[1] Now when it came to the ears of Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, that
Joshua had taken Ai, and had given it up to the curse (for as he had done
to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king); and that the
people of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living among them; [2]
He was in great fear, because Gibeon was a great town, like one of the
king's towns, greater than Ai, and all the men in it were men of war. [3]
So 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, [4] Come up to me and give me help, and let us make an
attack on Gibeon: for they have made peace with Joshua and the children of
Israel. [5] So 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, were banded together, and went up with all their armies and took up
their position before Gibeon and made war against it. [6] And the men of
Gibeon sent to Joshua to the tent-circle at Gilgal, saying, Be not slow to
send help to your servants; come up quickly to our support and keep us
safe: for all the kings of the Amorites from the hill-country have come
together against us. [7] So Joshua went up from Gilgal with all his army
and all his men of war. [8] And the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear of
them, for I have given them into your hands; they will all give way before
you. [9] So Joshua, having come up from Gilgal all night, made a sudden
attack on them. [10] And the Lord made them full of fear before Israel, and
they put great numbers of them to death at Gibeon, and went after them by
the way going up to Beth-horon, driving them back to Azekah and Makkedah
[11] And in their flight before Israel, on the way down from Beth-horon,
the Lord sent down great stones from heaven on them all the way to Azekah,
causing their death: those whose death was caused by the stones were more
than those whom the children of Israel put to death with the sword. [12] It
was on the day when the Lord gave up the Amorites into the hands of the
children of Israel that Joshua said to the Lord, before the eyes of Israel,
Sun, be at rest over Gibeon; and you, O moon, in the valley of Aijalon.
[13] And the sun was at rest and the moon kept its place till the nation
had given punishment to their attackers. (Is it not recorded in the book of
Jashar?) So the sun kept its place in the middle of the heavens, and was
waiting, and did not go down, for the space of a day. [14] And there was no
day like that, before it or after it, when the Lord gave ear to the voice
of a man; for the Lord was fighting for Israel. [15] And Joshua, with all
Israel, went back to the tent-circle at Gilgal. [16] But these five kings
went in flight secretly to a hole in the rock at Makkedah. [17] And word
was given to Joshua that the five kings had been taken in a hole in the
rock at Makkedah. [18] And Joshua said, Let great stones be rolled against
the mouth of the hole, and let men keep watch by it: [19] But do you,
without waiting, go after their army, attacking them from the back; do not
let them get into their towns, for the Lord your God has given them into
your hands. [20] Now when Joshua and the children of Israel had come to the
end of their war of complete destruction, and had put to death all but a
small band who had got safely into the walled towns, [21] All the people
went back to Joshua to the tent-circle at Makkedah in peace: and no one
said a word against the children of Israel. [22] Then Joshua said, Take
away the stones from the mouth of the hole in the rock, and make those five
kings come out to me. [23] And they did so, and made those five kings come
out of the hole to him, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king
of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon. [24] And when they
had made those kings come out to Joshua, Joshua sent for all the men of
Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who had gone with him,
Come near and put your feet on the necks of these kings. So they came near
and put their feet on their necks. [25] And Joshua said to them, Have no
fear and do not be troubled; be strong and take heart: for so will the Lord
do to all against whom you make war. [26] Then Joshua had them put to
death, hanging them on five trees, where they were till evening. [27] And
when the sun went down, they were taken down from the trees, by Joshua's
orders, and put into the hole where they had gone to be safe; and great
stones were placed at the mouth of the hole, where they are to this day.
[28] That day Joshua took Makkedah, and put it and its king to the sword;
every soul in it he gave up to the curse without mercy: and he did to the
king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho. [29] Then Joshua
and all Israel with him went on from Makkedah and came to Libnah, and made
an attack on it; [30] And again the Lord gave it and its king into the
hands of Israel; and he put it and every person in it to the sword, till
their destruction was complete; and he did to its king as he had done to
the king of Jericho. [31] Then Joshua and all Israel with him went on from
Libnah to Lachish, and took up their position against it and made an attack
on it, [32] And the Lord gave Lachish into the hands of Israel, and on the
second day he took it, putting it and every person in it to the sword
without mercy, as he had done to Libnah. [33] Then Horam, king of Gezer,
came up to the help of Lachish; and Joshua overcame him and his people,
putting all of them to death. [34] And Joshua and all Israel with him went
on from Lachish to Eglon: and they took up their position against it and
made an attack on it; [35] And that day they took it, putting it and every
person in it to the sword, as he had done to Lachish. [36] And Joshua and
all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron, and made an attack on it;
[37] And took it, overcoming it and putting it and its king and its towns
and every person in it to the sword: as he had done to Eglon, he put them
all to death, and gave it up to the curse with every person in it. [38] And
Joshua and all Israel with him went on to make an attack on Debir; [39] And
he took it, with its king and all its towns: and he put them to the sword,
giving every person in it to the curse; all were put to death: as he had
done to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king. [40] So Joshua overcame
all the land, the hill-country and the South and the lowland and the
mountain slopes, and all their kings; all were put to death: and every
living thing he gave up to the curse, as the Lord, the God of Israel, had
given him orders. [41] Joshua overcame them from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and
all the land of Goshen as far as Gibeon. [42] And all these kings and their
land Joshua took at the same time, because the Lord, the God of Israel, was
fighting for Israel. [43] Then Joshua and all Israel with him went back to
their tents at Gilgal.

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