约书亚记 9:16

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

以色列人奴役基遍人以色列人和他們立約之後，過了三天，才聽見他們是自己的近鄰，是住在這地的居民。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
以 色 列 人 与 他 们 立 约 之 後 ， 过 了 三 天 才 听 见 他 们 是 近 邻 ， 住 在 以 色 列 人 中 间 的 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ So Joshua agreed to make peace with the Gibeonites and to let them live. And the leaders of the Israelites swore an oath to keep the agreement. ¹⁶ Three days after they had made the agreement, the Israelites learned that the Gibeonites lived nearby. ¹⁷ So the Israelites went to where they lived and on the third day came to their cities: Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim. ¹⁸ But the Israelites did not attack those cities, because they had made a promise to them before the Lord , the God of Israel. All the Israelites grumbled against the leaders. ¹⁹ But the leaders answered, "We have given our promise before the Lord , the God of Israel, so we cannot attack them now. ²⁰ This is what we must do. We must let them live. Otherwise, God's anger will be against us for breaking the oath we swore to them. ²¹ So let them live, but they will cut wood and carry water for our people." So the leaders kept their promise to them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that they heard: Proverbs 12:19

Reciprocal: Joshua 9:22 - ye dwell

Cross-References

Genesis 9:3
"Everything that moves, everything that is alive, is yours for food. Earlier I gave you the green plants, but now I give you everything for food.

Genesis 9:4
But you must not eat meat that still has blood in it, because blood gives life.

Genesis 9:8
Then God said to Noah and his sons,

Genesis 9:9
"Now I am making my agreement with you and your people who will live after you,

Genesis 9:10
and with every living thing that is with you—the birds, the tame and the wild animals, and with everything that came out of the boat with you—with every living thing on earth.

Genesis 9:11
I make this agreement with you: I will never again destroy all living things by a flood. A flood will never again destroy the earth."

Genesis 9:21
When he drank wine made from his grapes, he became drunk and lay naked in his tent.

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

Genesis 17:7
And I will make an agreement between me and you and all your descendants from now on: I will be your God and the God of all your descendants.

Genesis 17:13
Circumcise every baby boy whether he is born in your family or bought as a slave. Your bodies will be marked to show that you are part of my agreement that lasts forever.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass at the end of three days, after they had made a league with them,.... The league seems to have been made the same day they came; the Gibeonites were no doubt in haste to have it concluded, lest they should be discovered; and Joshua, and the princes of Israel, took no pains, and gave themselves no great trouble to inquire about them, but made peace with them at once; and it was but three days after, or within three days of its being made,

that they heard that they [were] their neighbours, and [that] they dwelt among them; that is, in their neighbourhood, as the Arabic version; and so Noldius r renders the words, "and that they dwelt near them"; for the Gibeonites did not dwell among the Israelites, or in the midst of them, but near the place where they were; and this they understood either by some deserters that came to the camp of Israel, or by some of the Israelites who were sent to reconnoitre several parts of the country, especially such as lay nearest, or for the sake of getting provisions for their camp.

r Concord. Ebr. Part. p. 211. No. 932.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 9:16. At the end of three days — Gibeon is reputed to be only about eight leagues distant from Gilgal, and on this account the fraud might be easily discovered in the time mentioned above.