Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Overview
Jos 9:1, The kings combine against Israel; Jos 9:3, The Gibeonites by craft obtain a league; Jos 9:22, They are condemned to perpetual bondage.
all the kings: Jos 10:2-5, Jos 10:23, Jos 10:28-39, Jos 11:1-5, Jos 11:10, Jos 11:11, 12:7-24
on this: Jos 1:15, Jos 3:17, Jos 5:1, Jos 22:4, Jos 22:7; Deu 4:49
of the great: Jos 1:4, Jos 15:12, Jos 23:4; Num 34:6
Lebanon: Jos 11:17, Jos 12:7, Jos 13:5; Deu 3:25
Hittite: Jos 24:11; Gen 15:18-21; Exo 3:17, Exo 23:23, Exo 23:31, Exo 34:11; Deu 7:1
gathered: 2Chr. 20:1-30; Psa 2:1, Psa 2:2, Psa 83:2-8; Pro 11:21; Isa 8:9, Isa 8:10, Isa 8:12, Isa 54:15; Joe 3:9-13; Act 4:26-28; Rev 16:14, Rev 20:8, Rev 20:9
accord: Heb. mouth
Gibeon: Jos 9:17, Jos 10:2; Sa2 21:1, Sa2 21:2
Jericho: Josh. 6:1-27, 8:1-35
work wilily: Gen 34:13; Kg1 20:31-33; Mat 10:16; Luk 16:8
ambassadors: The word tzir, an ambassador, properly denotes a hinge; because an ambassador is a person upon whom the business turns as upon a hinge. So the Latin Cardinalis, from cardo, a hinge, was the title of the prime minister of the emperor Theodosius, though now applied only to the Pope's electors and counsellors.
wine bottles: These bottles being made of skin, were consequently liable to be rent, and capable of being mended; which is done, according to Chardin, by putting in a piece, or by gathering up the wounded piece in the manner of a purse; and sometimes by inserting a flat piece of wood. Psa 119:83; Mat 9:17; Mar 2:22; Luk 5:37, Luk 5:38
old shoes: Jos 9:13; Deu 29:5, Deu 33:25; Luk 15:22
clouted: The word clouted signifies here patched, from the Anglo-Saxon clut, a clout or rag; and not nailed from the French clou, a nail.
We be: Jos 9:9; Deu 20:11-15; Kg1 8:41; Kg2 20:14
make ye: Kirthoo lanoo berith, "cut or divide with us a covenant," or rather the covenant sacrifice offered on these occasions. (See note on Deu 29:12.)
Hivites: Jos 11:19; Gen 10:17, Gen 34:2; Exo 3:8
how shall: Exo 23:31-33, Exo 34:12; Num 33:52; Deu 7:2, Deu 7:3, Deu 20:16; Jdg 2:2
Jos 9:11, Jos 9:23, Jos 9:25, Jos 9:27; Gen 9:25, Gen 9:26; Deu 20:11; Kg1 9:20, Kg1 9:21; Kg2 10:5
From a: Deu 20:15
because: Kg1 8:41; Ch2 6:32, Ch2 6:33; Neh 9:5; Psa 72:19, Psa 83:18, Psa 148:13; Isa 55:5; Act 8:7
we have: Jos 9:24, Jos 2:9, Jos 2:10; Exo 9:16, Exo 15:14; Num 14:15; Isa 66:19
two kings: Num 21:24-35; Deu 2:30-37, Deu 3:1-7
Ashtaroth: Jos 12:4; Deu 1:4; Ch1 6:71
our elders: Est 8:17
Take: Jos 1:11; Mat 10:9, Mat 10:10; Luk 9:3
with you: Heb. in your hand, Gen 43:12
We are your: Jos 9:8; Est 8:17
the men took of their victuals: or, they received the men by reason of their victuals
asked not: Exo 28:30; Num 27:21; Jdg 1:1, Jdg 20:18, Jdg 20:28; Sa1 14:18, Sa1 14:19, Sa1 22:10, Sa1 23:9-12; Sa1 30:7, Sa1 30:8; Sa2 2:1, Sa2 5:19; Ch1 10:13, Ch1 10:14; Ezr 8:21; Pro 3:5, Pro 3:6; Isa 30:1, Isa 30:2; Jam 1:5
made peace: Jos 2:12-19, Jos 6:22-25, Jos 11:19; Deu 20:10, Deu 20:11; Sa2 21:2; Jer 18:7, Jer 18:8
and the: Sa2 21:2
that they heard: Pro 12:19
Gibeon: Jos 10:2, Jos 18:25-28; Ch1 21:29; Ch2 1:3; Ezr 2:25; Neh 7:29
Kirjathjearim: Jos 15:9, Jos 15:60, Jos 18:14; Sa1 7:1; Ch1 13:5, Ch1 13:6; Ch2 1:4
had sworn: Sa2 21:7; Psa 15:4; Ecc 5:2, Ecc 5:6, Ecc 9:2
We have: Jos 9:20; Ecc 8:2, Ecc 9:2; Jer 4:2
lest wrath: Sa2 21:1-6; Ch2 36:13; Pro 20:25; Eze 17:12-21; Zac 5:3, Zac 5:4; Mal 3:5; Rom 1:31; Ti1 1:10
let them: Jos 9:23, Jos 9:27; Deu 29:11; Ch2 2:17, Ch2 2:18
as the princes: Jos 9:15
Wherefore: Gen 3:13, Gen 3:14, Gen 27:35, Gen 27:36, Gen 27:41-45, Gen 29:25; Co2 11:3
We are: Jos 9:6, Jos 9:9, Jos 9:10
ye dwell: Jos 9:16
Gen 9:25, Gen 9:26; Lev 27:28, Lev 27:29
cursed: This may refer to the original curse pronounced against the descendants of Canaan. both of them seem to have implied nothing else than perpetual slavery. The Gibeonites were brought, no doubt, under tribute; performed the meanest offices for the Israelites; being in the same condition as the servile class of Hindoos, called the Chetrees; had their national importance annihilated, and yet were never permitted to incorporate themselves with the Israelites.
none of you be freed: Heb. not be cut off from you
hewers: In the East, collecting wood for fuel, and carrying water, are the peculiar employment of females. The Arab women of Barbary, and the daughters of the Turcomans, are thus employed. Hence Mr. Harmer concludes, that the bitterness of the doom of the Gibeonites does not seem to have consisted in the labouriousness of the service enjoined them, but its disgracing them from the characteristic employment of men, that of bearing arms, and condemning them and their posterity for ever to the employment of females. Jos 9:21, Jos 9:27
the Lord: Exo 23:31-33; Num 33:51, Num 33:52, Num 33:55, Num 33:56; Deu 7:1, Deu 7:2, Deu 7:23, Deu 7:24, Deu 20:15-17
we were sore: Exo 15:14-16; Job 2:4; Mat 10:28
we are: Gen 16:6; Jdg 8:15; Sa2 24:14; Isa 47:6; Jer 26:14, Jer 38:5
as it seemeth: Jdg 10:15; Sa1 3:18; Mat 11:26
made them: Heb. gave, or delivered to be, Jos 9:21, Jos 9:23; Ch1 9:2; Ezr 2:43, Ezr 8:20; Neh 7:60, Neh 11:3, Nethinim
in the place: Jos 18:1; Deu 12:5, Deu 16:2, Deu 16:6, Deu 16:16; Ch2 6:6; Psa 78:68, Psa 132:13, Psa 132:14; Isa 14:32