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Jos 10:5 Strong Concordance Therefore the five [02568] kings [04428] of the Amorites [0567], the king [04428] of Jerusalem [03389], the king [04428] of Hebron [02275], the king [04428] of Jarmuth [03412], the king [04428] of Lachish [03923], the king [04428] of Eglon [05700], gathered themselves together [0622], and went up [05927], they and all their hosts [04264], and encamped [02583] before Gibeon [01391], and made war [03898] against it.
  King James Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
the five kings of the Amorites--The settlement of this powerful and warlike tribe lay within the confines of Moab; but having also acquired extensive possessions on the southwest of the Jordan, their name, as the ruling power, seems to have been given to the region generally (Sa2 21:2), although Hebron was inhabited by Hittites or Hivites (Jos 11:19), and Jerusalem by Jebusites (Jos 15:63).
 
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63 As for the Jebusites [02983] the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389], the children [01121] of Judah [03063] could [03201] [03201] not drive them out [03423]: but the Jebusites [02983] dwell [03427] with the children [01121] of Judah [03063] at Jerusalem [03389] unto this day [03117].
19 There was not a city [05892] that made peace [07999] with the children [01121] of Israel [03478], save the Hivites [02340] the inhabitants [03427] of Gibeon [01391]: all other they took [03947] in battle [04421].
2 And the king [04428] called [07121] the Gibeonites [01393], and said [0559] unto them; (now the Gibeonites [01393] were not of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], but of the remnant [03499] of the Amorites [0567]; and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] had sworn [07650] unto them: and Saul [07586] sought [01245] to slay [05221] them in his zeal [07065] to the children [01121] of Israel [03478] and Judah [03063].)
3 Wherefore Adonizedek [0139] king [04428] of Jerusalem [03389] sent [07971] unto Hoham [01944] king [04428] of Hebron [02275], and unto Piram [06502] king [04428] of Jarmuth [03412], and unto Japhia [03309] king [04428] of Lachish [03923], and unto Debir [01688] king [04428] of Eglon [05700], saying [0559],
7 And the men [0376] of Israel [03478] said [0559] unto the Hivites [02340], Peradventure [0194] ye dwell [03427] among [07130] us; and how shall we make [03772] a league [01285] with you?
10 The field [07704] which Abraham [085] purchased [07069] of the sons [01121] of Heth [02845]: there was Abraham [085] buried [06912], and Sarah [08283] his wife [0802].
9 And his sons [01121] Isaac [03327] and Ishmael [03458] buried [06912] him in the cave [04631] of Machpelah [04375], in the field [07704] of Ephron [06085] the son [01121] of Zohar [06714] the Hittite [02850], which is before [06440] Mamre [04471];
3 And Abraham [085] stood up [06965] from before [06440] his dead [04191], and spake [01696] unto the sons [01121] of Heth [02845], saying [0559],
2 And Sarah [08283] died [04191] in Kirjatharba [07153]; the same is Hebron [02275] in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667]: and Abraham [085] came [0935] to mourn [05594] for Sarah [08283], and to weep [01058] for her.
63 As for the Jebusites [02983] the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389], the children [01121] of Judah [03063] could [03201] [03201] not drive them out [03423]: but the Jebusites [02983] dwell [03427] with the children [01121] of Judah [03063] at Jerusalem [03389] unto this day [03117].