They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land; please make a treaty with us.”
On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho,
Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?”
If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.
Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.
And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—
“Your servants have come from a very distant land,” they replied, “because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have