Joshua 10

And it happened, when Adoni Zedek, the king of Jerusalem, heard that Joshua had captured Ai and had devoted it, just as he had done to Jericho and to its king, thus he had done to Ai and to its king, and that the dwellers of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and {were} in their midst,

that they feared greatly, because Gibeon {was} a great city, like one of the cities of the kingdom, and because it {was} greater than Ai, and all of its men {were} warriors. \*

And Adoni Zedek, the king of Jerusalem, sent to Hoham, the king of Hebron, and to Piram, the king of Jarmuth, and to Japhia, the king of Lachish, and to Debir, the king of Eglon, saying,

“Come up to me and help me, and let us strike Gibeon, because it has made peace with Joshua and with the sons of Israel.” \*

And the five of the kings of the Amorite gathered and went up, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, they and all of their camps. And they camped against Gibeon and fought against it. \*

And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, saying, “Do not let your hands drop from your servants. Come up to us quickly and save us and help us, because all of the kings of the Amorite dwelling {in} the hill country have gathered against us.”

And Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and all of the people of war with him, and all of the warriors of valor. \*

And God said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, because I have given them into your hand. Not a man from them will stand at your face.” \*

And Joshua came to them suddenly, all of the night he went up from Gilgal.

And God panicked them to the face of Israel, and he struck them {with} a great striking at Gibeon, and he pursued them {by} the way of the ascent of Beth Horon, and he struck them unto Azekah and unto Makkedah. \*

And it happened, in their fleeing from the face of Israel, they {were} on the descent of Beth Horon, that God threw on them great stones from the heavens unto Azekah, and they died. {There were} more who died by the stones of the hail than those whom the sons of Israel killed with the sword. \*

Then Joshua spoke to God in the day of God giving the Amorite to the face of the sons of Israel, and he said to the eyes of Israel, “Sun, be still over Gibeon, and moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.” \*

And the sun was still, and the moon stood, until the nation avenged its enemies. Is it not written in the Book of Jashar? And the sun stood in the middle of the heavens, and it did not hurry to go {down}, about a whole day.

And none has been like that day to the face of it or after it, for God listening to the voice of a man, because God fought for Israel. \*

And Joshua and all of Israel with him returned to the camp at Gilgal.

And these five kings had fled and hidden themselves in the cave at Makkedah.

And it was told to Joshua, saying, “The five kings have been found hiding themselves in the cave at Makkedah.” \*

And Joshua said, “Roll great stones to the mouth of the cave and appoint men by it to guard them.”

But you, do not stand! Pursue after your enemies and attack their rear. Do not let them enter into their cities, because God your God has given them into your hand. \*

And it happened, when Joshua and the sons of Israel had finished striking them {with} a very great striking until their finishing, that the survivors from them survived and entered into the cities of fortification.

And all of the people returned to the camp, to Joshua at Makkedah, in peace. No one sharpened his tongue against the sons of Israel, against a man. \*

And Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring out to me these five kings from the cave.”

And they did so and brought out to him these five kings from the cave: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon. \*

And it happened, when they brought out these kings to Joshua, that Joshua called to every man of Israel and said to the commanders of the men of war, the ones going with him, “Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came near and put their feet on their necks.

And Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed. Be strong and be courageous, because God will do thus to all of your enemies with whom you {are} fighting.” \*

And after this Joshua struck them and killed them and hanged them on five trees. And they were hanging on the trees until the evening.

And it happened at the time of the going {down} of the sun that Joshua commanded, and they took them down from upon the trees and threw them into the cave where they had hidden themselves. And they put great stones over the mouth of the cave, to this same day. \*

And Joshua captured Makkedah on that day and struck it and its king to the mouth of the sword. He devoted them and every soul that {was} in it. He did not leave a survivor. So he did to the king of Makkedah just as he had done to the king of Jericho. \*

And Joshua and all of Israel with him passed over from Makkedah to Libnah, and he fought with Libnah.

And God also gave it and its king into the hand of Israel. And he struck it and every soul that {was} in it to the mouth of the sword. He did not leave a survivor in it. So he did to its king just as he had done to the king of Jericho. \*

And Joshua and all of Israel with him passed over from Libnah to Lachish, and he camped against it and fought with it.

And God gave Lachish into the hand of Israel, and he captured it on the second day and struck it and every soul that {was} in it to the mouth of the sword, according to all that he had done to Libnah. \*

Then Horam, the king of Gezer, went up to help Lachish, and Joshua struck him and his people until he did not leave to him a survivor. \*

And Joshua and all of Israel with him passed over from Lachish to Eglon, and they camped against it and fought with it.

And they captured it on that day and struck it to the mouth of the sword, and every soul that {was} in it on that day he devoted, according to all that he had done to Lachish. \*

And Joshua and all of Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron, and they fought with it.

And they captured it and struck it and its king and all of its cities and every soul that {was} in it to the mouth of the sword. He did not leave a survivor, according to all that he had done to Eglon. And he devoted it and every soul that {was} in it. \*

And Joshua and all of Israel with him returned to Debir, and he fought with it.

And he captured it and its king and all of its cities, and they struck them to the mouth of the sword and devoted every soul that {was} in it. He did not leave a survivor. Just as he had done to Hebron, thus he did to Debir and to its king, and just as he had done to Libnah and to its king. \*

And Joshua struck all of the land, the hill country and the Negev and the lowland and the slopes, and all of their kings. He did not leave a survivor. And he devoted every breathing thing, just as God, the God of Israel, had commanded.

And Joshua struck them from Kadesh Barnea and unto Gaza, and all of the land of Goshen and unto Gibeon. \*

And Joshua captured all of these kings and their land at one time, because God, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.

And Joshua and all of Israel with him returned to the camp at Gilgal. \*