Joshua:9-10
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And it came to pass ,
when all the kings which were on this side Jordan ,
in the hills ,
and in the valleys ,
and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon ,
the Hittite ,
and the Amorite ,
the Canaanite K @
na #
aniy #,
the Perizzite ,
the Hivite ,
and the Jebusite ,
heard thereof ;
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That they gathered themselves together ,
to fight with Joshua and with Israel Yisra #
el #,
with one accord .
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And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai ,
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They did work wilily ,
and went and made as if they had been ambassadors ,
and took old sacks upon their asses ,
and wine bottles no #
d #,
old ,
and rent ,
and bound up ;
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And old shoes and clouted upon their feet ,
and old garments upon them ;
and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy .
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And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal ,
and said unto him ,
and to the men of Israel Yisra #
el #,
We be come from a far country :
now therefore make ye a league with us .
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And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites ,
Peradventure ye dwell among us ;
and how shall we make a league with you ?
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And they said unto Joshua ,
We are thy servants .
And Joshua said unto them ,
Who are ye ?
and from whence come ye ?
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And they said unto him ,
From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God :
for we have heard the fame of him ,
and all that he did in Egypt ,
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And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites ,
that were beyond Jordan ,
to Sihon king of Heshbon ,
and to Og king of Bashan ,
which was at Ashtaroth .
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Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us ,
saying ,
Take victuals with you for the journey ,
and go to meet them ,
and say unto them ,
We are your servants :
therefore now make ye a league with us .
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This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you ;
but now ,
behold ,
it is dry ,
and it is mouldy :
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And these bottles of wine ,
which we filled ,
were new ;
and ,
behold ,
they be rent :
and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey .
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And the men took of their victuals ,
and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD .
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And Joshua made peace with them ,
and made a league with them ,
to let them live :
and the princes of the congregation sware unto them .
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And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them ,
that they heard that they were their neighbours ,
and that they dwelt among them .
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And the children of Israel journeyed ,
and came unto their cities on the third day .
Now their cities were Gibeon Gib #
own #,
and Chephirah ,
and Beeroth B @#
erowth #,
and Kirjathjearim Qiryath Y @#
ariym #.
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And the children of Israel smote them not ,
because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel Yisra #
el #.
And all the congregation murmured against the princes .
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But all the princes said unto all the congregation ,
We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel Yisra #
el #:
now therefore we may not touch them .
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This we will do to them ;
we will even let them live ,
lest wrath be upon us ,
because of the oath which we sware unto them .
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And the princes said unto them ,
Let them live ;
but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation ;
as the princes had promised them .
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And Joshua called for them ,
and he spake unto them ,
saying ,
Wherefore have ye beguiled us ,
saying ,
We are very far from you ;
when ye dwell among us ?
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Now therefore ye are cursed ,
and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen ,
and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God .
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And they answered Joshua ,
and said ,
Because it was certainly told thy servants ,
how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land ,
and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you ,
therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you ,
and have done this thing .
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And now ,
behold ,
we are in thine hand :
as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us ,
do .
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And so did he unto them ,
and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel Yisra #
el #,
that they slew them not .
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And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation ,
and for the altar of the LORD ,
even unto this day ,
in the place which he should choose .
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Now it came to pass ,
when Adonizedek #
Adoniy-Tsedeq #
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 Yisra #
el #,
and were among them ;
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That they feared greatly m @#
od #,
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 .
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Wherefore Adonizedek #
Adoniy-Tsedeq #
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 ,
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Come up unto me ,
and help me ,
that we may smite Gibeon Gib #
own #:
for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel Yisra #
el #.
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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 Gib #
own #,
and made war against it .
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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 .
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So Joshua ascended from Gilgal ,
he ,
and all the people of war with him ,
and all the mighty men of valour .
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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 .
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Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly pith #
owm #,
and went up from Gilgal all night .
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And the LORD discomfited them before Israel Yisra #
el #,
and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon Gib #
own #,
and chased them along the way that goeth up to Bethhoron Beyth ,
and smote them to Azekah ,
and unto Makkedah .
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And it came to pass ,
as they fled from before Israel Yisra #
el #,
and were in the going down to Bethhoron Beyth ,
that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah ,
and they died :
they were more which died with hailstones barad #
than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword .
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Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel Yisra #
el #,
and he said in the sight of Israel Yisra #
el #,
Sun ,
stand thou still upon Gibeon Gib #
own #;
and thou ,
Moon ,
in the valley of Ajalon .
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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 .
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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 Yisra #
el #.
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And Joshua returned ,
and all Israel with him ,
unto the camp to Gilgal .
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But these five kings fled ,
and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah .
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And it was told Joshua ,
saying ,
The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah .
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And Joshua said ,
Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave m @#
arah #,
and set men by it for to keep them :
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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 .
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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 .
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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 Yisra #
el #.
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Then said Joshua ,
Open the mouth of the cave m @#
arah #,
and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave m @#
arah #.
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And they did so ,
and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave m @#
arah #,
the king of Jerusalem ,
the king of Hebron ,
the king of Jarmuth ,
the king of Lachish ,
and the king of Eglon .
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And it came to pass ,
when they brought out those kings unto Joshua ,
that Joshua called for all the men of Israel Yisra #
el #,
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 .
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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 .
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And afterward Joshua smote them ,
and slew them ,
and hanged them on five trees :
and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening .
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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 caves mouth ,
which remain until this very day .
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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 .
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Then Joshua passed from Makkedah ,
and all Israel with him ,
unto Libnah ,
and fought against Libnah :
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And the LORD delivered it also ,
and the king thereof ,
into the hand of Israel Yisra #
el #;
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 .
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And Joshua passed from Libnah ,
and all Israel with him ,
unto Lachish ,
and encamped against it ,
and fought against it :
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And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel Yisra #
el #,
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 .
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Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish ;
and Joshua smote him and his people ,
until he had left him none remaining .
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And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon ,
and all Israel with him ;
and they encamped against it ,
and fought against it :
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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 .
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And Joshua went up from Eglon ,
and all Israel with him ,
unto Hebron ;
and they fought against it :
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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 .
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And Joshua returned ,
and all Israel with him ,
to Debir ;
and fought against it :
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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 .
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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 .
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And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea Qadesheven unto Gaza ,
and all the country of Goshen ,
even unto Gibeon Gib #
own #.
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And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time pa #
am #,
because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel Yisra #
el #.
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And Joshua returned ,
and all Israel with him ,
unto the camp to Gilgal .
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And it came to pass ,
when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things ,
that he sent to Jobab king of Madon ,
and to the king of Shimron ,
and to the king of Achshaph ,
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