Joshua 9:15
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And Joshua made peace with them, and entering into a league, promised that they should not be slain: the princes also of the multitude swore to them.

made peace

Joshua 2:12-19 Now, therefore, swear ye to me by the Lord, that as I have shewed mercy to you, so you also will shew mercy to my father's house: and give me a true token. . . .

Joshua 6:22-25 But Joshua said to the two men that had been sent for spies: Go into the harlot's house, and bring her out, and all things that are hers, as you assured her by oath. . . .

Joshua 11:19 There was not a city that delivered itself to the children of Israel, except the Hevite, who dwelt in Gabaon: for he took all by fight.

Deuteronomy 20:10,11 If at any time thou come to fight against a city, thou shalt first offer it peace. . . .

2 Samuel 21:2 Then the king, calling for the Gabaonites, said to them: (Now the Gabaonites were not of the children of Israel, but the remains of the Amorrhites: and the children of Israel had sworn to them, and Saul sought to slay them out of zeal, as it were for the children of Israel and Juda:)

Jeremiah 18:7,8 I will suddenly speak against a nation, and against a kingdom, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy it. . . .

and the

2 Samuel 21:2 Then the king, calling for the Gabaonites, said to them: (Now the Gabaonites were not of the children of Israel, but the remains of the Amorrhites: and the children of Israel had sworn to them, and Saul sought to slay them out of zeal, as it were for the children of Israel and Juda:)

Context
The Deceit of the Gibeonites
14They took therefore of their victuals, and consulted not the mouth of the Lord. 15And Joshua made peace with them, and entering into a league, promised that they should not be slain: the princes also of the multitude swore to them.16Now three days after the league was made, they heard that they dwelt nigh, and they should be among them.…
Cross References
Exodus 23:32
Thou shalt not enter into league with them, nor with their gods.

Joshua 9:16
Now three days after the league was made, they heard that they dwelt nigh, and they should be among them.

Joshua 10:1
When Adonisedec, king of Jerusalem, had heard these things, to wit, that Joshua had taken Hai, and had destroyed it, (for as he had done to Jericho and the king thereof, so did he to Hai and its king) and that the Gabaonites were gone over to Israel, and were their confederates,

Joshua 10:4
Come up to me, and bring help, that we may take Gabaon, because it hath gone over to Joshua, and to the children of Israel.

2 Samuel 21:2
Then the king, calling for the Gabaonites, said to them: (Now the Gabaonites were not of the children of Israel, but the remains of the Amorrhites: and the children of Israel had sworn to them, and Saul sought to slay them out of zeal, as it were for the children of Israel and Juda:)

Lexicon
And Joshua
יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ (yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3091: Joshua -- 'the LORD is salvation', Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Israelites

made
וַיַּ֨עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

a treaty
בְּרִ֖ית (bə·rîṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1285: A covenant

of peace
שָׁל֔וֹם (šā·lō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7965: Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace

with them
לָהֶ֛ם (lā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

to let them live,
לְחַיּוֹתָ֑ם (lə·ḥay·yō·w·ṯām)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2421: To live, to revive

and the leaders
נְשִׂיאֵ֖י (nə·śî·’ê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 5387: An exalted one, a king, sheik, a rising mist

of the congregation
הָעֵדָֽה׃ (hā·‘ê·ḏāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5712: A stated assemblage

swore an oath to them.
וַיִּשָּׁבְע֣וּ (way·yiš·šā·ḇə·‘ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7650: To seven oneself, swear


Additional Translations
And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation swore to them.

And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

And Joshua made peace with them, and they made a covenant with them to preserve them; and the princes of the congregation sware to them.

And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the princes of the assembly swore unto them.

And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation swore to them.

Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live. The princes of the congregation swore to them.

and Joshua maketh with them peace, and maketh with them a covenant, to keep them alive; and swear to them do the princes of the company.
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