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The Amorites Are Defeated

10Adonizedek, the king of Jerusalem, heard that Joshua had captured and totally destroyed Ai and had killed its king, just as he had done to Jericho and its king. He also heard that the people of Gibeon had made peace with the Israelites and were living among them.H139H4428H3389H8085H3588H3091H3920H5857H2763H6213H3405H4428H6213H5857H4428H3427H1391H7999H3478H7130
2The people of Jerusalem were greatly alarmed at this because Gibeon was as large as any of the cities that had a king; it was larger than Ai, and its men were good fighters.H3372H3966H1391H1419H5892H259H4467H5892H1419H5857H582H1368
3So Adonizedek sent the following message to King Hoham of Hebron, King Piram of Jarmuth, King Japhia of Lachish, and to King Debir of Eglon: 06Jos 10:4 "Come and help me attack Gibeon, because its people have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites."H139H4428H3389H7971H1944H4428H2275H6502H4428H3412H3309H4428H3923H1688H4428H5700H559
5These five Amorite kings, the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon, joined forces, surrounded Gibeon, and attacked it.H2568H4428H567H4428H3389H4428H2275H4428H3412H4428H3923H4428H5700H622H5927H4264H2583H1391H3898
6The men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal: "Do not abandon us, sir! Come at once and help us! Save us! All the Amorite kings in the hill country have joined forces and have attacked us!"H582H1391H7971H3091H4264H1537H559H7503H3027H5650H5927H4120H3467H5826H4428H567H3427H2022H6908
7So Joshua and his whole army, including the best troops, started out from Gilgal.H3091H5927H1537H5971H4421H1368H2428
8The LORD said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid of them. I have already given you the victory. Not one of them will be able to stand against you."H3068H559H3091H3372H5414H3027H376H5975H6440
9All night Joshua and his army marched from Gilgal to Gibeon, and they made a surprise attack on the Amorites.H3091H935H6597H5927H1537H3915
10The LORD made the Amorites panic at the sight of Israel's army. The Israelites slaughtered them at Gibeon and pursued them down the mountain pass at Beth Horon, keeping up the attack as far south as Azekah and Makkedah.H3068H2000H6440H3478H5221H1419H4347H1391H7291H1870H4608H1032H5221H5825H4719
11While the Amorites were running down the pass from the Israelite army, the LORD made large hailstones fall down on them all the way to Azekah. More were killed by the hailstones than by the Israelites.H5127H6440H3478H4174H1032H3068H7993H1419H68H8064H5825H4191H7227H4191H1259H68H834H1121H3478H2026H2719
12On the day that the LORD gave the men of Israel victory over the Amorites, Joshua spoke to the LORD. In the presence of the Israelites he said, "Sun, stand still over Gibeon; Moon, stop over Aijalon Valley."H1696H3091H3068H3117H3068H5414H567H6440H1121H3478H559H5869H3478H8121H1826H1391H3394H6010H357
13The sun stood still and the moon did not move until the nation had conquered its enemies. This is written in The Book of Jashar. The sun stood still in the middle of the sky and did not go down for a whole day.H8121H1826H3394H5975H1471H5358H341H1931H3789H5612H3477H8121H5975H2677H8064H213H935H8549H3117
14Never before, and never since, has there been a day like it, when the LORD obeyed a human being. The LORD fought on Israel's side!H3117H6440H310H3068H8085H6963H376H3068H3898H3478
15After this, Joshua and his army went back to the camp at Gilgal.H3091H7725H3478H4264H1537

Joshua Captures the Five Amorite Kings

16The five Amorite kings, however, had escaped and were hiding in the cave at Makkedah.H2568H4428H5127H2244H4631H4719
17Someone found them, and Joshua was told where they were hiding.H5046H3091H559H2568H4428H4672H2244H4631H4719
18He said, "Roll some big stones in front of the entrance to the cave. Place some guards there,H3091H559H1556H1419H68H6310H4631H6485H582H8104
19but don't stay there yourselves. Keep on after the enemy and attack them from the rear; don't let them get to their cities! The LORD your God has given you victory over them."H5975H7291H310H341H2179H5414H935H5892H3068H430H5414H3027
20Joshua and the men of Israel slaughtered them, although some managed to find safety inside their city walls and were not killed.H3091H1121H3478H3615H5221H3966H1419H4347H8552H8300H8277H935H4013H5892
21Then all of Joshua's men came back safe to him at the camp at Makkedah. No one in the land dared even to speak against the Israelites.H5971H7725H4264H3091H4719H7965H2782H3956H376H1121H3478
22Then Joshua said, "Open the entrance to the cave and bring those five kings out to me."H559H3091H6605H6310H4631H3318H2568H4428H4631
23So the cave was opened, and the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon were brought outH6213H3318H2568H4428H4631H4428H3389H4428H2275H4428H3412H4428H3923H4428H5700
24and taken to Joshua. Joshua then called all the men of Israel to him and ordered the officers who had gone with him to come and put their feet on the necks of the kings. They did so.H3318H4428H3091H3091H7121H376H3478H559H7101H582H4421H1980H7126H7760H7272H6677H4428H7126H7760H7272H6677
25Then Joshua said to his officers, "Don't be afraid or discouraged. Be determined and confident because this is what the LORD is going to do to all your enemies."H3091H559H3372H2865H2388H553H3068H6213H341H3898
26Then Joshua killed the kings and hanged them on five trees, where their bodies stayed until evening.H310H3091H5221H4191H8518H2568H6086H8518H6086H6153
27At sundown Joshua gave orders, and their bodies were taken down and thrown into the same cave where they had hidden earlier. Large stones were placed at the entrance to the cave, and they are still there.H6256H935H8121H3091H6680H3381H6086H7993H4631H2244H7760H1419H68H4631H6310H6106H3117

Joshua Captures More Amorite Territory

28Joshua attacked and captured Makkedah and its king that day. He put everyone in the city to death; no one was left alive. He did to the king of Makkedah what he had done to the king of Jericho.H3117H3091H3920H4719H5221H6310H2719H4428H2763H5315H7604H8300H6213H4428H4719H6213H4428H3405
29After this, Joshua and his army went on from Makkedah to Libnah and attacked it.H3091H5674H4719H3478H3841H3898H3841
30The LORD also gave the Israelites victory over this city and its king. They spared no one, but killed every person in it. They did to the king what they had done to the king of Jericho.H3068H5414H4428H3027H3478H5221H6310H2719H5315H7604H8300H6213H4428H6213H4428H3405
31After this, Joshua and his army went on from Libnah to Lachish, surrounded it and attacked it.H3091H5674H3841H3478H3923H2583H3898
32The LORD gave the Israelites victory over Lachish on the second day of the battle. Just as they had done at Libnah, they spared no one, but killed every person in the city.H3068H5414H3923H3027H3478H3920H8145H3117H5221H6310H2719H5315H6213H3841
33King Horam of Gezer came to the aid of Lachish, but Joshua defeated him and his army and left none of them alive.H2036H4428H1507H5927H5826H3923H3091H5221H5971H7604H8300
34Next, Joshua and his army went on from Lachish to Eglon, surrounded it and attacked it.H3923H3091H5674H5700H3478H2583H3898
35They captured it the same day and put everyone there to death, just as they had done at Lachish.H3920H3117H5221H6310H2719H5315H2763H3117H6213H3923
36After this, Joshua and his army went from Eglon up into the hills to Hebron, attacked itH3091H5927H5700H3478H2275H3898
37and captured it. They killed the king and everyone else in the city as well as in the nearby towns. Joshua condemned the city to total destruction, just as he had done to Eglon. No one in it was left alive.H3920H5221H6310H2719H4428H5892H5315H7604H8300H6213H5700H2763H5315
38Then Joshua and his army turned back to Debir and attacked it.H3091H7725H3478H1688H3898
39He captured it, with its king and all the nearby towns. They put everyone there to death. Joshua did to Debir and its king what he had done to Hebron and to Libnah and its king.H3920H4428H5892H5221H6310H2719H2763H5315H7604H8300H6213H2275H6213H1688H4428H6213H3841H4428
40Joshua conquered the whole land. He defeated the kings of the hill country, the eastern slopes, and the western foothills, as well as those of the dry country in the south. He spared no one; everyone was put to death. This was what the LORD God of Israel had commanded.H3091H5221H776H2022H5045H8219H794H4428H7604H8300H2763H5397H3068H430H3478H6680
41Joshua's campaign took him from Kadesh Barnea in the south to Gaza near the coast, including all the area of Goshen, and as far north as Gibeon.H3091H5221H6947H5804H776H1657H1391
42Joshua conquered all these kings and their territory in one campaign because the LORD, Israel's God, was fighting for Israel.H4428H776H3091H3920H259H6471H3068H430H3478H3898H3478
43After this, Joshua and his army went back to the camp at Gilgal.H3091H7725H3478H4264H1537


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