Joshua:10:1-15
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And it happened ,
when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that had captured Ai ,
and had destroyed it (
as he had done to Jericho and to its king ,
so he had done to Ai and to her king )
and that the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel ,
and were in their midst ,
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they were greatly afraid because Gibeon was a great city ,
like one of the royal cities ,
and because it was greater than Ai ,
and all its men were mighty .
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And Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron ,
and to Piram king of Jarmuth ,
and to Japhia king of Lachish ,
and to Debir king of Eglon ,
saying ,
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Come up to me and help me .
And we shall strike Gibeon ,
for it has made peace with Joshua ,
and with the sons of Israel .
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And the five kings of the Amorites assembled ,
the king of Jerusalem ,
the king of Hebron ,
the king of Jarmuth ,
the king of Lachish ,
the king of Eglon ,
they and all their camps .
And they camped against Gibeon ,
and fought against it .
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And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua ,
and to the camp at Gilgal ,
saying ,
Do not withdraw your hand from your servants .
Come up to us quickly ,
and save us ,
and help us ,
for all the kings of the Amorites living in the hills have gathered against us .
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And went up from Gilgal ,
he and all the people of war with him ,
even all the mighty warriors .
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And Jehovah said to Joshua ,
Do not be afraid of them ,
for I have given them into your hands .
Not a man of them shall stand before you .
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And came to them suddenly (
he had traveled all night from Gilgal )
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and Jehovah troubled them before Israel ,
and struck them with a great blow at Gibeon ,
and He pursued by the way of the ascent of Bethhoron ,
and struck them to Azekah ,
and to Makkedah .
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And it happened ,
as they fled from the face of Israel ,
they were in the descent of Bethhoron ,
even Jehovah cast great stones on them out of the heavens ,
to Azekah ;
and they died .
The many who died by the hailstones were more than the sons of Israel had killed by the sword .
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Then spoke to Jehovah in the day when Jehovah gave the Amorites up before the sons of Israel ;
and he said ,
Sun ,
stand still before the eyes of Israel in Gibeon !
And ,
Moon stand still in the valley of Aijalon !
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And the sun stood still ,
and the moon stood still ,
until the nation was avenged on its foes .
Is it not written in the Book of the Upright ?
Yea ,
the sun stood still in the middle of the heavens ,
and did not hasten to go down for a full day .
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And there has not been a day such as that ,
before it or after it ;
for Jehovah listened to the voice of a man .
For Jehovah fought for Israel .
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And returned ,
and all Israel with him ,
to the camp at Gilgal .
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