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Now 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 .
Now it
came
to
pass,
when
Adonizedec
king of Jerusalem had
heard how
Joshua had taken
Ai ,
and had
utterly
destroyed
it ;
as
he
had
done
to Jericho
and her
king ,
so
he had done to Ai
and her
king ;
and how
the inhabitants
of Gibeon had made peace with Israel ,
and were among
them ;
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.
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.
Therefore
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,
Wherefore
Adonizedec
king of Jerusalem ,
sent unto
Hoham king of Hebron, and
unto
Piram king of Jarmuth, and
unto
Japhia king of Lachish, and unto
Debir king of Eglon, saying,
“
Come up and help me .
We will
attack
Gibeon ,
because
they
have
made peace with Joshua and the Israelites
. ”
Come up unto
me,
and help me ,
that
we may
smite
Gibeon :
for
it
hath
made peace with Joshua and with
the children
of
Israel
.
So
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.
Therefore
the five kings of the Amorites ,
the king
of Jerusalem, the
king
of
Hebron, the
king
of
Jarmuth, the
king
of
Lachish, the
king
of
Eglon ,
gathered
themselves
together,
and went
up,
they
and
all their hosts,
and
encamped
before Gibeon ,
and made war against it.
Then
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. ”
And
the men of Gibeon sent unto
Joshua to
the camp to
Gilgal ,
saying,
Slack
not thy
hand
from
thy
servants ;
come up
to
us
quickly ,
and save us ,
and
help us :
for
all the kings of the Amorites that
dwell
in
the mountains
are
gathered
together
against us.
So Joshua and his
whole
army
, including
all the mighty men of valor ,
came
from
Gilgal
.
So Joshua ascended
from
Gilgal,
he,
and all
the
people
of
war
with
him
, and
all the mighty men of valor.
The 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
. ”
And
the LORD said unto
Joshua, Fear
them not:
for I have delivered them into thine
hand ;
there
shall
not a
man
of them stand before
thee
.
After
marching
all
night
from
Gilgal,
Joshua caught
them by
surprise
.
Joshua therefore
came
unto
them suddenly,
and
went
up
from
Gilgal
all
night
.
And 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.
And the LORD discomfited
them before Israel, and
slew
them with
a great slaughter at Gibeon, and
chased
them along the way
that
goeth
up
to Bethhoron
, and smote
them to
Azekah ,
and unto
Makkedah.
As 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
.
And
it
came
to
pass,
as they fled from
before Israel ,
and
were
in
the going
down
to Bethhoron
, that
the LORD cast down great
stones
from heaven
upon
them
unto
Azekah
, and they
died:
they
were more
which
died
with
hailstones than they
whom
the children
of Israel
slew
with
the sword
.
On
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
. ”
Then
spake
Joshua
to
the LORD
in
the
day when
the LORD delivered
up
the Amorites before
the children
of
Israel
, and
he
said
in the sight
of Israel ,
Sun, stand thou
still upon
Gibeon ;
and
thou
, Moon, in
the valley of Ajalon
.
So
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. ”
And
the sun stood still ,
and the moon stayed,
until the people
had
avenged
themselves
upon their
enemies. Is not this
written in the book of Jasher
? So the sun stood
still
in the midst
of heaven,
and hasted
not
to
go
down about a whole
day.
There 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.
And
there was
no day like that
before it
or after
it
, that
the LORD hearkened
unto
the voice of a man :
for
the LORD fought for Israel.
Then
Joshua returned with
all Israel to
the camp at
Gilgal.
And
Joshua returned ,
and
all Israel with
him,
unto
the camp to
Gilgal.
Now
the
five kings had
fled and hidden
in the
cave at Makkedah.
But
these
five kings fled ,
and hid
themselves
in a
cave at Makkedah.
And Joshua
was informed:
“
The five kings have
been
found;
they
are hiding
in the
cave at Makkedah. ”
And it
was told
Joshua,
saying,
The five kings are found
hid
in a
cave at Makkedah.
So
Joshua said, “
Roll large
stones against
the mouth of the cave, and post
men there
to guard
them .
And
Joshua said, Roll great
stones upon
the mouth of the cave, and set
men by
it
for
to keep
them :
But
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. ”
And
stay
ye
not ,
but
pursue after
your enemies ,
and smite
the
hindmost
of
them ;
suffer
them not
to
enter
into
their cities :
for the LORD your God hath
delivered them into your hand.
So
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.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
Joshua and the children
of
Israel
had
made
an
end
of
slaying
them
with
a very
great
slaughter ,
till
they were
consumed
, that
the rest
which
remained
of
them
entered
into
fenced
cities.
The whole
army
returned safely
to Joshua
in
the camp at Makkedah ,
and
no
one
dared
to
utter
a
word
against the Israelites
.
And
all
the people
returned to the camp to
Joshua
at Makkedah in
peace:
none
moved
his
tongue
against any
of
the children
of
Israel
.
Then Joshua
said, “
Open the mouth of the cave and bring those five kings out
to
me. ”
Then said Joshua
, Open the mouth of the cave ,
and bring out
those five kings unto
me out
of
the
cave
.
So
they brought the
five kings out of the cave —
the kings
of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.
And
they did
so,
and
brought forth
those
five kings unto
him
out of the cave ,
the king
of Jerusalem, the
king
of
Hebron, the
king
of
Jarmuth, the
king
of
Lachish, and the
king
of
Eglon.
