Joshua:10:1-15
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Now it came to pass ,
when Adoni
zedek ,
the king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured
Ai ,
and had utterly destroyed it ;
as he had done to Jericho and its king ,
so had he done to
Ai and its king ;
and that the inhabitants of Gib
on had made peace with Israel ,
and were in the midst of them :
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That they were greatly afraid ;
because Gib
on was a great city ,
like one of the royal cities ,
and because it was greater than
Ai ,
and all the men thereof were mighty .
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Therefore Adoni
zedek the king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham the king of Hebron ,
and unto Piram the king of Yarmuth ,
and unto Yaphia ,
the king of Lachish ,
and unto Debir the king of
Eglon ,
saying ,
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Come up unto me ,
and help me ,
that we may smite Gib
on ;
for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel .
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And the five kings of the Emorites ,
the king of Jerusalem ,
the king of Hebron ,
the king of Yarmuth ,
the king of Lachish ,
the king of
Eglon ,
assembled themselves together ,
and went up ,
they and all their camps ,
and encamped before Gib
on ,
and made war against it .
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And the men of Gib
on sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal ,
saying ,
Do not withdraw thy hand from thy servants :
come up to us quickly ,
and save us ,
and help us ;
for all the kings of the Emorites that dwell in the mountains are assembled together against us .
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And 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 unto Joshua ,
Be not afraid of them ;
for into thy hand have I delivered them :
there shall not stand a man of them before thee .
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And Joshua came unto them suddenly ;
the whole night he went up from Gilgal .
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And the Lord brought them in confusion before Israel ,
and they smote them with a great slaughter at Gib
on ,
and pursued them by the way of the ascent to Beth
choron ,
and smote them up to
Azekah ,
and up to Makkedah .
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And it came to pass ,
as they fled from before Israel ,
while they were in the declivity of Beth
choron ,
that the Lord cast down upon them great stones from heaven ,
up to
Azekah ,
and they died :
there were more who died by means of the hailstones than those whom the children of Israel had slain with the sword .
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Then spoke Joshua to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered up the Emorites before the children of Israel ,
and he said before the eyes of Israel ,
Sun ,
stand thou still upon Gib
on ;
and thou ,
Moon ,
in the valley of Ayalon .
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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 Yashar ?
And the sun stood still in the midst of the heavens ,
and hastened 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 .
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And Joshua returned ,
and all Israel with him ,
unto the camp to Gilgal .
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