The Gibeonites

And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors. . . .And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us. . . .And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, and let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.Joshua 9:3, 4, 6, 15 Two cities...