²³ Then, after some days, the Jews made an agreement together to put him to death:

¹ Now when it came to the ears of Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, that Joshua had taken Ai, and had given it up to the curse (for as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king); and that the people of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living among them;

² He was in great fear, because Gibeon was a great town, like one of the king's towns, greater than Ai, and all the men in it were men of war.

³ So Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, sent to Hoham, king of Hebron, and to Piram, king of Jarmuth, and to Japhia, king of Lachish, and to Debir, king of Eglon, saying,

⁴ Come up to me and give me help, and let us make an attack on Gibeon: for they have made peace with Joshua and the children of Israel.

⁵ So 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, were banded together, and went up with all their armies and took up their position before Gibeon and made war against it.

⁶ And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua to the tent-circle at Gilgal, saying, Be not slow to send help to your servants; come up quickly to our support and keep us safe: for all the kings of the Amorites from the hill-country have come together against us.

¹⁷ And I went not up to Jerusalem to those who were Apostles before me; but I went away into Arabia, and again I came back to Damascus.

¹⁸ Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Cephas, and was there with him fifteen days.

²⁶ In frequent travels, in dangers on rivers, in dangers from outlaws, in dangers from my countrymen, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the town, in dangers in the waste land, in dangers at sea, in dangers among false brothers;

²¹ And he said to me, Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.

²² And they gave him a hearing as far as this word; then with loud voices they said, Away with this man from the earth; it is not right for him to be living.

²³ And while they were crying out, and pulling off their clothing, and sending dust into the air,

¹⁹ But some Jews came to that place from Antioch and Iconium, and got control over the people; and after stoning Paul, they had him pulled out of the town, taking him for dead.

² But those Jews who had not the faith, made the minds of the Gentiles bitter against the brothers.

⁵⁰ But the Jews, working up the feelings of the God-fearing women of high position and of the chief men of the town, got an attack started against Paul and Barnabas, driving them out of those parts.

¹⁶ For I will make clear to him what troubles he will have to undergo for me.

¹⁶ See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.

¹⁷ But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;

¹⁸ And you will come before rulers and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.

¹⁹ But when you are given up into their hands, do not be troubled about what to say or how to say it: for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you;

²⁰ Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you.

²¹ And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.

²² And you will be hated by all men because of my name: but he who is strong to the end will have salvation.

²³ But when they are cruel to you in one town, go in flight to another: for truly, I say to you, You will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes.

¹⁵ Who put to death the Lord Jesus and the prophets, violently driving us out; who are unpleasing to God and against all men;

¹⁶ Who, to make the measure of their sins complete, kept us from giving the word of salvation to the Gentiles: but the wrath of God is about to come on them in the fullest degree.