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Good News Translation

Joshua 9:2

They all came together and joined forces to fight against Joshua and the Israelites.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Alliances;   Hittites;   Joshua;   Thompson Chain Reference - Alliances;   Evil;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Armies;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Palestine;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - All-Sufficiency of God;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Alliances;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Joshua, the Book of;   Perizzites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gibeon;   Israel;   Stranger;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Journeyings of israel from egypt to canaan;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Accord;   Joshua, Book of;   Libraries;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
they formed a unified alliance to fight against Joshua and Israel.
Hebrew Names Version
that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Yehoshua and with Yisra'el, with one accord.
King James Version
That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
Lexham English Bible
they gathered themselves together to fight with one accord against Joshua and Israel.
English Standard Version
they gathered together as one to fight against Joshua and Israel.
New Century Version
So all these kings gathered to fight Joshua and the Israelites.
New English Translation
they formed an alliance to fight against Joshua and Israel.
Amplified Bible
they gathered together with one purpose to fight with Joshua and with Israel.
New American Standard Bible
that they met together with one purpose, to fight with Joshua and with Israel.
Geneva Bible (1587)
They gathered themselues together, to fight against Ioshua, & against Israel with one accord.
Legacy Standard Bible
that they gathered themselves together with one accord to fight with Joshua and with Israel.
Complete Jewish Bible
they joined forces to fight together against Y'hoshua and Isra'el.
Darby Translation
that they assembled together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
Easy-to-Read Version
All these kings came together and made plans to fight against Joshua and the Israelites.
George Lamsa Translation
And they gathered themselves together, with one accord, to fight with Joshua and with Israel.
Literal Translation
they with one mouth gathered themselves to fight with Joshua and with Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
they gathered the selues together with one acorde, to fighte agaynst Iosua, and agaynst Israel.
American Standard Version
that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
Bible in Basic English
Came together with one purpose, to make war against Joshua and Israel.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
They gathered them selues together, to fyght against Iosuah, and against Israel, with one accorde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
King James Version (1611)
That they gathered themselues together to fight with Ioshua, and with Israel, with one accord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
they came all together at the same time to make war against Joshua and Israel.
English Revised Version
that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
Berean Standard Bible
they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
weren gaderid togidere to fiyte ayens Josue and Israel, with o wille, and the same sentence.
Young's Literal Translation
that they gather themselves together to fight with Joshua, and with Israel -- one mouth.
Update Bible Version
that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
Webster's Bible Translation
That they assembled themselves, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
World English Bible
that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
New King James Version
that they gathered together to fight with Joshua and Israel with one accord.
New Living Translation
These kings combined their armies to fight as one against Joshua and the Israelites.
New Life Bible
They gathered together as one to fight against Joshua and Israel.
New Revised Standard
they gathered together with one accord to fight Joshua and Israel.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
then gathered they themselves together as one man, to fight with Joshua, and with Israel, - with one accord.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Gathered themselves together, to fight against Josue and Israel with one mind, and one resolution.
Revised Standard Version
they gathered together with one accord to fight Joshua and Israel.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
that they gathered themselves together with one accord to fight with Joshua and with Israel.

Contextual Overview

1 The victories of Israel became known to all the kings west of the Jordan—in the hills, in the foothills, and all along the coastal plain of the Mediterranean Sea as far north as Lebanon; these were the kings of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 2 They all came together and joined forces to fight against Joshua and the Israelites.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

gathered: 2 Chronicles 20:1-30, Psalms 2:1, Psalms 2:2, Psalms 83:2-8, Proverbs 11:21, Isaiah 8:9, Isaiah 8:10, Isaiah 8:12, Isaiah 54:15, Joel 3:9-13, Acts 4:26-28, Revelation 16:14, Revelation 20:8, Revelation 20:9

accord: Heb. mouth

Reciprocal: Joshua 10:5 - General 2 Chronicles 18:12 - assent

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
blessed them, and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals.
Genesis 2:19
So he took some soil from the ground and formed all the animals and all the birds. Then he brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and that is how they all got their names.
Genesis 9:4
The one thing you must not eat is meat with blood still in it; I forbid this because the life is in the blood.
Genesis 9:8
God said to Noah and his sons,
Genesis 9:20
Noah, who was a farmer, was the first man to plant a vineyard.
Genesis 9:22
When Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked, he went out and told his two brothers.
Genesis 9:23
Then Shem and Japheth took a robe and held it behind them on their shoulders. They walked backward into the tent and covered their father, keeping their faces turned away so as not to see him naked.
Genesis 35:5
When Jacob and his sons started to leave, great fear fell on the people of the nearby towns, and they did not pursue them.
Leviticus 26:6
"I will give you peace in your land, and you can sleep without being afraid of anyone. I will get rid of the dangerous animals in the land, and there will be no more war there.
Leviticus 26:22
I will send dangerous animals among you, and they will kill your children, destroy your livestock, and leave so few of you that your roads will be deserted.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

That they gathered themselves together to fight with Joshua,

and with Israel,.... Not at this time, but they met together to consult what was proper to be done in order to secure themselves, and their people, and put a stop to the successes of the arms of Israel; and for this purpose entered into alliances with each other to assist one another, or at a convenient time and place to join their forces together, and attack Israel, as afterwards they did, Joshua 11:1; and this they did

with one accord; were unanimous in their councils and resolutions; they all confederated together, and agreed as one man to make a common cause of it, and oppose Israel with their united forces.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the hills - See the Numbers 13:17 note.

The valleys - Or “the vale” (the Shephelah, Deuteronomy 1:7), which imports the lowland country between the mountains and the sea coast.


 
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