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When Ado '
ni-ze '
dek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai ,
and had utterly destroyed it ,
doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king ,
and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them ,
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he feared greatly ,
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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So Ado '
ni-ze '
dek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron ,
to Piram king of Jarmuth ,
to Japhi '
a king of Lachish ,
and to Debir king of Eglon ,
saying ,
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Come up to me ,
and help me ,
and let us smite Gibeon ;
for it has made peace with Joshua and with the people of Israel ."
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Then the five kings of the Amorites ,
the king of Jerusalem ,
the king of Hebron ,
the king of Jarmuth ,
the king of Lachish ,
and the king of Eglon ,
gathered their forces ,
and went up with all their armies and encamped against Gibeon ,
and made war against it .
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And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal ,
saying , "
Do not relax your hand from your servants ;
come up to us quickly ,
and save us ,
and help us ;
for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill country are gathered against us ."
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So Joshua went up from Gilgal ,
he and all the people of war with him ,
and all the mighty men of valor .
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And the LORD said to Joshua , "
Do not fear them ,
for I have given them into your hands ;
there shall not a man of them stand before you ."
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So Joshua came upon them suddenly ,
having marched up all night from Gilgal .
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And the LORD threw them into a panic before Israel ,
who slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon ,
and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-hor '
on ,
and smote them as far as Aze '
kah and Makke '
dah .
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And as they fled before Israel ,
while they were going down the ascent of Beth-hor '
on ,
the LORD threw down great stones from heaven upon them as far as Aze '
kah ,
and they died ;
there were more who died because of the hailstones than the men of Israel killed with the sword .
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Then spoke Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD gave the Amorites over to the men of Israel ;
and he said in the sight of Israel , "
Sun ,
stand thou still at Gibeon ,
and thou Moon in the valley of Ai '
jalon ."
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And the sun stood still ,
and the moon stayed ,
until the nation took vengeance on their enemies .
Is this not written in the Book of Jashar ?
The sun stayed in the midst of heaven ,
and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day .
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There has been no day like it before or since ,
when the LORD hearkened to the voice of a man ;
for the LORD fought for Israel .
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Then Joshua returned ,
and all Israel with him ,
to the camp at Gilgal .