So Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Jehovah had purposed to frustrate the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Jehovah might bring calamity upon Absalom.

And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is the camp of God. And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.

Come up to me and help me, that we may strike Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.

Then Joshua spoke to Jehovah in the day when Jehovah delivered up the Amorites before the sons of Israel, and he said in the eyes of Israel: Sun, stand still over Gibeon; and Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.

Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,