Chapter
10
- 10:1
- 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;
- 10:2
- 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.
- 10:3
- 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,
- 10:4
- 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.
- 10:5
- 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.
- 10:6
- 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.
- 10:7
- So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of
war with him, and all the mighty men of valour.
- 10:8
- 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.
- 10:9
- Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from
Gilgal all night.
- 10:10
- 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.
- 10:11
- 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.
- 10:12
- 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.
- 10:13
- 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.
- 10:14
- 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.
- 10:15
- And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp
to Gilgal.
- 10:16
- But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at
Makkedah.
- 10:17
- And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found
hid in a cave at Makkedah.
- 10:18
- And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the
cave, and set men by it for to keep them:
- 10:19
- 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.
- 10:20
- 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.
- 10:21
- 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.
- 10:22
- Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out
those five kings unto me out of the cave.
- 10:23
- 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.
- 10:24
- 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.
- 10:25
- 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.
- 10:26
- And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged
them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until
the evening.
- 10:27
- 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.
- 10:28
- 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.
- 10:29
- Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him,
unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
- 10:30
- 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.
- 10:31
- And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto
Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:
- 10:32
- 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.
- 10:33
- Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua
smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
- 10:34
- And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel
with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it:
- 10:35
- 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.
- 10:36
- And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto
Hebron; and they fought against it:
- 10:37
- 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.
- 10:38
- And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and
fought against it:
- 10:39
- 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.
- 10:40
- 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.
- 10:41
- And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even unto Gaza, and
all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.
- 10:42
- And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one
time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
- 10:43
- And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp
to Gilgal.
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