That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.
Estaban aterrorizados porque Gabaón era una ciudad grande e importante, como una de las ciudades capitales reales. Era incluso más grande que Hai, y todos sus hombres eran guerreros fuertes.
Los enemigos tenían mucho miedo porque Gabaón era una ciudad poderosa con guerreros fuertes que ahora estaba del lado de Israel.
📚 Contexto Histórico
This occurs during Joshua's conquest of the Promised Land after the Israelites had defeated Jericho and Ai. The Gibeonites had tricked Israel into making a peace treaty with them, which terrified the other Canaanite kings because they realized they were losing a major military ally to Israel. Gibeon was strategically important as a fortified city that controlled key trade routes.
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