Jos 10:2 | TNotes | STEP | 10:2 Gibeon was apparently not one of the royal cities . Gibeon might have been subservient to Canaan-controlled Jerusalem before making the covenant with Joshua, or it might have been an independent town controlled by a few leading families.

‏ Joshua 10:2

10:2 ^a Gibeon was apparently not one of the royal cities. Gibeon might have been subservient to Canaan-controlled Jerusalem before making the covenant with Joshua, or it might have been an independent town controlled by a few leading families.