that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.

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.

εφοβηθησαν σφοδρα· διοτι ητο πολις μεγαλη η Γαβαων, ως μια των βασιλικων πολεων, και διοτι ητο μεγαλητερα της Γαι, και παντες οι ανδρες αυτης δυνατοι.

That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.