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    Joshua 10

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    Joshua asks the sun and moon to pause over the battle, and they do: the sun delays going down about a full day, while the chapter remarks that the LORD listened to the voice of a man.

    The long day over Gibeonvv. 1–15

    Adoni-zedek hears that Gibeon has made peace with Israel and is alarmed—not because Gibeon is small, but because it is large, royal, and full of mighty men. He summons Hoham, Piram, Japhia, and Debir, and the five kings bring their armies against Gibeon. The men of Gibeon send urgently to Joshua at Gilgal, and Joshua marches all night with his army. The battle then acquires weather, geography, and a remarkable alteration in the heavens: confusion, slaughter, hailstones, and a sun that refuses to hurry home. More of the fleeing army die by hail than by Israelite swords, and Joshua's request produces a day unlike any other before or since.

    The cave, the kings, and the five treesvv. 16–27

    The five kings escape into a cave at Makkedah, where Joshua has them sealed in while the army continues the pursuit. Once the fighting is done, the kings are brought out for the commanders to place their feet on their necks. Joshua speaks to the army, then kills the kings and hangs their bodies on five trees until evening. At sunset, the trees are emptied and the cave receives its former occupants again, with stones at its mouth—a prison, a stage, and a tomb, all in one afternoon.

    A campaign through the citiesvv. 28–43

    After Makkedah, Joshua's army moves from city to city: Libnah, Lachish, Eglon, Hebron, and Debir. Each falls in turn, and the chapter repeats the grim formula of devoted destruction, while Horam of Gezer arrives to help Lachish and is struck down with his people. The campaign is then described in its widest sweep, from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza and from the hill country through the Negev and foothills as far as Gibeon. Having captured all these kings and their land in one campaign, Joshua returns with Israel to Gilgal, where the chapter began.

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    1. Josh 10:1Now Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and devoted it to destruction—doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king—and that the people of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living near them.

    2. Josh 10:2So 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.

    3. Josh 10:3Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,

    4. Josh 10:4“Come up and help me. We will attack Gibeon, because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”

    5. Josh 10:5So the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces and advanced with all their armies. They camped before Gibeon and made war against it.

    6. Josh 10:6Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, because all the kings of the Amorites from the hill country have joined forces against us.”

    7. Josh 10:7So Joshua and his whole army, including all the mighty men of valor, came from Gilgal.

    8. Josh 10:8The LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for I have delivered them into your hand. Not one of them shall stand against you.”

    9. Josh 10:9After marching all night from Gilgal, Joshua caught them by surprise.

    10. Josh 10:10And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.

    11. Josh 10:11As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.

    12. Josh 10:12On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”

    13. Josh 10:13So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.”

    14. Josh 10:14There has been no day like it before or since, when the LORD listened to the voice of a man, because the LORD fought for Israel.

    15. Josh 10:15Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.

    16. Josh 10:16Now the five kings had fled and hidden in the cave at Makkedah.

    17. Josh 10:17And Joshua was informed: “The five kings have been found; they are hiding in the cave at Makkedah.”

    18. Josh 10:18So Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and post men there to guard them.

    19. Josh 10:19But you, do not stop there. Pursue your enemies and attack them from behind. Do not let them reach their cities, for the LORD your God has delivered them into your hand.”

    20. Josh 10:20So Joshua and the Israelites continued to inflict a terrible slaughter until they had finished them off, and the remaining survivors retreated to the fortified cities.

    21. Josh 10:21The whole army returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah, and no one dared to utter a word against the Israelites.

    22. Josh 10:22Then Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring those five kings out to me.”

    23. Josh 10:23So they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.

    24. Josh 10:24When they had brought the kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came forward and put their feet on their necks.

    25. Josh 10:25“Do not be afraid or discouraged,” Joshua said. “Be strong and courageous, for the LORD will do this to all the enemies you fight.”

    26. Josh 10:26After this, Joshua struck down and killed the kings, and he hung their bodies on five trees and left them there until evening.

    27. Josh 10:27At sunset Joshua ordered that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave in which they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are there to this day.

    28. Josh 10:28On that day Joshua captured Makkedah and put it to the sword, along with its king. He devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. So he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.

    29. Josh 10:29Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah.

    30. Josh 10:30And the LORD also delivered that city and its king into the hand of Israel, and Joshua put all the people to the sword, leaving no survivors. And he did to the king of Libnah as he had done to the king of Jericho.

    31. Josh 10:31And Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Libnah to Lachish. They laid siege to it and fought against it.

    32. Josh 10:32And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, and Joshua captured it on the second day. He put all the people to the sword, just as he had done to Libnah.

    33. Josh 10:33At that time Horam king of Gezer went to help Lachish, but Joshua struck him down along with his people, leaving no survivors.

    34. Josh 10:34So Joshua moved on from Lachish to Eglon, and all Israel with him. They laid siege to it and fought against it.

    35. Josh 10:35That day they captured Eglon and put it to the sword, and Joshua devoted to destruction everyone in the city, just as he had done to Lachish.

    36. Josh 10:36Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it.

    37. Josh 10:37They captured it and put to the sword its king, all its villages, and all the people. Joshua left no survivors, just as he had done at Eglon; he devoted to destruction Hebron and everyone in it.

    38. Josh 10:38Finally Joshua and all Israel with him turned toward Debir and fought against it.

    39. Josh 10:39And they captured Debir, its king, and all its villages. They put them to the sword and devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. Joshua did to Debir and its king as he had done to Hebron and as he had done to Libnah and its king.

    40. Josh 10:40So Joshua conquered the whole region—the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings—leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.

    41. Josh 10:41Joshua conquered the area from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and the whole region of Goshen as far as Gibeon.

    42. Josh 10:42And because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.

    43. Josh 10:43Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.

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    • 12Habakkuk 3:11Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.
    • 12Isaiah 38:8I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended.
    • 14Deuteronomy 1:30The LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt
    • 252 Corinthians 1:10He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,
    • 25Joshua 1:9Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
    • 14Exodus 14:14The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
    • 8Romans 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
    • 12Isaiah 60:20Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.
    • 14Joshua 10:42And because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.
    • 25Ephesians 6:10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
    • 8Deuteronomy 3:2But the LORD said to me, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”
    • 8Psalms 27:1–2Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?
    • 8Isaiah 41:10–15Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
    • 13Joshua 10:14There has been no day like it before or since, when the LORD listened to the voice of a man, because the LORD fought for Israel.
    • 14Joshua 23:3“and you have seen everything that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake, because it was the LORD your God who fought for you.
    • 251 Samuel 17:37David added, “The LORD, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear, will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” “Go,” said Saul, “and may the LORD be with you.”

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