And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.
At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the
When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace.
No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle.
Meanwhile, Joshua told the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the house of the prostitute and bring out the wo
At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.
You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.
Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness