1. And it cometh to pass, when all the kings who [are] beyond the Jordan, in the hillcountry, and in the low-country, and in every haven of the great sea, over-against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, hear--
2. that they gather themselves together to fight with Joshua, and with Israel--one mouth.
3. And the inhabitants of Gibeon have heard that which Joshua hath done to Jericho and to Ai,
4. and they work, even they, with subtilty, and go, and feign to be ambassadors, and take old sacks for their asses, and wine-bottles, old, and rent, and bound up,
5. and sandals, old and patched, on their feet, and old garments upon them, and all the bread of their provision is dry--it was crumbs.
6. And they go unto Joshua, unto the camp at Gilgal, and say unto him, and unto the men of Israel, `From a land far off we have come, and now, make with us a covenant;'
7. and the men of Israel say unto the Hivite, `It may be in our midst ye are dwelling, and how do we make with thee a covenant?'
8. and they say unto Joshua, `Thy servants we [are].' And Joshua saith unto them, `Who [are] ye? and whence come ye?'
9. And they say unto him, `From a land very far off have thy servants come, for the name of Jehovah thy God, for we have heard His fame, and all that He hath done in Egypt,