Jos 9:4, they worked craftily, and went and pretended to be ambassadors. And they took old sacks on their donkeys, old wineskins torn and mended,
The Gibeonites deceived Joshua to make a covenant with them! IT WAS THE WILL OF GOD TO DESTROY THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THEIR IDOL WORSHIP (EX 23:23-24), YET JOSHUA WAS DECEIVED!
Jos 9:14-15, …BUT THEY DID NOT ASK COUNSEL OF THE LORD. So Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them to let them live…
2Sa 21:1, Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, “It is because of Saul and his bloodthirsty house, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
THE LORD HONORED THE COVENANT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE GIBEONITES, BUT LATER king SAUL KILLED THEM WHICH BROUGHT A FAMINE IN THE LAND! AND
Ecc 5:2 NLT, DON’T MAKE RASH PROMISES, AND DON’T BE HASTY IN BRINGING MATTERS BEFORE GOD.
BRING EVERYTHING TO THE LORD FIRST! ASK FOR WISE COUSEL AND SEEK HIS FACE!