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Josué 9.3

Les habitants de Gabaon apprennent ce que Josué a fait aux villes de Jéricho et d’Aï.
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La bible annotée Commentaire de Matthew Henry

Gabaon, plus grande que Aï bien que ce ne fût pas une ville royale (10.2), mais une ville libre ; voyez le verset 11 de notre chapitre : nos Anciens et tous les habitants.

Elle était habitée par des Héviens (Genèse 10.17, note). Après la conquête, elle échut à la tribu de Benjamin et devint une des villes lévitiques (Josué 18.21-25 ; 21.17). A Gabaon se rattachaient trois petites villes tributaires ou alliées (verset 17). Après la destruction de Nob par Saül, l'arche de l'alliance y fut transportée et elle y demeura jusqu'à la construction du temple (1Chroniques 21.29 ; 16.39). Aujourd'hui sur l'emplacement de Gabaon se trouve le village de Djib, à 8 km environ au nord-ouest de Jérusalem, sur une colline isolée commandant de larges vallées et un important passage.

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D'autres peuples avaient entendu parler de la conquête du pays de Canaan par Israël et avaient décidé de déclarer la guerre aux Hébreux ; mais les Gabaonites cherchaient plutôt à faire la paix avec eux. Ainsi, la découverte de la Gloire et de la Grâce divines qui émanent de l'évangile, ont un parfum de « vie » pour les rachetés, mais elles ont une odeur de « mort », pour ceux qui se rebellent contre Dieu, 2Corinthiens 2:16.

Le même soleil fait fondre la cire et durcit l'argile. Le mensonge des Gabaonites ne pouvait être justifié. Nous ne devons pas pratiquer le mal, tout en essayant parallèlement, de faire le bien. Ces étrangers, qui entraient maintenant en Canaan, avaient abandonné leurs idoles, pour se confier au Dieu d'Israël ; nous avons toutes les raisons de penser que Josué avait reçu les directives divines, d'épargner la vie de ces gens. Mais après que ces derniers se soient écrié : « nous venons d'un pays éloigné », ils ont continué à mentir ; ils ont en effet annoncé que, suite à la longueur de leur voyage, leur pain était rassis, leurs outres et leurs vêtements, usés : un mensonge ne peut qu'en amener d'autres ; ils se sont enlisés dans leur péché. Toutefois, leur foi et leur prudence initiales sont remarquables : en voulant être au service d'Israël, ils se soumettaient à l'Éternel ; ils devaient donc abandonner toute forme d'idolâtrie.

Que pourrions-nous faire de mieux que de nous placer sous le bénéfice de la Miséricorde et de la Bonté divines ? Pour éviter que Dieu ne nous juge, il faut nous repentir. Faisons comme ces Gabaonites, recherchons la paix avec Dieu, en toute humilité : notre péché ne sera pas alors pour nous, une occasion de chute.

Servons le Seigneur Jésus, notre « Josué » spirituel, et alors nous vivrons !

Matthew Henry © traduction Dominique Osché
Les habitants 03427 08802 de Gabaon 01391, de leur côté, lorsqu’ils apprirent 08085 08804 de quelle manière Josué 03091 avait traité 06213 08804 Jéricho 03405 et Aï 05857,
01391 - Gib`own Gabaon = « cité d'une colline » ville Lévitique de Benjamin, actuel 'el-Jib', qui se … 03091 - Yĕhowshuwa` Josué (Angl. Joshua ou Jehoshua) = « l'Éternel est salut » fils de Nun de … 03405 - Yĕriychow Jéricho = « ville de la lune » ou « ville des palmiers » une … 03427 - yashab demeurer, rester, s'asseoir, être assis, habiter (Qal) s'asseoir être posé rester demeurer, avoir son habitation, … 05857 - `Ay Aï ou Ajja ou Ajjath = « tas de ruines » une cité à l'est … 06213 - `asah faire, façonner, accomplir, fabriquer (Qal) faire, œuvrer, produire traiter (avec) agir, effectuer faire fabriquer produire … 08085 - shama` entendre, écouter, obéir à (Qal) entendre (percevoir par l'oreille) entendre à propos de, ou concernant … 08802 Radical : Qal 08851 Mode : Participe Actif 08814 Nombre : 5386 08804 Radical : Qal 08851 Mode : Parfait 08816 Nombre : 12562
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AÏ (=la ruine). 1. Ville cananéenne difficile à identifier. On a proposé : Tourmous-Ayâ (mais impossible … ALLIANCE (politique) Les Israélites furent moins isolés qu'il ne paraît à première vue. Ils furent constamment en … ÉTRANGER I Dans l'A.T. Les relations des Israélites avec les étrangers peuvent se ramener à trois … GABAON Définition biblique de Gabaon : Ville à identifier avec Ed-Djîb, à 9 km. au Nord-N. … JÉRICO A proximité de la localité moderne de Erîkhâ, située à 11 km. de la mer … JOSUÉ (livre de) Titre. Le livre de Josué ouvre la série des livres dits historiques dans nos Bibles … PRÊTRES ET LÉVITES Définition biblique de Prêtres et Lévites : Ces deux termes désignent des membres de l'ancienne …

