Fear grips the southern kings — Adoni-zedek and his allies greatly feared (כִּי־יָרְאוּ מְאֹד) because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities (אַחַת עָרֵי־הַמְּלָכוֹת), and all its men were mighty. Gibeon's size and strength make its defection particularly threatening—it represents not merely a military loss but a breach in the Canaanite alliance system. The fear of Israel grows contagious among the Canaanite powers as covenant-based diplomacy proves more effective than military confederation.

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