1 Now when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan in the hill country and in the Shephelah, and on all the coast of the great sea toward Lebanon—the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites—heard of this,
2 they gathered themselves together to fight with one accord against Joshua and Israel.
3 But the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua did to Jericho and Ai,
4 and they acted on their part with cunning: they went and prepared provisions, and took worn-out sacks for their donkeys and old wineskins that were torn and mended.
5 The sandals on their feet were patched and old, their clothes were old, and their food was dry and crumbled.
6 And they went to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, “We have come from a far land; so then make a covenant with us.”