Joshua 10:1–5

Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; ^aas he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to ^bAi and her king; and ^chow the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them; ²That they ^dfeared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the ^†royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty. ³Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of ^eHebron, and unto Piram king of ^fJarmuth, and unto Japhia king of ^gLachish, and unto Debir king of ^gEglon, saying, ⁴Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel. ⁵Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of ^hHebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.