    • Josué 6

      1 Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the children of Israel. No one went out, and no one came in.
      2 Yahweh said to Joshua, "Behold, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the mighty men of valor.
      3 All your men of war shall march around the city, going around the city once. You shall do this six days.
      4 Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark. On the seventh day, you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.
      5 It shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him."
      6 Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, "Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Yahweh."
      7 They said to the people, "Advance! March around the city, and let the armed men pass on before Yahweh's ark."
      8 It was so, that when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before Yahweh advanced, and blew the trumpets; and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh followed them.
      9 The armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the ark went after them. The trumpets sounded as they went.
      10 Joshua commanded the people, saying, "You shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout."
      11 So he caused the ark of Yahweh to go around the city, going about it once. Then they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
      12 Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of Yahweh.
      13 The seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Yahweh went on continually, and blew the trumpets: and the armed men went before them. The rear guard came after the ark of Yahweh. The trumpets sounded as they went.
      14 The second day they marched around the city once, and returned into the camp. They did this six days.
      15 It happened on the seventh day, that they rose early at the dawning of the day, and marched around the city in the same way seven times. Only on this day they marched around the city seven times.
      16 It happened at the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, "Shout, for Yahweh has given you the city!
      17 The city shall be devoted, even it and all that is in it, to Yahweh. Only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
      18 But as for you, only keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest when you have devoted it, you take of the devoted thing; so would you make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it.
      19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are holy to Yahweh. They shall come into Yahweh's treasury."
      20 So the people shouted, and the priests blew the trumpets. It happened, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
      21 They utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.
      22 Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, "Go into the prostitute's house, and bring out from there the woman and all that she has, as you swore to her."
      23 The young men who were spies went in, and brought out Rahab with her father, her mother, her brothers, and all that she had. They also brought out all her relatives, and they set them outside of the camp of Israel.
      24 They burnt the city with fire, and all that was in it. Only they put the silver, the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron into the treasury of Yahweh's house.
      25 But Rahab the prostitute, her father's household, and all that she had, Joshua saved alive. She lived in the midst of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
      26 Joshua commanded them with an oath at that time, saying, "Cursed is the man before Yahweh, who rises up and builds this city Jericho. With the loss of his firstborn shall he lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up its gates."
      27 So Yahweh was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.

      Josué 8

      1 Yahweh said to Joshua, "Don't be afraid, neither be dismayed. Take all the people of war with you, and arise, go up to Ai. Behold, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, with his people, his city, and his land.
      2 You shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her king, except its spoil and its livestock, you shall take for a plunder for yourselves. Set an ambush for the city behind it."
      3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai. Joshua chose thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them out by night.
      4 He commanded them, saying, "Behold, you shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city. Don't go very far from the city, but all of you be ready.
      5 I, and all the people who are with me, will approach to the city. It shall happen, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.
      6 They will come out after us, until we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, 'They flee before us, like the first time.' So we will flee before them,
      7 and you shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city; for Yahweh your God will deliver it into your hand.
      8 It shall be, when you have seized on the city, that you shall set the city on fire. You shall do this according to the word of Yahweh. Behold, I have commanded you."
      9 Joshua sent them out; and they went to set up the ambush, and stayed between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai; but Joshua stayed among the people that night.
      10 Joshua rose up early in the morning, mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
      11 All the people, even the men of war who were with him, went up, and drew near, and came before the city, and encamped on the north side of Ai. Now there was a valley between him and Ai.
      12 He took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
      13 So they set the people, even all the army who was on the north of the city, and their ambush on the west of the city; and Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
      14 It happened, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hurried and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed, before the Arabah; but he didn't know that there was an ambush against him behind the city.
      15 Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
      16 All the people who were in the city were called together to pursue after them. They pursued Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
      17 There was not a man left in Ai or Beth El who didn't go out after Israel. They left the city open, and pursued Israel.
      18 Yahweh said to Joshua, "Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand." Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.
      19 The ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand, and entered into the city, and took it. They hurried and set the city on fire.
      20 When the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way. The people who fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers.
      21 When Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and killed the men of Ai.
      22 The others came out of the city against them, so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side. They struck them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.
      23 They captured the king of Ai alive, and brought him to Joshua.
      24 It happened, when Israel had made an end of killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness in which they pursued them, and they had all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned to Ai, and struck it with the edge of the sword.
      25 All that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
      26 For Joshua didn't draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
      27 Only the livestock and the spoil of that city Israel took for prey to themselves, according to the word of Yahweh which he commanded Joshua.
      28 So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap forever, even a desolation, to this day.
      29 He hanged the king of Ai on a tree until the evening, and at the sundown Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree, and threw it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised a great heap of stones on it that remains to this day.
      30 Then Joshua built an altar to Yahweh, the God of Israel, in Mount Ebal,
      31 as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of uncut stones, on which no man had lifted up any iron. They offered burnt offerings on it to Yahweh, and sacrificed peace offerings.
      32 He wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.
      33 All Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side of the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, who carried the ark of Yahweh's covenant, the foreigner as well as the native; half of them in front of Mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of Yahweh had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel.
      34 Afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
      35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua didn't read before all the assembly of Israel, with the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who were among them.

      Josué 9

      3 But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,
      17 The children of Israel traveled and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.

      Josué 10

      2 that they were very afraid, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.

      2 Samuel 21

      1 There was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Yahweh. Yahweh said, "It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites."
      2 The king called the Gibeonites, and said to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them: and Saul sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah);

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