SEV Biblia, Chapter 9:3
¶ Mas los moradores de Gabaón, cuando oyeron lo que Josué había hecho a Jericó y a Hai,
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Joshua 9:3
Verse 3. The inhabitants of Gibeon heard] These alone did not join the confederation. Gibeon is supposed to have been the capital of the Hivites. In the division of the land it fell to the lot of Benjamin, Joshua xviii. 25, and was afterwards given to the priests, chap. xxi. 17. See the note on chap. x. 2.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 3. And when the inhabitants of Gibeon , etc.] A large and royal city, a metropolitan one, which had three others belonging to it, and under it, mentioned ( Joshua 9:17); (see Joshua 10:2); no mention is made of any king over them, perhaps they were governed by elders, ( Joshua 9:11). Though an Arabic writer says, the king of Gibeon wrote to Joshua, and desired security, and sent him large gifts, whom having preserved in safety, Joshua placed on his throne: when these heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai ; had taken the one in a miraculous way, and the other by a stratagem, and had burnt them both, destroyed the inhabitants, plundered their substance, and slew both their kings, all which struck them with terror.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 3-13 - Other people heard these tidings, and were driven thereby to make wa upon Israel; but the Gibeonites were led to make peace with them. Thu the discovery of the glory and the grace of God in the gospel, is to some a savour of life unto life, but to others a savour of death unt death, 2Co 2:16. The same sun softens wax and hardens clay. The falsehood of the Gibeonites cannot be justified. We must not do evi that good may themselves to the God of Israel, we have reason to thin Joshua would have been directed by the oracle of God to spare their lives. But when they had once said, "We are come from a far country, they were led to say it made of skins, and their clothes: one li brings on another, and that a third, and so on. The way of that sin is especially down-hill. Yet their faith and prudence are to be commended In submitting to Israel they submitted to the God of Israel, whic implied forsaking their idolatries. And how can we do better than cas ourselves upon the mercy of a God of all goodness? The way to avoi judgment is to meet it by repentance. Let us do like these Gibeonites seek peace with God in the rags of abasement, and godly sorrow; so ou sin shall not be our ruin. Let us be servants to Jesus, our blesse Joshua, and we shall live.
Original Hebrew
וישׁבי 3427 גבעון 1391 שׁמעו 8085 את 853 אשׁר 834 עשׂה 6213 יהושׁע 3091 ליריחו 3405 ולעי׃ 5857
