Joshua 9:2
New International Version
they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.

New Living Translation
These kings combined their armies to fight as one against Joshua and the Israelites.

English Standard Version
they gathered together as one to fight against Joshua and Israel.

Berean Standard Bible
they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.

King James Bible
That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

New King James Version
that they gathered together to fight with Joshua and Israel with one accord.

New American Standard Bible
that they met together with one purpose, to fight with Joshua and with Israel.

NASB 1995
that they gathered themselves together with one accord to fight with Joshua and with Israel.

NASB 1977
that they gathered themselves together with one accord to fight with Joshua and with Israel.

Legacy Standard Bible
that they gathered themselves together with one accord to fight with Joshua and with Israel.

Amplified Bible
they gathered together with one purpose to fight with Joshua and with Israel.

Christian Standard Bible
they formed a unified alliance to fight against Joshua and Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
they formed a unified alliance to fight against Joshua and Israel.

American Standard Version
that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
They were gathered as one to make war with Yeshua and with Israel with one accord

Brenton Septuagint Translation
they came all together at the same time to make war against Joshua and Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Gathered themselves together, to fight against Josue and Israel with one mind, and one resolution.

English Revised Version
that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
they joined together to fight Joshua and Israel. (They were the kings in the mountains, the foothills, and along the whole Mediterranean coast as far as Lebanon, the kings of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.)

Good News Translation
They all came together and joined forces to fight against Joshua and the Israelites.

International Standard Version
united together as one to fight against both Joshua and Israel.

JPS Tanakh 1917
that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

Literal Standard Version
that they gather themselves together to fight with Joshua, and with Israel—[with] one mouth.

Majority Standard Bible
they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.

New American Bible
they gathered together to launch a common attack against Joshua and Israel.

NET Bible
they formed an alliance to fight against Joshua and Israel.

New Revised Standard Version
they gathered together with one accord to fight Joshua and Israel.

New Heart English Bible
that they gathered themselves together to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

Webster's Bible Translation
That they assembled themselves, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

World English Bible
they gathered themselves together to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

Young's Literal Translation
that they gather themselves together to fight with Joshua, and with Israel -- one mouth.

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Context
The Deceit of the Gibeonites
1Now when news of this reached all the kings west of the Jordan—those in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon (the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)— 2they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel. 3But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,…

Cross References
Psalm 83:3
With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,

Psalm 83:5
For with one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You--


Treasury of Scripture

That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

gathered

2 Chronicles 20:1
It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

Psalm 2:1,2
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? …

Psalm 83:2-8
For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head…

accord [heb] month

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Joshua 9
1. The kings combine against Israel
3. The Gibeonites by craft obtain a league
22. They are condemned to perpetual bondage














Verse 2. - With one accord. One mouth, according to the Hebrew, referring not merely to their opinions, but to the expression of them. "O that Israel would learn this of Canaanites, to sacrifice private interests to the public welfare, and to lay aside all animosities among themselves, that they may cordially unite against the common enemies of God's kingdom" (Matthew Henry).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
they came
וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֣וּ (way·yiṯ·qab·bə·ṣū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 6908: To gather, collect

together
יַחְדָּ֔ו (yaḥ·dāw)
Adverb
Strong's 3162: A unit, unitedly

to wage war
לְהִלָּחֵ֥ם (lə·hil·lā·ḥêm)
Preposition-l | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3898: To feed on, to consume, to battle

against
עִם־ (‘im-)
Preposition
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

Joshua
יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ (yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3091: Joshua -- 'the LORD is salvation', Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Israelites

and Israel.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc


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