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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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The NET Bible®

Joshua 9:2

they formed an alliance to fight against Joshua and Israel.

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.
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.
Good News Translation
They all came together and joined forces to fight against Joshua and the Israelites.
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 When the news reached all the kings on the west side of the Jordan—in the hill country, the lowlands, and all along the Mediterranean coast as far as Lebanon (including the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)— 2 they formed an alliance to fight against Joshua and Israel.

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
God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground."
Genesis 2:19
The Lord God formed out of the ground every living animal of the field and every bird of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them, and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
Genesis 9:4
But you must not eat meat with its life (that is, its blood) in it.
Genesis 9:8
God said to Noah and his sons,
Genesis 9:20
Noah, a man of the soil, began to plant a vineyard.
Genesis 9:22
Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness and told his two brothers who were outside.
Genesis 9:23
Shem and Japheth took the garment and placed it on their shoulders. Then they walked in backwards and covered up their father's nakedness. Their faces were turned the other way so they did not see their father's nakedness.
Genesis 35:5
and they started on their journey. The surrounding cities were afraid of God, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
Leviticus 26:6
I will grant peace in the land so that you will lie down to sleep without anyone terrifying you. I will remove harmful animals from the land, and no sword of war will pass through your land.
Leviticus 26:22
I will send the wild animals against you and they will bereave you of your children, annihilate your cattle, and diminish your population so that your roads will become 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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