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When Adonisedec king of Jerusalem had heard these things ,
to wit ,
that Josue had taken Hai ,
and had destroyed it , (
for as he had done to Jericho and the king thereof ,
so did he to Hai ,
and its king ,)
and that the Gabaonites were gone over to Israel ,
and were their confederates ,
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He was exceedingly afraid .
For Gabaon was a great city ,
and one of the royal cities ,
and greater than the town of Hai ,
and all its fighting men were most valiant .
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Therefore Adonisedec king of Jerusalem sent to Oham king of Hebron ,
and to Pharam king of Jerimoth ,
and to Japhia king of Lachis ,
and to Dabir king of Eglon ,
saying :
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Come up to me ,
and bring help ,
that we may take Gabaon ,
because it hath gone over to Josue ,
and to the children of Israel .
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So the five kings of the Amorrhites being assembled together went up :
the king of Jerusalem ,
the king of Hebron ,
the king of Jerimoth ,
the king of Lachis ,
the king of Eglon ,
they and their armies ,
and camped about Gabaon ,
laying siege to it .
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But the inhabitants of the city of Gabaon which was besieged ,
sent to Josue ,
who then abode in the camp at Galgal ,
and said to him :
Withdraw not thy hands from helping thy servants :
come up quickly and save us ,
and bring us succour :
for all the kings of the Amorrhites ,
who dwell in the mountains ,
are gathered together against us .
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And Josue went up from Galgal ,
and all the army of the warriors with him ,
most valiant men .
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And the Lord said to Josue :
Fear them not :
for I have delivered them into thy hands :
none of them shall be able to stand against thee .
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So Josue going up from Galgal all the night ,
came upon them suddenly .
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And the Lord troubled them at the sight of Israel :
and he slew them with a great slaughter in Gabaon ,
and pursued them by the way of the ascent to Beth-horon ,
and cut them off all the way to Azeca and Maceda .
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And when they were fleeing from the children of Israel ,
and were in the descent of Beth-horon ,
the Lord cast down upon them great stones from heaven as far as Azeca :
and many more were killed with the hailstones than were slain by the swords of the children of Israel .
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Then Josue spoke to the Lord ,
in the day that he delivered the Amorrhite in the sight of the children of Israel ,
and he said before them :
Move not ,
O sun ,
toward Gabaon ,
nor thou ,
O moon ,
toward the valley of Ajalon .
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And the sun and the moon stood still ,
till the people revenged themselves of their enemies .
Is not this written in the book of the just ?
So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven ,
and hasted not to go down the space of one day .
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There was not before nor after so long a day ,
the Lord obeying the voice of a man ,
and fighting for Israel .
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And Josue returned with all Israel into the camp of Galgal .