Joshua 10:4 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Come up and help me attack Gibeon, because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

The king of Jerusalem is calling for military allies to help him attack Gibeon because they chose to make peace with Israel instead of fighting them.

📚 Historical Context

This is Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, speaking to other Canaanite kings after learning that Gibeon had made a peace treaty with Israel. The Gibeonites had cleverly deceived Joshua into making this treaty, but now the other Canaanite city-states saw Gibeon's alliance with Israel as a betrayal that threatened their own security.

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