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Joshua 9:16 Cross-References
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“And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.”
Joshua 9:16 (KJV)
Commentary on Joshua 9:16
Discovery: 'at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.' The timing 'three days' suggests the deception lasted only briefly before discovery. The verb 'heard' (shama, שָׁמַע) indicates report or intelligence reaching Joshua—perhaps from scouts or Israelites who recognized the Gibeonites. The revelation 'they were their neighbours' and 'dwelt among them' exposed the core deception—these weren't distant peoples but near Canaanites who should have been destroyed. The irony: the elaborate deception's e...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Joshua 9:16
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