Bible Cross References
made peace
Joshua 2:12-19
12
Now swear by him that you will treat my family as kindly as I have treated you, and give me some sign that I can trust you.
13
Promise me that you will save my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all their families! Don't let us be killed!"
14
The men said to her, "May God take our lives if we don't do as we say! If you do not tell anyone what we have been doing, we promise you that when the LORD gives us this land, we will treat you well."
15
Rahab lived in a house built into the city wall, so she let the men down from the window by a rope.
16
"Go into the hill country," she said, "or the king's men will find you. Hide there for three days until they come back. After that, you can go on your way."
17
The men said to her, "We will keep the promise that you have made us give.
18
This is what you must do. When we invade your land, tie this red cord to the window you let us down from. Get your father and mother, your brothers, and all your father's family together in your house.
19
If anyone goes out of the house, his death will be his own fault, and we will not be responsible; but if anyone in the house with you is harmed, then we will be responsible.
Joshua 6:22-25
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Joshua then told the two men who had served as spies, "Go into the prostitute's house, and bring her and her family out, as you promised her."
23
So they went and brought Rahab out, along with her father and mother, her brothers, and the rest of her family. They took them all, family and slaves, to safety near the Israelite camp.
24
Then they set fire to the city and burned it to the ground, along with everything in it, except the things made of gold, silver, bronze, and iron, which they took and put in the LORD's treasury.
25
But Joshua spared the lives of the prostitute Rahab and all her relatives, because she had hidden the two spies that he had sent to Jericho. (Her descendants have lived in Israel to this day.)
Joshua 11:19
The only city that made peace with the people of Israel was Gibeon, where some of the Hivites lived. All the others were conquered in battle.
Deuteronomy 20:10
"When you go to attack a city, first give its people a chance to surrender.
Deuteronomy 20:11
If they open the gates and surrender, they are all to become your slaves and do forced labor for you.
2 Samuel 21:2
(The people of Gibeon were not Israelites; they were a small group of Amorites whom the Israelites had promised to protect, but Saul had tried to destroy them because of his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.)
Jeremiah 18:7
If at any time I say that I am going to uproot, break down, or destroy any nation or kingdom,
Jeremiah 18:8
but then that nation turns from its evil, I will not do what I said I would.
and the
2 Samuel 21:2
(The people of Gibeon were not Israelites; they were a small group of Amorites whom the Israelites had promised to protect, but Saul had tried to destroy them because of his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.)