1. And when these things were heard, all the kings across the Jordan, who lived among the mountains and plains, along the coastline and shores of the great sea, also those who were living near Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite,
2. gathered themselves together, so that they might fight against Joshua and Israel, with one mind and with the same resolve.
3. But those who were living in Gibeon, hearing all that Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
4. planning cleverly, took for themselves provisions, placing old sacks upon their donkeys, and wineskins that had torn and been sewed up,
5. and having very old shoes, which had been sewn with patches indicating their age, and being clothed in old garments, having also loaves, which they carried as food for the journey, which were hard and broken into pieces.
6. And they traveled to Joshua, who at that time was staying in the camp at Gilgal. And they said to him, and to all of Israel with him, "We have come from a far away land, desiring to make peace with you." And the sons of Israel responded to them, and said,
7. "Perhaps instead, you live in the land which ought to be ours by lot, and we would be unable to form a pact with you."
8. But they said to Joshua, "We are your servants." And Joshua said to them: "But who are you? And where are you from?"