约书亚记 9:9

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

他們回答約書亞：“你的僕人為了耶和華你　神的名從很遠的地方而來，因為我們聽見了他的名聲和他在埃及所行的一切事，

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
他 们 回 答 说 ： 仆 人 从 极 远 之 地 而 来 ， 是 因 听 见 耶 和 华 ─ 你 　 神 的 名 声 和 他 在 埃 及 所 行 的 一 切 事 ，

Contextual Overview

³ When the people of Gibeon heard how Joshua had defeated Jericho and Ai, ⁴ they decided to trick the Israelites. They gathered old sacks and old leather wine bags that were cracked and mended, and they put them on the backs of their donkeys. ⁵ They put old sandals on their feet and wore old clothes, and they took some dry, moldy bread. ⁶ Then they went to Joshua in the camp near Gilgal. The men said to Joshua and the Israelites, "We have traveled from a faraway country. Make a peace agreement with us." ⁷ The Israelites said to these Hivites, "Maybe you live near us. How can we make a peace agreement with you?" ⁸ The Hivites said to Joshua, "We are your servants." But Joshua asked, "Who are you? Where do you come from?" ⁹ The men answered, "We are your servants who have come from a far country, because we heard of the fame of the Lord your God. We heard about what he has done and everything he did in Egypt. ¹⁰ We heard that he defeated the two kings of the Amorites from the east side of the Jordan River—Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan who ruled in Ashtaroth. ¹¹ So our elders and our people said to us, ‘Take food for your journey and go and meet the Israelites. Tell them, "We are your servants. Make a peace agreement with us."' ¹² "Look at our bread. On the day we left home to come to you it was warm and fresh, but now it is dry and moldy.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

From a: Deuteronomy 20:15

because: 1 Kings 8:41, 2 Chronicles 6:32, 2 Chronicles 6:33, Nehemiah 9:5, Psalms 72:19, Psalms 83:18, Psalms 148:13, Isaiah 55:5, Acts 8:7

we have: Joshua 9:24, Joshua 2:9, Joshua 2:10, Exodus 9:16, Exodus 15:14, Numbers 14:15, Isaiah 66:19

Reciprocal: Exodus 18:1 - done Joshua 6:27 - his fame Joshua 9:6 - We be Joshua 9:22 - We are 1 Kings 8:42 - For they shall 2 Kings 5:15 - now I know 2 Kings 20:14 - a far country 1 Chronicles 19:19 - the servants 2 Chronicles 20:29 - they had heard Psalms 77:14 - thou hast Psalms 126:2 - then said Psalms 145:6 - And men Isaiah 33:13 - Hear Isaiah 39:3 - They are Isaiah 60:9 - unto Ezekiel 20:9 - in whose Romans 9:17 - that

Cross-References

Genesis 6:18
But I will make an agreement with you—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives will all go into the boat.

Genesis 9:7
"As for you, Noah, I want you and your family to have many children, to grow in number on the earth, and to become many."

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 9:17
So God said to Noah, "The rainbow is a sign of the agreement that I made with all living things on earth."

Genesis 22:17
I will surely bless you and give you many descendants. They will be as many as the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore, and they will capture the cities of their enemies.

Jeremiah 33:20
"This is what the Lord says: I have an agreement with day and night that they will always come at the right times. If you could change that agreement,

Romans 1:3
The Good News is about God's Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. As a man, he was born from the family of David. But through the Spirit of holiness he was declared to be God's Son with great power by rising from the dead.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they said unto him, from a very far country thy servants are come,.... Which they magnified and expressed in stronger terms than before, but were careful not to mention any country, lest such questions should be asked about it, their answers to which would betray them, but put it off by saying they were come,

because of the name of the Lord thy God; because of what they had heard of his name, his power and goodness; or "unto the name of the Lord thy God" o; that is, they were come to profess it, and to embrace the religion of the Israelites, and be proselytes to it; which they knew would be very agreeable to them, and engage them to show them favour; and so the Samaritan Chronicle p represents them as promising to do this, saying,

"we will believe in thy Lord, nor will we contradict him in what ye shall mark out for us, be it small or great;''

which seems to be, confirmed by what follows, unless it be considered as an explanation of the preceding clause:

for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt; the miracles wrought there, the plagues he inflicted on the Egyptians, and the wonderful deliverance of the children of Israel from their slavery.

o לשם יהוה "ad nomen Domini", Masius; "ad nomen Jehovae": Junius & Tremellius. p Apud Hottinger. Smegma Oriental. l. 1. c. 8. p. 507.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 9:9. Because of the name of the Lord thy God — They pretend that they had undertaken this journey on a religious account; and seem to intimate that they had the highest respect for Jehovah, the object of the Israelites' worship; this was hypocrisy.

We have heard the fame of him — This was true: the wonders which God did in Egypt, and the discomfiture of Sihon and Og, had reached the whole land of Canaan, and it was on this account that the inhabitants of it were panic-struck. The Gibeonites, knowing that they could not stand where such mighty forces had fallen, wished to make the Israelites their friends. This part of their relation was strictly true.