The Bible — notes and cross-references in Joshua | Interpretation and commentary to chapter 9

9:1^a all

Josh. 10:3-5; 11:1-5; 12:7-24
9:3^a Gibeon

Josh. 10:2, 10, 12; 2 Sam. 21:1-2; 1 Kings 3:4-5; 9:2
9:3^b Jericho

Josh. 6:21, 24
9:3^c Ai

Josh. 8:26, 28
9:6^a Gilgal

Josh. 5:10
9:6^b covenant

cf. Exo. 23:32; Deut. 7:2; Judg. 2:2
9:9^a far

Deut. 20:15
9:9^b have

Josh. 2:10
9:10^a Sihon

Num. 21:21-25
9:10^b Og

Num. 21:33
9:14¹ but

The children of Israel were deceived by the Gibeonites because they were like a wife who forgot her husband. What they did here was exactly the same as what Eve did in Gen. 3 (see note Gen. 3:2¹). As God’s wife (Isa. 54:5; 62:5; John 3:29; 2 Cor. 11:2; Eph. 5:23-32; Rev. 21:9-10), God’s people should co-live with Him, always relying on Him and being one with Him. This is the intrinsic significance of this chapter. See note Josh. 7:3¹ and note Josh. 7:4^1a.
9:14^a ask

Num. 27:21
9:15^a peace

Josh. 11:19
9:17^a Gibeon

cf. Josh. 18:25-28
9:21^a woodcutters

Josh. 9:23, 27; Deut. 29:11
9:23^a house

Gen. 28:22; Josh. 9:23; Judg. 18:31
9:27^a place

Deut. 12:5