The Gibeonite Issue

Gibbenits are the kings of the ites. They pretend to be from a far away place, and we know the story that this god of theirs has promised this entire region to them. And they swear everything to each other. A few days later, someone turns up and goes, you know, those guys are from the town just at. The israelites were not permitted to make treaties with the nations in the land, yes, but were allowed to make treaty with distant nations. That's why they're pretending to be a distant nage. But then frederic furious when he finds out what had happened. He says: 'What dad you do? You tricked us