When 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.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when they brought out
those
kings unto
Joshua, that
Joshua
called
for
all the men of Israel ,
and said unto
the captains
of
the
men
of
war
which
went
with
him, Come near,
put your feet upon
the necks of these kings. And
they
came near,
and put their feet upon
the
necks of
them
.
“Do
not be afraid
or
discouraged
, ”
Joshua
said.
“
Be strong and courageous,
for the LORD will
do this
to all the
enemies you
fight. ”
And
Joshua
said
unto
them,
Fear
not ,
nor
be dismayed
, be strong and of
good
courage:
for thus
shall
the LORD do to all your
enemies against
whom
ye
fight.
After
this,
Joshua struck
down
and killed
the
kings
, and he
hung
their
bodies
on five trees and left
them
there
until evening.
And
afterward
Joshua smote
them,
and slew
them
, and hanged
them
on five trees :
and they
were
hanging
upon
the
trees
until the
evening.
At 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.
And
it
came
to
pass
at the
time
of
the
going
down
of
the
sun,
that Joshua
commanded,
and
they took
them
down off
the trees ,
and cast
them
into the cave wherein
they had been
hid,
and
laid
great
stones in
the cave's
mouth, which
remain
until
this very
day.
On
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.
And
that day Joshua took
Makkedah ,
and smote
it with
the edge
of
the
sword, and
the
king thereof
he utterly
destroyed
, them,
and
all
the
souls
that
were
therein;
he let
none
remain:
and
he
did to the king of Makkedah as he did
unto
the king of Jericho.
Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved
on
from
Makkedah
to
Libnah and fought against Libnah .
Then Joshua passed
from
Makkedah,
and all Israel with him ,
unto
Libnah ,
and fought against Libnah :
And 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.
And the LORD delivered it
also,
and the
king thereof,
into the hand of Israel ;
and he
smote
it
with
the edge
of
the sword, and all
the
souls
that
were
therein;
he let
none
remain
in
it;
but
did unto
the king thereof
as he did
unto
the king of Jericho.
And Joshua and all Israel with him moved
on
from
Libnah
to
Lachish .
They
laid
siege
to
it and fought against it .
And Joshua passed
from
Libnah,
and all Israel with him ,
unto
Lachish ,
and
encamped
against
it ,
and fought against it :
And 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.
And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which
took
it on the second day ,
and
smote
it
with
the edge
of
the sword, and
all
the
souls
that
were
therein,
according
to
all
that
he had done to Libnah.
At
that
time
Horam king of Gezer went
to help Lachish ,
but
Joshua struck
him down
along
with
his people, leaving
no
survivors
.
Then
Horam king of Gezer came
up
to help Lachish ;
and
Joshua smote
him and
his people, until
he
had
left
him
none
remaining
.
So
Joshua
moved
on
from Lachish to
Eglon, and all Israel with him .
They laid
siege
to
it and fought against it .
And
from Lachish Joshua
passed
unto
Eglon, and all Israel with him ;
and
they encamped
against
it ,
and fought against it :
That 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.
And
they
took
it
on
that day ,
and smote
it with
the edge
of
the
sword, and all
the souls
that
were
therein
he
utterly
destroyed
that
day
, according
to
all
that
he had done to Lachish.
Then
Joshua and all Israel with him went
up
from
Eglon
to
Hebron and fought against it .
And
Joshua went
up
from
Eglon,
and all Israel with him ,
unto
Hebron ;
and they
fought against it :
They 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.
And
they took
it ,
and smote
it
with
the edge
of
the
sword ,
and
the
king thereof
, and
all the
cities
thereof
, and all the souls
that
were
therein;
he
left none
remaining
, according
to
all
that
he had done to
Eglon; but
destroyed
it utterly,
and
all
the
souls
that
were
therein
.
Finally
Joshua and all Israel with him turned
toward
Debir and fought against it .
And
Joshua returned,
and all Israel with him ,
to
Debir ;
and fought against it :
And 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.
And he
took
it
, and
the
king thereof
, and all the
cities
thereof;
and
they smote
them with
the edge
of
the sword
, and utterly
destroyed
all
the
souls
that
were
therein;
he
left
none
remaining:
as he had done to Hebron ,
so
he
did
to
Debir,
and to
the
king
thereof;
as he had done also
to Libnah ,
and to
her
king.
So 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.
So Joshua smote
all
the country of
the
hills
, and
of
the south
, and
of
the vale
, and of
the springs
, and
all their kings :
he left
none
remaining,
but
utterly
destroyed
all
that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.
Joshua conquered
the
area
from Kadesh-barnea
to
Gaza, and the whole
region
of Goshen as
far
as
Gibeon.
And
Joshua smote
them
from Kadeshbarnea
even
unto
Gaza, and all
the country
of Goshen ,
even
unto
Gibeon.
And because the LORD ,
the
God of Israel ,
fought for Israel ,
Joshua
captured
all
these
kings
and
their
land
in
one
campaign
.
And all
these
kings
and
their
land
did
Joshua
take
at
one
time,
because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
Then
Joshua returned with
all Israel to
the camp at
Gilgal.
And
Joshua returned ,
and
all Israel with
him,
unto
the camp to
Gilgal.
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