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Now it came to pass ,
when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai ,
and had completely 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 ,
and were among them ;
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that they feared greatly ,
because Gibeon was a great city ,
as one of the royal cities ,
and because it was greater than Ai ,
and all its men were mighty .
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Therefore 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 let us strike Gibeon ;
for it has made peace with Joshua and with the sons of Israel .
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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 against Gibeon ,
and made war against it .
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And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua to the camp to Gilgal ,
saying ,
Do not slack your hand from your slaves ;
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 together 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 Yahweh said to Joshua ,
Don '
t fear them :
for I have delivered them into your hands ;
not a man of them will stand before you .
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Joshua therefore came upon them suddenly ; [
for ]
he went up from Gilgal all the night .
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And Yahweh discomfited them before Israel ,
and he slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon ,
and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon ,
and struck them to Azekah ,
and to Makkedah .
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And it came to pass ,
as they fled from before Israel ,
while they were at the descent of Beth-horon ,
that Yahweh cast down great stones from heaven on them to Azekah ,
and they died :
they who died with the hailstones were more than they whom the sons of Israel slew with the sword .
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Then Joshua spoke to Yahweh in the day when Yahweh delivered up the Amorites before the sons of Israel ;
and he said in the sight of Israel ,
Sun ,
stand still on Gibeon ;
And ,
Moon ,
in the valley of Aijalon .
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And the sun stood still ,
and the moon stopped ,
Until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies .
Isn '
t this written in the Book of Jashar ?
And the sun stopped in the midst of heaven ,
and didn '
t hurry to go down about a whole day .
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And there was no day like that before it or after it ,
that Yahweh listened to the voice of a man :
for Yahweh fought for Israel .
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And Joshua returned ,
and all Israel with him ,
to the camp to Gilgal .