Joshua 10
1 And when Adoni-bezec king of
Jerusalem heard that Joshua had taken Gai, and had destroyed it, as he did to
Jericho and its king, even so they did to Gai and its king, and that the
inhabitants of Gabaon had gone over to Joshua and Israel;
2 then they were greatly terrified by
them, for the king knew that Gabaon
was a great city, as one of the
aGr. mother-cities.chief cities, and all its men were mighty.
3 So Adoni-bezec king of Jerusalem
sent to Elam king of Hebron, and to Phidon king of Jerimuth, and to Jephtha
king of Lachis, and to Dabin king of Odollam, saying,
4 Come up hither to me, and help me,
and let us take Gabaon; for the
bGr. they.Gabaonites have gone over to Joshua and to the children of Israel.
5 And the five kings of the Jebusites
went up, the king of Jerusalem, and the king of Chebron, and the king of
Jerimuth, and the king of Lachis, and the king of Odollam, they and all their
people; and encamped around Gabaon, and besieged it.
6 And the inhabitants of Gabaon sent
to Joshua into the camp to Galgala, saying, Slack not thy hands from thy
servants: come up quickly to us, and help us, and rescue us; for all the kings
of the Amorites who dwell in the hill country are gathered together against
us. 7 And Joshua went up from Galgala,
he and all the people of war with him, every one mighty in strength.
8 And the Lord said to Joshua, Fear
them not, for I have delivered them into thy hands; there shall not one of
them be left before you.
9 And when Joshua came suddenly upon
them, he had advanced all the night out of Galgala.
10 And the Lord struck them with
terror before the children of Israel; and the Lord destroyed them with a great
slaughter at Gabaon; and they pursued them by the way of the going up of
Oronin, and they smote them to Azeca and to Makeda.
11 And when they fled from the face
of the children of Israel at the descent of Oronin, then the Lord cast upon
them hailstones from heaven to Azeca; and they were more that died by the
hailstones, than those whom the children of Israel slew with the sword in the
battle.
12 Then Joshua spoke to the Lord, in
the day in which the Lord delivered the Amorite into the power of Israel, when
he destroyed them in Gabaon, and they were destroyed from before the children
of Israel: and Joshua said, Let the sun stand over against Gabaon, and the
moon over against the valley of Ælon.
13 And the sun and the moon stood
still, until God executed vengeance on their enemies; and the sun stood still
in the midst of heaven; it did not proceed to set till the end of
ci. e. additional day without a night between.one day. 14 And there was not such a
day either before or after, so that God should hearken to a man, because the
Lord fought on the side of Israel.
16 And these five kings fled, and hid
themselves in a cave that is in Makeda.
17 And it was told Joshua, saying,
The five kings have been found hid in the cave that is in Makeda.
18 And Joshua said, Roll stones to
the mouth of the cave, and set men to watch over them.
19 But do not ye stand, but pursue
after your enemies, and
dGr. fasten upon or seize.attack the rear of them, and do not suffer them to enter into their cities;
for the Lord our God has delivered them into our hands.
20 And it came to pass when Joshua
and all Israel ceased destroying them utterly with a very great slaughter,
that they that escaped took refuge in the strong cities.
21 And all the people returned
eGr. sound, or healthy.safe to Joshua to Makeda; and no one of the children of Israel murmured with
his tongue.
22 And Joshua said, Open the cave,
and bring out these five kings out of the cave.
23 And they brought out the five
kings out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, and the king of Chebron, and the
king of Jerimuth, and the king of Lachis, and the king of Odollam.
24 And when they brought them out to
Joshua, then Joshua called together all Israel, and the chiefs
fGr. of the war.of the army that went with him, saying to them, Come forward and set your
feet on their necks; and they came and set their feet on their necks.
25 And Joshua said to them, Do not
fear them, neither be cowardly; be courageous and strong, for thus the Lord
will do to all your enemies, against whom ye fight.
26 And Joshua slew them, and hanged
them on five trees; and they hung upon the trees until the evening.
27 And it came to pass toward the
setting of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees,
and cast them into the cave into which they had fled
for refuge, and rolled stones to the cave,
which remain till this day.
28 And they took Makeda on that day,
and slew
gGr. it.the inhabitants with the
hGr. mouth.edge of the sword, and they utterly destroyed every living thing that was in
it; and there was none left in it that was preserved and had escaped; and they
did to the king of Makeda, as they did to the king of Jericho.
29 And Joshua and all Israel with him
departed out of Makeda to Lebna, and besieged Lebna.
30 And the Lord delivered it into the
hands of Israel: and they took it, and its king, and slew the inhabitants with
the edge of the sword, and every thing breathing in it; and there was not left
in it any that survived and escaped; and they did to its king, as they did to
the king of Jericho.
31 And Joshua and all Israel with him
departed from Lebna to Lachis, and he encamped about it, and besieged it.
32 And the Lord delivered Lachis into
the hands of Israel; and
iGr. he, i. e. Israel.they took it on the second day, and they put the inhabitants to death with
the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed it, as they had done to Lebna.
33 Then Elam the king of Gazer went
up to help Lachis; and Joshua smote him and his people with the edge of the
sword, until there was not left to him one that was preserved and escaped.
34 And Joshua and all Israel with him
departed from Lachis to Odollam, and he besieged it and
jOr, vigourously attacked it.took it. 35 And the Lord delivered
it into the hand of Israel; and he took it on that day, and slew the
inhabitants with the edge of the sword, and slew every thing breathing in it,
as they did to Lachis.
36 And Joshua and all Israel with him
departed to Chebron, and encamped about it.
37 And he smote it with the edge of
the sword, and all the living creatures that were in it; there was no one
preserved: they destroyed it and all things in it, as they did to Odollam.
38 And Joshua and all Israel returned
to Dabir; and they encamped about it;
39 and they took it, and its king,
and its villages: and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and they
destroyed it, and every thing breathing in it; and they did not leave in it
any one that was preserved: as they did to Chebron and her king, so they did
to Dabir and her king.
40 And Joshua smote all the land of
the hill country, and
kHeb. south.Nageb and the plain country, and Asedoth, and her kings, they did not leave
of them one that was saved: and they utterly destroyed every thing that had
the breath of life, as the Lord God of Israel commanded,
41 from Cades Barne to Gaza, all
Gosom, as far as Gabaon. 42 And
Joshua smote, once for all, all their kings, and their land, because the Lord
God of Israel fought on the side of Israel.