Introduction
INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 9
This chapter gives an account of the combination of the several kings of Canaan against Israel, Joshua 9:1 ; and of the craftiness of the Gibeonites, pretending they were ambassadors from a far country, and desired to enter into a league with Israel, which they obtained, Joshua 9:3 ; but when it was discovered who they were, it occasioned a murmuring among the people, Joshua 9:16 ; which the princes quelled by proposing to make them hewers of wood, and drawers of water, Joshua 9:19 ; in order to which Joshua summoned them before him, and chided them for beguiling them; and after they had made their excuse, he ordered them to the service the princes proposed, and so peace in the congregation of Israel was preserved, Joshua 9:21 .
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