American Standard Version
"But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, "
— Joshua 9:3, American Standard Version
“And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,”
“But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,”
“When the residents of Gibeon heard what Joshua did to Jericho and Ai,”
“But they that dwelt in Gabaon, hearing all that Joshua had done to Jericho and Hai:”
“And the men of Gibeon, hearing what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,”
“And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,”
And it came to pass, when all the kings that were beyond the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore of the great sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;
that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
they also did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-skins, old and rent and bound up,
and old and patched shoes upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and was become mouldy.
And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We are come from a far country: now therefore make ye a covenant with us.