Joshua 10:4
“Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.”
Joshua 10:4 in 7 translations
- KJVKing James Version
- Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
- DRADouay–Rheims
- Come up to me, and bring help, that we may take Gabaon, because it hath gone over to Josue, and to the children of Israel.
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- Come up unto me, and help me, and let us smite Gibeon; for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
- DARBYDarby
- Come up to me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon; for it has made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
- WEBThe World English Bible
- Come up to me, and help me, and let us strike Gibeon; for it has made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
- YLTYoung's Literal Translation
- 'Come up unto me, and help me, and we smite Gibeon, for it hath made peace with Joshua, and with the sons of Israel.'
- BPVBiblePics Version
- “Come to me and help me, so we can attack Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”
Context: Joshua 10
2That 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.
3Wherefore Adonizedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,
4Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
5Therefore 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.
6And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.
About Joshua 10: Sun Stands Still
Joshua defeats a coalition of five Amorite kings and their armies.
Commentary
Joshua 10 is a chapter that recounts the miraculous victory of the Israelites over the five Amorite kings. After the Gibeonites had made a covenant with Joshua, the five Amorite kings had come to attack them. In response, Joshua and the Israelites marched out to battle against them.