1. WHEN ADONI-ZEDEK king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai and had utterly destroyed it, doing to Jericho and its king as he had done to Ai and its king, and how the residents of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them,
2. He feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
3. So Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, to Piram king of Jarmuth, to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying,
4. Come up to me and help me, and let us smite Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and with the Israelites.
5. Then the five kings of the Amorites–the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon–gathered their forces and went up with all their armies and encamped before Gibeon to fight against it.
6. And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, saying, Do not relax your hand from your servants; come up to us quickly and save us and help us, for all the kings of the Amorites who dwell in the hill country are gathered against us.
7. So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and all the warriors with him and all the mighty men of valor.
8. And the Lord said to Joshua, Do not fear them, for I have given them into your hand; there shall not a man of them stand before you.
9. So Joshua came upon them suddenly, having gone up from Gilgal all night.