- Now Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had taken Ai and totally destroyed it, doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king, and that the people of Gibeon had made a treaty of peace with Israel and were living near them.
- He and his people were very much alarmed at this, because Gibeon was an important city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were good fighters.
- So Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem appealed to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish and Debir king of Eglon.
- "Come up and help me attack Gibeon," he said, "because it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites."
- Then the five kings of the Amorites--the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and Eglon--joined forces. They moved up with all their troops and took up positions against Gibeon and attacked it.
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- 耶路撒冷王亚多尼洗德听见约书亚夺了艾城,尽行毁灭,怎样待耶利哥和耶利哥的王,也照样待艾城和艾城的王,又听见基遍的居民与以色列人立了和约,住在他们中间,
- 就甚惧怕。因为基遍是一座大城,如都城一般,比艾城更大,并且城内的人都是勇士。
- 所以耶路撒冷王亚多尼洗德打发人去见希伯仑王何咸,耶末王毗兰,拉吉王雅非亚,和伊矶伦王底璧,说,
- 求你们上来帮助我,我们好攻打基遍,因为他们与约书亚和以色列人立了和约。
- 于是五个亚摩利王,就是耶路撒冷王,希伯仑王,耶末王,拉吉王,伊矶伦王,大家聚集,率领他们的众军上去,对着基遍安营,攻打基遍。
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