Josh.10 [1] 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, [2] 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. [3] 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, [4] "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." [5] 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. [6] 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." [7] So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and all the people of war with
him, and all the mighty men of valor. [8] 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." [9] So Joshua came upon them suddenly, having marched up all
night from Gilgal. [10] 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. [11] 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. [12] 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."
[13] And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation took vengeance
on their enemies. [14] 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.