- 耶路撒冷王亞多尼洗德聽見約書亞奪了艾城、盡行毀滅.怎樣待耶利哥和耶利哥的王、也照樣待艾城和艾城的王.又聽見基遍的居民與以色列人立了和約、住在他們中間.
- 就甚懼怕、因為基遍是一座大城、如都城一般、比艾城更大、並且城內的人都是勇士。
- 所以耶路撒冷王亞多尼洗德打發人去見希伯崙王何咸、耶末王毘蘭、拉吉王雅非亞、和伊磯倫王底璧、說、
- 求你們上來幫助我、我們好攻打基遍.因為他們與約書亞和以色列人立了和約。
- 於是五個亞摩利王、就是耶路撒冷王、希伯崙王、耶末王、拉吉王、伊磯倫王、大家聚集、率領他們的眾軍上去、對著基遍安營、攻打基遍。
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- Now it came about when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai, and had utterly destroyed it (just as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king), and that the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were within their land,
- that he feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
- Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron and to Piram king of Jarmuth and to Japhia king of Lachish and to Debir king of Eglon, saying,
- "Come up to me and help me, and let us attack Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and with the sons of Israel."
- So the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered together and went up, they with all their armies, and camped by Gibeon and fought against it.
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