Translation | Verse | Text |
Strong Concordance | Jos 9:16 | And it came to pass at the end [07097] of three [07969] days [03117] after [0310] they had made [03772] a league [01285] with them, that they heard [08085] that they were their neighbours [07138], and that they dwelt [03427] among [07130] them. |
Word | Easton Dictionary - Definition |
LEAGUE | a treaty or confederacy. The Jews were forbidden to enter into an alliance of any kind (1) with the Canaanites (Ex. 23:32, 33; 34:12-16); (2) with the Amalekites (Ex. 17:8, 14; Deut. 25:17-19); (3) with the Moabites and Ammonites (Deut. 2:9, 19). Treaties were permitted to be entered into with all other nations. Thus David maintained friendly intercourse with the kings of Tyre and Hamath, and Solomon with the kings of Tyre and Egypt. |