Joshua 10
1 Now it came to pass, when
Adonizedek king of
Jerusalem had
heard how Joshua had
taken Ai, and had utterly
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;
2 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 the
men thereof were
mighty. 3 Wherefore
Adonizedek king of
Jerusalem sent unto
Hoham king of
Hebron, and unto
Piram king of
Jarmuth, and unto
Japhia king of
Lachish, and unto
Debir king of
Eglon, saying,
4 Come
up unto me, and
help me, that we may
smite Gibeon: for it hath made
peace with
Joshua and with the
children of
Israel. 5 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 before
Gibeon, and made
war against it.
6 And the
men of
Gibeon sent unto
Joshua to the
camp to
Gilgal, saying,
Slack not thy
hand from thy
servants; come
up to us
quickly, and
save us, and
help us: for all the
kings of the
Amorites that
dwell in the
mountains are gathered
together against us.
7 So
Joshua ascended from
Gilgal, he, and all the
people of
war with him, and all the
mighty men of
valour. 8 And the
LORD said unto
Joshua, Fear them not: for I have
delivered them into thine
hand; there shall not a
man of them
stand before thee.
9 Joshua therefore
came unto them
suddenly, and went
up from
Gilgal all
night. 10 And the
LORD discomfited them
before Israel, and
slew them with a
great slaughter at
Gibeon, and
chased them along the
way that goeth
up to
Bethhoron, and
smote them to
Azekah, and unto
Makkedah. 11 And it came to pass, as they
fled from
before Israel, and were in the going
down to
Bethhoron, that the
LORD cast
down great stones from
heaven upon them unto
Azekah, and they
died: they were
more which
died with hail
stones than they
whom the
children of
Israel slew with the
sword. 12 Then
spake Joshua to the
LORD in the
day when the
LORD delivered
up the
Amorites before the
children of
Israel, and he
said in the
sight of
Israel, Sun, stand thou
still upon
Gibeon; and thou,
Moon, in the
valley of
Ajalon. 13 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
Jasher? So the
sun stood
still in the
midst of
heaven, and
hasted not to go
down about a
whole day. 14 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. 15 And
Joshua returned, and all
Israel with him, unto the
camp to
Gilgal. 16 But these
five kings fled, and
hid themselves in a
cave at
Makkedah. 17 And it was
told Joshua, saying, The
five kings are
found hid in a
cave at
Makkedah. 18 And
Joshua said,
Roll great stones upon the
mouth of the
cave, and
set men by it for to
keep them:
19 And
stay ye not, but
pursue after your
enemies, and smite the
hindmost of them;
suffer them not to
enter into their
cities: for the
LORD your
God hath
delivered them into your
hand. 20 And it came to pass, when
Joshua and the
children of
Israel had made an
end of
slaying them with a
very great slaughter, till they were
consumed, that the
rest which
remained of them
entered into
fenced cities. 21 And all the
people returned to the
camp to
Joshua at
Makkedah in
peace: none
moved his
tongue against
any of the
children of
Israel. 22 Then
said Joshua, Open the
mouth of the
cave, and bring
out those
five kings unto me out of the
cave. 23 And they
did so, and brought
forth those
five kings unto him out of the
cave, the
king of
Jerusalem, the
king of
Hebron, the
king of
Jarmuth, the
king of
Lachish, and the
king of
Eglon. 24 And it came to pass, when they brought
out those
kings unto
Joshua, that
Joshua called for all the
men of
Israel, and
said unto the
captains of the
men of
war which
went with him, Come
near,
put your
feet upon the
necks of these
kings. And they came
near, and
put their
feet upon the
necks of them.
25 And
Joshua said unto them,
Fear not, nor be
dismayed, be
strong and of good
courage: for thus shall the
LORD do to all your
enemies against whom ye
fight.
26 And
afterward Joshua smote them, and
slew them, and
hanged them on
five trees: and they were
hanging upon the
trees until the
evening. 27 And it came to pass at the
time of the going
down of the
sun, that
Joshua commanded, and they took them
down off the
trees, and
cast them into the
cave wherein they had been
hid, and
laid great stones in the
cave's mouth, which remain until this
very day. 28 And that
day Joshua took Makkedah, and
smote it with the
edge of the
sword, and the
king thereof he utterly
destroyed, them, and all the
souls that were therein; he
let none
remain: and he
did to the
king of
Makkedah as he
did unto the
king of
Jericho. 29 Then
Joshua passed from
Makkedah, and all
Israel with him, unto
Libnah, and
fought against
Libnah: 30 And the
LORD delivered it also, and the
king thereof, into the
hand of
Israel; and he
smote it with the
edge of the
sword, and all the
souls that were therein; he
let none
remain in it; but
did unto the
king thereof as he
did unto the
king of
Jericho. 31 And
Joshua passed from
Libnah, and all
Israel with him, unto
Lachish, and
encamped against it, and
fought against it:
32 And the
LORD delivered Lachish into the
hand of
Israel, which
took it on the
second day, and
smote it with the
edge of the
sword, and all the
souls that were therein, according to all that he had
done to
Libnah. 33 Then
Horam king of
Gezer came
up to
help Lachish; and
Joshua smote him and his
people, until he had
left him none
remaining. 34 And from
Lachish Joshua passed unto
Eglon, and all
Israel with him; and they
encamped against it, and
fought against it:
35 And they
took it on that
day, and
smote it with the
edge of the
sword, and all the
souls that were therein he utterly
destroyed that
day, according to all that he had
done to
Lachish. 36 And
Joshua went
up from
Eglon, and all
Israel with him, unto
Hebron; and they
fought against it:
37 And they
took it, and
smote it with the
edge of the
sword, and the
king thereof, and all the
cities thereof, and all the
souls that were therein; he
left none
remaining, according to all that he had
done to
Eglon; but
destroyed it utterly, and all the
souls that were therein.
38 And
Joshua returned, and all
Israel with him, to
Debir; and
fought against it:
39 And he
took it, and the
king thereof, and all the
cities thereof; and they
smote them with the
edge of the
sword, and utterly
destroyed all the
souls that were therein; he
left none
remaining: as he had
done to
Hebron, so he
did to
Debir, and to the
king thereof; as he had
done also to
Libnah, and to her
king. 40 So
Joshua smote all the
country of the
hills, and of the
south, and of the
vale, and of the
springs, and all their
kings: he
left none
remaining, but utterly
destroyed all that
breathed, as the
LORD God of
Israel commanded.
41 And
Joshua smote them from
Kadeshbarnea even unto
Gaza, and all the
country of
Goshen, even unto
Gibeon. 42 And all these
kings and their
land did
Joshua take at
one time, because the
LORD God of
Israel fought for
Israel. 43 And
Joshua returned, and all
Israel with him, unto the
camp to
Gilgal.