Joshua 9:8-10

Contemporary English Version

^7-8 (A) The Israelites replied, “But maybe you really live near us. We can't make a peace treaty with you if you live nearby.”^[a]

The Gibeonites^[b] said, “If you make a peace treaty with us, we will be your servants.”

“Who are you?” Joshua asked. “Where do you come from?”

They answered:

⁹ We are your servants, and we live far from here. We came because the Lord your God is so famous. We heard what the Lord did in Egypt ^10 (B) and what he did to those two Amorite kings on the other side of the Jordan: King Og of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth, and King Sihon of Heshbon.