that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men of it were mighty.
a De Bello Jud. l. 2. c. 19. sect. 1. b Antiqu. l. 7. c. 11. sect. 7. c Travels of the Patriarchs, &c. p. 98.