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Adonizedek, king of Jerusalem, heard that Joshua had captured Ai
and put it under the ban, and had done to that city and its king
as he had done to Jericho and its king,a and that the
inhabitants of Gibeon had made their peace with Israel,
remaining among them, 2there was great fear abroad, because
Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, greater
even than Ai, and all its men were warriors. 3So Adonizedek,
king of Jerusalem, sent to Hoham, king of Hebron, Piram, king of
Jarmuth, Japhia, king of Lachish, and Debir, king of Eglon, with
this message: 4“Come and help me attack Gibeon, for it has made
peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”b 5The five Amorite kings,
of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon,* gathered
with all their forces, and marched against Gibeon to make war on
it. 6Thereupon, the Gibeonites sent an appeal to Joshua in his
camp at Gilgal: “Do not