THEOSISJoshua 9:15Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And Joshua made peace with them, and entering into a league, promised that they should not be slain: the princes also of the multitude swore to them.
וַיַּ֨עַשׂ לָהֶ֤ם יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ שָׁל֔וֹם וַיִּכְרֹ֥ת לָהֶ֛ם בְּרִ֖ית לְחַיּוֹתָ֑ם וַיִּשָּׁבְע֣וּ לָהֶ֔ם נְשִׂיאֵ֖י הָעֵדָֽה׃
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- 2 Sam 21:2Then the king, calling for the Gabaonites, said to them: (Now the Gabaonites were not of the children of Israel, but the remains of the Amorrhites: and the children of Israel had sworn to them, and Saul sought to slay them out of zeal, as it were for the children of Israel and Juda:)
- Deut 20:10If at any time thou come to fight against a city, thou shalt first offer it peace.
- Deut 20:11If they receive it, and open the gates to thee, all the people that are therein, shall be saved, and shall serve thee paying tribute.
- Josh 11:19There was not a city that delivered itself to the children of Israel, except the Hevite, who dwelt in Gabaon: for he took all by fight.
- Josh 6:22But Joshua said to the two men that had been sent for spies: Go into the harlot's house, and bring her out, and all things that are hers, as you assured her by oath.
- Josh 6:25But Joshua saved Rahab the harlot, and her father's house, and all she had, and they dwelt in the midst of Israel until this present day: because she hid the messengers whom he had sent to spy out Jericho. At that time, Joshua made an imprecation, saying:
- Jer 18:7I will suddenly speak against a nation, and against a kingdom, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy it.
- Jer 18:8If that nation against which I have spoken, shall repent of their evil, I also will repent of the evil that I have thought to do to them.