- Now when all the kings west of the Jordan heard about these things--those in the hill country, in the western foothills, and along the entire coast of the Great Sea as far as Lebanon (the kings of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites)-
- they came together to make war against Joshua and Israel.
- However, when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
- they resorted to a ruse: They went as a delegation whose donkeys were loaded with worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.
- The men put worn and patched sandals on their feet and wore old clothes. All the bread of their food supply was dry and moldy.
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- And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against 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.
- And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
- They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;
- And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
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