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MOF JOS Chapter 10

10 When Adonizedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and sacked it, treating Ai and its king as he had treated Jericho and its king, and that the citizens of Gibeon had made terms with Israel, 2 he and his men were in terror; for Gibeon was a large town, like a royal city, larger than Ai, and all its men were stout fighters. 3 So Adonizedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham the king of Hebron, to Piram the king of Jarmuth, to Japhia the king of Lakhish, and to Debir the king of Eglon, saying, 4 “Join me and help me to storm Gibeon, for it has made terms with Joshua and the Israelites.” 5 So the five Amorite kings, the king of Jerusalem and the king of Hebron and the king of Jarmuth and the king of Lakhish and the king of Eglon, all mustered and marched up with all their armies to besiege Gibeon and attack it. 6 The Gibeonites sent a message to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, telling him, “Abandon not your servants; quick, come up to rescue us, help us, for all the Amorite kings of the highlands have mustered to attack us.” 7 Joshua marched up from Gilgal with all the troops and all the veterans. 8 The Eternal said to Joshua, “Have no fear of them, for I put them into your hands; not a man of them shall hold his own against you.” 9 So Joshua made a sudden attack: he made a night march from Gilgal, 10 and the Eternal threw them into a panic before Israel, till Israel routed them with heavy slaughter at Gibeon and then chased them along the road to the ascent of Beth-horon, routing them all the way to Azekah and Makkedah. 11 As they ran from Israel, at the descent from Beth-horon the Eternal rained huge hailstones from heaven upon them, all the way to Azekah; they died of these. Indeed, more died by the hailstones than at the hands of Israel by the sword,

12 It was on the day when the Eternal handed over the Amorites to the Israelites that Joshua said to the Eternal before Israel,

“O sun, stand over Gibeon!

Move not, O moon, from Ajalon vale!”

13 The sun stood still, the moon moved not,

till the folk had taken vengeance on their foes,

(Is not the song written in the book of Heroes?) The sun stood still in the middle of the sky, and never hastened to set for about a whole day. 14 Never was there a day like that, before or since, when the Eternal listened to the cry of a man; for the Eternal was fighting for Israel. 15 Then Joshua returned with all the Israelites to the camp at Gilgal.

16 The five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah. 17 When Joshua was told that the five kings had been discovered, hiding in the cave at Makkedah, 18 he said, “ Roll some large stones at the mouth of the cave and post men to guard it, 19 but you must not stop pursuing your enemies. Strike down their rear, let none of them get into their towns, for the Eternal has put them into your power.” 20 When Joshua and the Israelites had finished slaughtering them with heavy slaughter, till they were wiped out, and the survivors had got away into the fortified towns, 21 the army all returned to Joshua at the camp at Makkedah unmolested; not a native dared say a word against any of the Israelites. 22 Then Joshua ordered the mouth of the cave to be opened and the five kings brought out to him. 23 This was done. The five kings were brought out, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lakhish, and the king of Eglon. 24 When these kings had been brought before Joshua, he called for all the men of Israel and told the army commanders present to come forward and put their feet on the necks of the kings. They came forward and did put their feet on the necks of the kings. 25 “Fear not,” said Joshua, “neither be dismayed; be firm and brave, for so shall the Eternal treat all the foes against whom you fight.” 26 Then Joshua felled them and killed them; he hung them on five trees, and on the trees they remained hanging till evening. 27 At sunset Joshua ordered the bodies to be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave where they had hidden themselves. Some large stones were laid at the mouth of the cave, and are there to this day. 28 That day Joshua stormed and sacked Makkedah, killing its king and utterly destroying it and all it contained, till not a single soul was left. He treated the king of Makkedah as he had treated the king of Jericho, 29 From Makkedah Joshua and all Israel passed on to Libnah. They attacked Libnah, 30 and the Eternal put Libnah and its king also into the hands of Israel. Joshua sacked the place and massacred all within it, leaving not a single soul alive. He treated the king of Libnah as he had treated the king of Jericho. 31 From Libnah Joshua and all Israel passed on to Lakhish, besieged it and attacked it; 32 the Eternal put Lakhish and its king also into the hands of Israel, and on the second day Joshua captured it, sacking it and massacring all within it, as he had done to Libnah. 33 Horam the king of Gezer came up to help Lakhish, but Joshua defeated him and his army till not a man was left him. 34 From Lakhish Joshua and all Israel passed on to Eglon, besieged it and attacked it, 35 and captured it the same day; they sacked the place and massacred every soul within it, exactly as he had done to Lakhish. 36 From Eglon Joshua and all Israel passed on to Hebron and attacked it; 37 they captured it and sacked it, killed the king, destroyed the townships and every living soul in them, leaving not one alive, exactly as at Eglon; he wiped the place out and every soul within it. 38 Then Joshua and all Israel wheeled round to Debir and attacked it; 39 he captured it with its king and all its townships, sacking. them all and massacring every living soul, till not one remained. As he had treated Hebron, so he treated Debir and its king, just as he had treated Libnah and its king.

40 Thus Joshua captured the whole country, the highlands, the Negeb, the lowlands, and the slopes, with all their kings; he left not a soul alive, but massacred every living creature, as the Eternal, the God of Israel, had commanded. 41 Joshua routed them all from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, with all the land of Goshen, as far as Gibeon. 42 All these kings and their country Joshua captured in a single campaign, because the Eternal, the God of Israel, fought for Israel. 43 Then Joshua and all Israel returned to camp at Gilgal.

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