Joshua 10:2
“That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
That they feared greatly,.... The king of Jerusalem and his people, lest they should fall into the hands of the…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
As one of the royal cities - Not a regal city, but great, well inhabited and well fortified, as those cities which…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Joshua 10:1-6
Joshua and the hosts of Israel had now been a good while in the land of Canaan, and no great matters were effected; they…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
as one of the royal cities See above, Jos 9:3.
When Sennacherib invaded Judah, he attacked and took "the fenced cities,"…
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