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Gibeonites

consigned to servitude in retribution for trickery. [O.T.: Joshua 9:22–27]

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Gibeonites

obtained treaty with Joshua under false pretenses. [O.T.: Joshua 9:3–15]

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Armoni
Gibbar
Lachish

Subjugation
Trickery

We are told that David also had put seven men to death in order to appease the Gibeonites so the famine would end (2 Sam 21:1-14).

Hate never dispelled hate: no place for the pharmakos (Revelation ... by Bredin, Mark R. / Biblical Theology Bulletin

To be "hewers of wood and drawers of water" was Joshua's curse on the Gibeonites (Joshua 9:23-27).

Prince Hall, Freemasonry, and Genealogy by Brooks, Joanna / African American Review

And should one argue this only happens to individuals, what about the Gibeonites (Joshua 9)?

The concept of election and second Isaiah: recent literature by Kaminsky, Joel S. / Biblical Theology Bulletin

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