Joshua 10

1Now when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem 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,Cross-references: Gen 14:18 · Josh 6:21 · Josh 8:2 · Josh 8:22 · Josh 9:15 · Josh 11:19 · +1 more

2they were very afraid, 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.Cross-references: Ex 15:14 · Deut 11:25 · Deut 28:10 · Josh 2:9 · Josh 2:24 · 1Sam 27:5 · +7 more

3Therefore Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,Cross-references: Gen 23:2 · Gen 37:14 · Num 13:22 · Josh 10:1 · Josh 10:5 · Josh 12:10 · +10 more

4“Come up to me and help me. Let’s strike Gibeon; for they have made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.”Cross-references: Josh 9:15 · Josh 10:1 · Isa 8:9 · Isa 41:5 · Matt 16:24 · John 15:19 · +8 more

5Therefore 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 themselves together and went up, they and all their armies, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it.Cross-references: Gen 15:16 · Num 13:29 · Josh 9:1 · Josh 10:6 · Isa 8:9

6The men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, saying, “Don’t abandon your servants! Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us; for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill country have gathered together against us.”Cross-references: Deut 1:15 · Josh 5:10 · Josh 9:6 · Josh 9:15 · Josh 9:24 · Josh 21:11 · +4 more

7So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and the whole army with him, including all the mighty men of valor.Cross-references: Josh 8:1 · Isa 8:12 · Isa 8:14

8Yahweh said to Joshua, “Don’t fear them, for I have delivered them into your hands. Not a man of them will stand before you.”Cross-references: Deut 3:2 · Deut 20:1 · Josh 1:5 · Josh 8:1 · Josh 11:6 · Judg 4:14 · +3 more

9Joshua therefore came to them suddenly. He marched from Gilgal all night.Cross-references: 1Sam 11:9 · Prov 22:29 · Prov 24:11 · Eccl 9:10 · 2Tim 2:3 · 2Tim 4:2

10Yahweh confused them before Israel. He killed 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.Cross-references: Deut 7:23 · Josh 10:11 · Josh 10:28 · Josh 11:8 · Josh 12:16 · Josh 15:35 · +13 more

11As they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth Horon, Yahweh hurled down great stones from the sky on them to Azekah, and they died. There were more who died from the hailstones than those whom the children of Israel killed with the sword.Cross-references: Gen 19:24 · Ex 9:22 · Judg 5:20 · Ps 11:6 · Ps 18:12 · Ps 77:17 · +5 more

12Then Joshua spoke to Yahweh in the day when Yahweh delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel. He said in the sight of Israel, “Sun, stand still on Gibeon! You, moon, stop in the valley of Aijalon!”Cross-references: Deut 4:19 · Deut 17:3 · Josh 10:13 · Josh 19:42 · Judg 12:12 · Job 9:7 · +11 more

13The sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Isn’t this written in the book of Jashar? The sun stayed in the middle of the sky, and didn’t hurry to go down about a whole day.Cross-references: Num 21:14 · Num 31:2 · Josh 10:11 · Josh 10:14 · Judg 5:2 · Judg 16:28 · +21 more

14There was no day like that before it or after it, that Yahweh listened to the voice of a man; for Yahweh fought for Israel.Cross-references: Ex 14:14 · Deut 1:30 · Josh 10:42 · Josh 23:3 · 2Ki 20:10 · Isa 38:8 · +4 more

15Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.Cross-references: Josh 10:6 · Josh 10:43

16These five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.Cross-references: Judg 6:2 · 1Sam 13:6 · 1Sam 24:3 · 1Sam 24:8 · Ps 48:4 · Ps 139:7 · +6 more

17Joshua was told, saying, “The five kings have been found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.”

18Joshua said, “Roll large stones to cover the cave’s entrance, and set men by it to guard them;Cross-references: Josh 10:22 · Judg 9:46 · Job 21:30 · Amos 5:19 · Amos 9:1 · Matt 27:66

19but don’t stay there. Pursue your enemies, and attack them from the rear. Don’t allow them to enter into their cities; for Yahweh your God has delivered them into your hand.”Cross-references: Josh 10:20 · 2Sam 17:13 · 2Sam 20:6 · Ps 18:37 · Isa 9:14 · Jer 8:14 · +1 more

20When Joshua and the children of Israel had finished killing them with a very great slaughter until they were consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the fortified cities,Cross-references: Deut 20:16 · Josh 8:24 · Josh 10:10 · 2Sam 20:6 · 2Chr 13:17 · Jer 8:14

