And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.
Three days after they had made an agreement with them, the Israelites discovered that these people were actually their neighbors who lived nearby.
The Israelites realized they had been deceived - the people they made a treaty with weren't from a distant land but were actually their close neighbors.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Joshua, the Israelites were conquering the Promised Land as God had commanded, and they were instructed to destroy the Canaanite nations to avoid future conflicts. The Gibeonites, who were actually local inhabitants of Canaan, tricked the Israelites into a peace treaty by pretending to be from a far-off land, which led to the Israelites making a hasty agreement without consulting God. Three days later, they learned the truth that the Gibeonites were their neighbors living nearby, highlighting the consequences of their oversight.
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