Joshua 10:2-4

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

² he^[a] became greatly frightened, because Gibeon was a large city, like one of the royal cities, and was larger than Ai, and all its men were warriors. ³ So King Adoni-zedek of Jerusalem sent a message to King Hoham of Hebron, to King Piram of Jarmuth, to King Japhia of Lachish, and to King Debir of Eglon, saying, ⁴ ‘Come up and help me, and let us attack Gibeon; for it has made peace with Joshua and with the Israelites.’