1. Joshua 9:9 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What is the significance of the reference to "the name of the LORD"?

Joshua 9:9 (ESV)

9 They said to him, “From a very distant country your servants have come, because of the name of the LORD your God. For we have heard a report of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

One's name represents the character of the person. It seems as if the Gibeonites believed the reports about the Lord’s power and fear drove them to seek protection.1