Joshua 10:2

So Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
BSB · Berean Standard Bible
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.

Note royal…: Heb. cities of the kingdom

KJV · King James Version
they were very afraid, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
WEB · World English Bible
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.
ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

they feared
Joshua 2:9–13, 24; Exodus 15:14–16; Deuteronomy 11:25; Deuteronomy 28:10; Psalm 48:4–6; Proverbs 1:26, 27; Proverbs 10:24; Hebrews 10:27, 31; Revelation 6:15–17
the royal cities
Heb. cities of the kingdom.
1 Samuel 27:5; 2 Samuel 12:26