Joshua 10:6
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And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, because all the kings of the Amorites from the hill country have joined forces against us.”
In other translations
And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, because all the kings of the Amorites from the hill country have joined forces against us.”
Hebrew words
וַיִּשְׁלְחוּvaiyishlechuand they sentH7971אַנְשֵׁי'anshei[the] men ofH582גִבְעוֹןgiv'onGibeonH1391אֶל־'el-toH413יְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua'JoshuaH3091אֶל־'el-toH413הַמַּחֲנֶהhamachanehthe campH4264הַגִּלְגָּלָהhagilgalah<the> Gilgal towardsH1537לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559אַל־'al-may notH408תֶּרֶףterefyou let dropH7503יָדֶיךָyadeikhahands yourH3027מֵעֲבָדֶיךָme'avadeikhafrom servants yourH5650עֲלֵה'alehcome upH5927אֵלֵינוּ'eleinuto usH413מְהֵרָהmeherahquicklyH4120וְהוֹשִׁיעָהvehoshi'ahand save !H3467לָּנוּlanu<to> <the> usוְעָזְרֵנוּve'azerenuand help usH5826כִּיkiforH3588נִקְבְּצוּnikbetzuthey have gathered togetherH6908אֵלֵינוּ'eleinuagainst usH413כָּל־kol-allH3605מַלְכֵיmalkhei[the] kings ofH4428הָאֱמֹרִיha'emorithe Amorite[s]H567יֹשְׁבֵיyoshevei[the] inhabitants ofH3427הָהָר׃haharthe hill countryH2022
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- Joshua 5:10And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover.
- Joshua 9:6And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land; please make a treaty with us.”
- Deuteronomy 1:15So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them as leaders over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens, and as officers for your tribes.
- Joshua 9:15And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.
- Psalm 125:2As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.
- 2 Kings 4:24Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.Then she saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Drive onward; do not slow the pace for me unless I tell you.”
- Isaiah 33:22For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.
- Joshua 9:24-2524 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the Lord thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing. 25 And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.24 The Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this. 25 Now we are in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you.”
- Luke 1:39And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
- Joshua 21:11And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)
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