1. Now when Adoni-Zedek king of JERUSALEM 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.

2. They were very afraid, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.

3. Therefore Adoni-Zedek king of JERUSALEM sent to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,

4. "Come up to me and help me. Let us strike Gibeon; for they have made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel."

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