open country and peaceful and quiet. Ham's descendants had lived there in the past.

Psalms 78:51
God killed all the firstborn sons in Egypt, the oldest son of each family of Ham.

Psalms 105:23
Then his father Israel came to Egypt; Jacob lived in Egypt.

Psalms 105:27
They did many signs among the Egyptians and worked wonders in Egypt.

Psalms 106:22
who had done miracles in Egypt and amazing things by the Red Sea.

Isaiah 11:11
At that time the Lord will again reach out and take his people who are left alive in Assyria, North Egypt, South Egypt, Cush, Elam, Babylonia, Hamath, and all the islands of the sea.

Jeremiah 46:9
Horsemen, charge into battle! Chariot drivers, drive hard! March on, brave soldiers— soldiers from the countries of Cush and Put who carry shields, soldiers from Lydia who use bows.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal,.... Which some think they did when besieged, and not before, which showed their faith in the power of God, whom they now professed; but it is not likely that they should defer sending for help so long, since it is reasonable to suppose they might have heard of the design of the five kings against them; or that they should be able to send out messengers when surrounded on all sides; it may be better therefore to render the words, "had sent" m, which they did as soon as they heard of the preparations made by the five kings to war with them, and of their rendezvous at Jerusalem, and especially as soon as they had information of their march towards them:

saying, slack not thine hands from thy servants; they entreat that he would not neglect them, be indifferent to them, and delay to assist them, since they were his subjects; and were entitled to his protection:

come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us; they did not doubt, if he made haste and helped them, but they should be saved by him:

for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us. Jerusalem lay among mountains, and Hebron was in the hill country in Judea, see Psalms 125:2; and the other cities were doubtless in a like situation.

m וישלהו "sed miserant", Piscator; so Pool and Patrick.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The language reflects the urgency of the crisis. Accordingly Joshua made a forced march, accompanied only by his soldiers Joshua 10:7, and accomplished in a single night the distance from Gilgal to Gibeon (about 15 miles in a direct line), which on a former occasion had been a three days’ journey Joshua 9:17.