Jos 10:1-6, Mat 10:16-23, Act 9:16, 13:50, 14:2, 19, 22:21-23, 2Cor 11:26 | ESV | STEP | As soon as Adoni-zedek , king of Jerusalem , heard how Joshua had captured Ai and had devoted it to destruction , doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king , and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them,

1 As soon as Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua had captured Ai and had devoted it to destruction, ^{▼▼That is, set apart ( devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); also verses 28, 35, 37, 39, 40} ^bdoing to Ai and its king ^cas he had done to Jericho and its king, and ^dhow the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them, 2 ^ehe ^{▼▼One Hebrew manuscript, Vulgate (compare Syriac); most Hebrew manuscripts they} feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were warriors. 3 So Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, to Piram king of Jarmuth, to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying, 4 “Come up to me and help me, and let us strike Gibeon. For ^git has made peace with Joshua and with the people of Israel.” 5 Then the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, ^hgathered their forces and went up with all their armies and encamped against Gibeon and made war against it.

6 And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua ⁱat the camp in Gilgal, saying, “Do not relax your hand from your servants. Come up to us quickly and save us and help us, for all the kings of the Amorites who dwell in the hill country are gathered against us.”

Matthew 10:16-23

Persecution Will Come

16 ^j“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be ^kwise as serpents and ^linnocent as doves. 17 Beware of men, for ^mthey will deliver you over to courts and flog you ⁿin their synagogues, 18 ^oand you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, ^pto bear witness before them and the Gentiles. 19 ^qWhen ^rthey deliver you over, ^sdo not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for ^twhat you are to say will be given to you in that hour. 20 ^uFor it is not you who speak, but ^vthe Spirit of your Father speaking through you. 21 ^wBrother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, 22 ^xand you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. ^yBut the one who endures to the end will be saved. 23 When they ^zpersecute you in one town, ^aaflee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel ^abbefore the Son of Man comes.

Acts 9:16

16 For ^acI will show him how much ^adhe must suffer ^aefor the sake of my name.”

Acts 13:50

50 ^afBut the Jews ^{▼▼Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time} incited the devout ^ahwomen of high standing and the leading men of the city, ^aistirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and ^ajdrove them out of their district.

Acts 14:2

2 ^akBut the ^alunbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against ^amthe brothers. ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters}

Acts 14:19

Paul Stoned at Lystra

19 ^aoBut Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, ^apthey stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

Acts 22:21-23

21 And he said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you ^aqfar away to the Gentiles.’”

Paul and the Roman Tribune

22 Up to this word they listened to him. Then they raised their voices and said, ^ar“Away with such a fellow from the earth! For ^ashe should not be allowed to live.” 23 And as they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and flinging dust into the air,

2 Corinthians 11:26

26 on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, ^atdanger from my own people, ^audanger from Gentiles, ^avdanger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers;