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Joshua 10
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The Sun Stands Still

10King Adoni-zedek of Jerusalem eventually heard how Joshua had conquered Ai, utterly destroying it, doing to Ai and its king the same thing that he had done to Jericho and its king, and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were now living among them.H139H4428H3389H8085H3588H3091H3920H5857H2763H6213H3405H4428H6213H5857H4428H3427H1391H7999H3478H7130
2So they were terrified, since Gibeon was a large city, comparable to one of the royal cities, was larger than Ai, and all of its men had been warriors.H3372H3966H1391H1419H5892H259H4467H5892H1419H5857H582H1368
3So King Adoni-zedek of Jerusalem sent word to King Hoham of Hebron, King Piram of Jarmuth, King Japhia of Lachish, and King Debir of Eglon. He told them,H139H4428H3389H7971H1944H4428H2275H6502H4428H3412H3309H4428H3923H1688H4428H5700H559
4"Come over and help me, and let's attack Gibeon, because it made a peace treaty with Joshua and the Israelites."H5927H5826H5221H1391H7999H3091H1121H3478
5So the five kings of the Amorites - the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon - gathered their armies together and advanced with all of their armies toward Gideon, camped there, and laid siege to it.H2568H4428H567H4428H3389H4428H2275H4428H3412H4428H3923H4428H5700H622H5927H4264H2583H1391H3898
6The Gibeonites sent word to Joshua at his camp in Gilgal: "Don't abandon your servants. Come quickly, save us, and help us, because all of the kings of the Amorites who live in the hill country have attacked us."H582H1391H7971H3091H4264H1537H559H7503H3027H5650H5927H4120H3467H5826H4428H567H3427H2022H6908
7So Joshua went up from Gilgal, along with his entire fighting force of mighty warriors with him.6H3091H5927H1537H5971H4421H1368H2428
8The Lord said to Joshua, "Don't fear them, because I have handed them over to you. Not one of them will withstand you."H3068H559H3091H3372H5414H3027H376H5975H6440
9So after an all-night march from Gilgal, Joshua attacked them by surprise.H3091H935H6597H5927H1537H3915
10The Lord threw the Amorites into a panic right in front of the army of Israel, which then slaughtered many of them at Gibeon. The Israelite army chased them along the road that goes up to Beth-horon, striking them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.H3068H2000H6440H3478H5221H1419H4347H1391H7291H1870H4608H1032H5221H5825H4719
11While they were fleeing in front of Israel and descending the slope of Beth-horon, the Lord rained down huge hailstones on them as far as Azekah, and they died. More died because of the hailstones than were killed by the Israelites in battle.H5127H6440H3478H4174H1032H3068H7993H1419H68H8064H5825H4191H7227H4191H1259H68H834H1121H3478H2026H2719
12Later that day, Joshua spoke to the Lord while the Lord was delivering the Amorites to the Israelites. This is what he said in the presence of Israel: "Sun, be still over Gibeon Moon, stand in place in the Aijalon Valley"H1696H3091H3068H3117H3068H5414H567H6440H1121H3478H559H5869H3478H8121H1826H1391H3394H6010H357
13So the sun remained still and the moon stood in place until the nation settled their score with their enemies. This is recorded, is it not, in the book of Jashar?The sun stood in place in the middle of the sky and seemed not to be in a hurry to set for nearly an entire day.H8121H1826H3394H5975H1471H5358H341H1931H3789H5612H3477H8121H5975H2677H8064H213H935H8549H3117
14There has never been a day like it before or since, when the Lord listened to the voice of a man, because the Lord was fighting on behalf of Israel.H3117H6440H310H3068H8085H6963H376H3068H3898H3478
15After this, Joshua returned to the camp at Gilgal with the entire fighting force of Israel.H3091H7725H3478H4264H1537

