Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
“Come up to me and help me, and let us strike Gibeon. For it has made peace with Joshua and with the people of Israel.”
he feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were warriors.
But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring harm upon Absalom.
At that time Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord gave the Amorites over to the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, “Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.”
And when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God's camp!” So he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
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