And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.
And so Joshua did this for them, and protected them from the Israelites, so that they would not kill them.
Joshua protected the Gibeonites from being killed by the other Israelites, keeping his promise to spare their lives.
📚 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 local inhabitants to claim their inheritance. The Gibeonites, a nearby people group, tricked Joshua and the Israelite leaders into a peace treaty by pretending to come from a distant land, which prevented the Israelites from attacking them. As a result, when the deception was revealed, Joshua honored the oath and protected the Gibeonites from being killed by the Israelites.
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