21all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace. None moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.Cross-references: Ex 11:7 · Isa 54:17 · Isa 57:4

22Then Joshua said, “Open the cave entrance, and bring those five kings out of the cave to me.”Cross-references: 1Sam 15:32

23They did so, and brought those five kings out of the cave to him: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.Cross-references: Josh 10:1 · Josh 10:3 · Josh 10:5

24When they brought those kings out to Joshua, Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who went with him, “Come near. Put your feet on the necks of these kings.” They came near, and put their feet on their necks.Cross-references: Deut 33:29 · Judg 8:20 · Ps 2:8 · Ps 18:40 · Ps 91:13 · Ps 107:40 · +8 more

25Joshua said to them, “Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Be strong and courageous, for Yahweh will do this to all your enemies against whom you fight.”Cross-references: Deut 3:21 · Deut 7:19 · Deut 31:6 · Josh 1:9 · 1Sam 17:37 · Ps 63:9 · +5 more

26Afterward Joshua struck them, put them to death, and hanged them on five trees. They were hanging on the trees until the evening.Cross-references: Num 25:4 · Deut 21:22 · Josh 8:29 · Judg 8:21 · 1Sam 15:33 · 2Sam 21:6 · +5 more

27At the time of the going down of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and threw them into the cave in which they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, which remain to this very day.Cross-references: Deut 21:22 · Josh 4:9 · Josh 7:26 · Josh 8:29 · 2Sam 18:17

28Joshua took Makkedah on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, with its king. He utterly destroyed it and all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining. He did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.Cross-references: Deut 7:2 · Deut 7:16 · Deut 20:16 · Josh 6:21 · Josh 8:2 · Josh 10:30 · +9 more

29Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.Cross-references: Num 33:20 · Josh 6:21 · Josh 8:2 · Josh 8:29 · Josh 10:28 · Josh 12:15 · +5 more

30Yahweh delivered it also, with its king, into the hand of Israel. He struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining in it. He did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.

31Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it.Cross-references: Josh 10:3 · Josh 10:5 · Josh 12:11 · Josh 15:39 · 2Ki 19:8 · 2Chr 11:9 · +2 more

32Yahweh delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel. He took it on the second day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, with all the souls who were in it, according to all that he had done to Libnah.

33Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua struck him and his people, until he had left him no one remaining.Cross-references: Josh 12:12 · Josh 16:3 · Josh 16:10 · Josh 21:21 · Judg 1:29 · 1Ki 9:15 · +2 more

34Joshua passed from Lachish, and all Israel with him, to Eglon; and they encamped against it and fought against it.Cross-references: Josh 10:3 · Josh 12:12 · Josh 15:39

35They took it on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword. He utterly destroyed all the souls who were in it that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.Cross-references: Lev 26:44 · Josh 10:37 · Job 19:10

36Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to Hebron; and they fought against it.Cross-references: Gen 13:18 · Num 13:22 · Josh 10:3 · Josh 10:5 · Josh 14:13 · Josh 15:13 · +7 more

37They took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, with its king and all its cities, and all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it, and all the souls who were in it.

38Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fought against it.Cross-references: Josh 12:13 · Josh 15:15 · Josh 15:49 · Josh 21:15 · Judg 1:11

39He took it, with its king and all its cities. They struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining. As he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to its king; as he had done also to Libnah, and to its king.Cross-references: Deut 3:3 · Josh 10:33 · Josh 10:37 · Josh 10:40 · Josh 11:8 · 2Ki 10:11 · +1 more

40So Joshua struck all the land, the hill country, the South, the lowland, the slopes, and all their kings. He left no one remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded.Cross-references: Ex 23:31 · Ex 34:12 · Deut 1:7 · Deut 7:2 · Deut 7:24 · Deut 20:16 · +14 more

41Joshua struck them from Kadesh Barnea even to Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even to Gibeon.Cross-references: Gen 10:19 · Num 13:26 · Num 32:8 · Num 34:4 · Deut 9:23 · Josh 10:2 · +10 more

42Joshua took all these kings and their land at one time because Yahweh, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.Cross-references: Ex 14:14 · Ex 14:25 · Deut 20:4 · Josh 10:14 · Ps 44:3 · Ps 46:1 · +7 more

43Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.Cross-references: Josh 4:19 · Josh 10:15 · 1Sam 11:14