4. “Come with me and help me attack Gibeon, which has made a peace agreement with Joshua and the Israelites.”
5. Then these five Amorite kings—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—gathered their armies, went to Gibeon, surrounded it, and attacked it.
6. The Gibeonites sent this message to Joshua in his camp at Gilgal: “Don’t let us, your servants, be destroyed. Come quickly and help us! Save us! All the Amorite kings from the mountains have joined their armies and are fighting against us.”
7. So Joshua marched out of Gilgal with his whole army, including his best fighting men.