Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.
So the five Amorite kings, the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon, joined forces together. They marched up with all their armies, surrounded the city of Gibeon, and attacked it.
The writer is describing how five powerful enemy kings united their armies to attack the city of Gibeon because it had made peace with Israel.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Joshua, the Israelites were conquering the Promised Land under Joshua's leadership after crossing the Jordan River. The Gibeonites, a group of Canaanites, had deceived the Israelites into making a peace treaty with them, which violated God's command to destroy the inhabitants of the land. This alliance provoked the surrounding Amorite kings to unite their forces and attack Gibeon, fearing the growing influence of the Israelites.
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