Defeat of the Five Kings

16Meanwhile, the five kings had fled and hidden themselves inside a cave at Makkedah.H2568H4428H5127H2244H4631H4719
17Joshua was informed, "The five kings have been discovered hiding in the cave at Makkedah."H5046H3091H559H2568H4428H4672H2244H4631H4719
18So Joshua gave an order, "Roll large stones up against the mouth of the cave and assign men to stand guard there,H3091H559H1556H1419H68H6310H4631H6485H582H8104
19but don't stay there yourselves. Instead, pursue your enemies and attack them from behind. Don't allow them to enter their cities, because the Lord your God has delivered them into your control."H5975H7291H310H341H2179H5414H935H5892H3068H430H5414H3027
20Now it came about that after Joshua and the Israelites had finished the battle, destroying and scattering their survivors, who retreated into their fortified cities,H3091H1121H3478H3615H5221H3966H1419H4347H8552H8300H8277H935H4013H5892
21the entire army returned safely to Joshua's encampment at Makkedah. No one could speak so much as a single word against any of the Israelites.H5971H7725H4264H3091H4719H7965H2782H3956H376H1121H3478
22Then Joshua gave this order: "Unseal the mouth of the cave and bring out these five kings to me from the cave."H559H3091H6605H6310H4631H3318H2568H4428H4631
23So they did. They brought out these five kings to him from within the cave: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.H6213H3318H2568H4428H4631H4428H3389H4428H2275H4428H3412H4428H3923H4428H5700
24When they had brought these kings out to Joshua, Joshua called for all the men of Israel and spoke to the leaders of the men who had gone out to war along with him, "Come close and put your feet on the necks of these kings." So they came near and put their feet on their necks.H3318H4428H3091H3091H7121H376H3478H559H7101H582H4421H1980H7126H7760H7272H6677H4428H7126H7760H7272H6677
25Joshua said to the army, "Don't fear or be dismayed! Be strong and courageous, because this is how the Lord will treat all of your enemies whom you fight."H3091H559H3372H2865H2388H553H3068H6213H341H3898
26After this, Joshua struck those kings down, executing them, and hanged them on five gallows until sunset.H310H3091H5221H4191H8518H2568H6086H8518H6086H6153
27When evening had come, Joshua gave a command to remove the bodies from the gallows and bury them in the cave where they had hidden. The army sealed the mouth of the cave with large stones that remain there to this very day.H6256H935H8121H3091H6680H3381H6086H7993H4631H2244H7760H1419H68H4631H6310H6106H3117

The Southern Campaign

28Joshua captured Makkedah that very day, and attacked both it and its king with swords, utterly destroying it along with every person in it, leaving no survivors. He dealt with the king of Makkedah the same way he had dealt with the king of Jericho.H3117H3091H3920H4719H5221H6310H2719H4428H2763H5315H7604H8300H6213H4428H4719H6213H4428H3405
29Afterward, Joshua and all of Israel passed on from Makkedah to Libnah, where they fought against Libnah.H3091H5674H4719H3478H3841H3898H3841
30The Lord gave both it and its king into the control of Israel, and Joshua executed both its king and every person in it with swords, leaving no survivors. He dealt with the king the same way he had dealt with the king of Jericho.H3068H5414H4428H3027H3478H5221H6310H2719H5315H7604H8300H6213H4428H6213H4428H3405
31Then Joshua and all of Israel passed from Libnah to Lachish, camped near it, and attacked it.H3091H5674H3841H3478H3923H2583H3898
32The Lord gave Lachish into the control of Israel, and Joshua captured it the next day. He declared war on the city and executed everyone in it, the same way he had treated Libnah.H3068H5414H3923H3027H3478H3920H8145H3117H5221H6310H2719H5315H6213H3841
33Then Horam king of Gezer appeared to help Lachish. So Joshua attacked him and his army, until he left no one remaining.H2036H4428H1507H5927H5826H3923H3091H5221H5971H7604H8300
34After this, Joshua, accompanied by all of Israel, proceeded from Lachish to Eglon, laid siege to it, and attacked it.H3923H3091H5674H5700H3478H2583H3898
35They captured it on that day, attacking it in battle. Then Joshua completely destroyed it that day, the same way he had dealt with Lachish.1033H3920H3117H5221H6310H2719H5315H2763H3117H6213H3923
36Then Joshua, accompanied by all of Israel, left Eglon for Hebron, where they attacked it,H3091H5927H5700H3478H2275H3898
37captured it, and executed its inhabitants - its king, all of its cities, and every person in it, leaving no one remaining, the same way he had dealt with Eglon. He completely destroyed it, along with everyone in it.H3920H5221H6310H2719H4428H5892H5315H7604H8300H6213H5700H2763H5315
38Then Joshua returned, accompanied by the entire fighting force of Israel, to Debir, where they attacked it,H3091H7725H3478H1688H3898
39captured it, its king, and all of its villages. They executed them, totally destroying it and everyone in it, leaving no one remaining. He dealt with Debir and its king just as he had dealt with Hebron, treating them the same way he had dealt with Libnah and its king.H3920H4428H5892H5221H6310H2719H2763H5315H7604H8300H6213H2275H6213H1688H4428H6213H3841H4428
40So Joshua conquered the entire land, the hill country, the Negev, the Shephelah, and the wilderness highlands, along with all of their kings. He left none of them remaining, but completely destroyed every living person, just as the Lord God of Israel had commanded.H3091H5221H776H2022H5045H8219H794H4428H7604H8300H2763H5397H3068H430H3478H6680
41Joshua conquered them from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, including the entire territory of Goshen as far as Gibeon.H3091H5221H6947H5804H776H1657H1391
42Joshua conquered all of these kings and their territories in one campaign, because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.H4428H776H3091H3920H259H6471H3068H430H3478H3898H3478
43Then Joshua returned to the camp at Gilgal, along with the entire fighting force of Israel.H3091H7725H3478H4264H1537


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