Joshua 10 · Verse 4

Joshua 10:4

Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
Joshua 10:4, King James Version

Joshua 10:4 in other translations

BSB“Come up and help me. We will attack Gibeon, because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”
WEB“Come up to me and help me. Let’s strike Gibeon; for they have made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.”
ASVCome up unto me, and help me, and let us smite Gibeon; for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
YLT‘Come up unto me, and help me, and we smite Gibeon, for it hath made peace with Joshua, and with the sons of Israel.'
DARBYCome up to me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon; for it has made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
BBECome up to me and give me help, and let us make an attack on Gibeon: for they have made peace with Joshua and the children of Israel.
WebsterCome up to me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.

What does Joshua 10:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 10:3-4

3-4. Wherefore Adoni-zedek ... sent, ... saying, Come up unto me, and help me--A combined attack was meditated on Gibeon, with a view not only to punish its people for their desertion of the native cause, but by its overthrow to interpose a barrier to the farther inroads of the Israelites. This confederacy among the mountaineers of Southern Palestine was formed and headed by the king of Jerusalem, because his…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 10:1-6

When sinners leave the service of Satan and the friendship of the world, that they make peace with God and join Israel, they must not marvel if the world hate them, if their former friends become foes. By such methods Satan discourages many who are convinced of their danger, and almost persuaded to be Christians, but fear the cross. These things should quicken us to apply to God for protection, help, and deliverance.

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Joshua 10:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עֲלֽוּ\־'a.lu-come upH5927
אֵלַ֣י'e.Laito meH413
וְעִזְרֻ֔נִיve.'iz.Ru.niand help meH5826
וְנַכֶּ֖הve.na.Kehso we may attackH5221
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
גִּבְע֑וֹןgiv.'onGibeonH1391
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
הִשְׁלִ֥ימָהhish.Li.mahit has made peaceH7999
אֶת\־'et-withH854
יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַye.ho.Shu.a'JoshuaH3091
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand withH854
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joshua 10:4

  • Joshua 9:15

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

  • Joshua 10:1

    Now it came to pass, when Adoni–zedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;

  • Isaiah 8:9-10

    Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

  • Isaiah 41:5-7

    The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage. So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

  • John 16:2-3

    They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

  • John 15:19

    If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

  • James 4:4

    Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

  • Revelation 20:8-10

    And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

  • Matthew 16:24

    Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

  • Revelation 16:14

    For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

  • Acts 21:28

    Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.

  • 1 Peter 4:4

    Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
and help.
Isa 8:9,10; 41:5-7; Ac 9:24-27; 21:28; Re 16:14; 20:8-10
we may.
1; 9:15; Mt 16:24; Joh 15:19; 16:2,3; Ac 9:23; 2Ti 3:12; Jas 4:4
1Pe 4:4

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Context

  • Joshua 10:3

    Wherefore Adoni–zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,

  • Joshua 10:4

    Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.

  • Joshua 10:5

    Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.

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Joshua 10:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Subid á mí, y ayudadme, y combatamos á Gabaón: porque ha hecho paz con Josué y con los hijos de Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Montez vers moi, et aidez-moi, et frappons Gabaon; car elle a fait la paix avec Josué et avec les fils d’Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Kommet zu mir herauf und helft mir, daß wir Gibeon schlagen; denn es hat mit Josua und mit den Kindern Israel Frieden gemacht!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ad me ascendite, et ferte præsidium, ut expugnemus Gabaon, quare transfugerit ad Josue, et ad filios Israël.