1 And when these things were heard, all the kings across the Jordan, who lived among the mountains and plains, along the coastline and shores of the great sea, also those who were living near Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite,
2 gathered themselves together, so that they might fight against Joshua and Israel, with one mind and with the same resolve.
3 But those who were living in Gibeon, hearing all that Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
4 planning cleverly, took for themselves provisions, placing old sacks upon their donkeys, and wineskins that had torn and been sewed up,