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Joshua 10:2

Joshua 10:2

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they feared: Joshua 2:9-13, Joshua 2:24; Exodus 15:14-16; Deuteronomy 11:25, Deuteronomy 28:10; Psalms 48:4-6; Proverbs 1:26-27; Proverbs 10:24; Hebrews 10:27, Hebrews 10:31; Revelation 6:15-17

Gibeon: Gibeon was situated on an eminence, as its name imports, 40 furlongs north from Jerusalem, according to Josephus.

the royal cities: Heb. cities of the kingdom, 1 Samuel 27:5; 2 Samuel 12:26

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