Joshua 10:1-24

¹And when Adonizedek, king of Jerusalem, had heard these things, that is, that Joshua had taken Ai, and had destroyed it; for as Joshua had done to Jericho and to the king thereof, so he did to Ai and to the king thereof; and that men of Gibeon had fled to Israel, and were bound in peace with them,

²Adonizedek dreaded greatly; for Gibeon was a great city, and one of the king’s cities, and greater than the city of Ai, and all the fighters thereof were most strong.

³Therefore Adonizedek, 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, and said,

⁴Ascend ye or Go ye up to me, and help me, that we fight against Gibeon, for it was yielded to Joshua, and to the sons of Israel.

⁵Therefore five kings of Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, were gathered, and ascended or went up together with their hosts; and setted tents against Gibeon, and fought against it.

⁶Soothly the dwellers of the city of Gibeon sent to Joshua, that dwelled then in tents at Gilgal, and said to him, Withdraw not thine hands from the help of thy servants; go up soon, and deliver us, and bring help; for all the kings of Amorites, that dwelled in the hilly places, came together against us.

⁷And Joshua went up from Gilgal, and all the host of fighters with him, the most strong men.

⁸And the Lord said to Joshua, Dread thou not them, for I have given them into thine hands; and none of them shall be able to against-stand thee.

⁹Therefore Joshua felled suddenly on them, and went up all that night from Gilgal;

¹⁰and the Lord troubled them from the face of Israel, and all-brake with great vengeance in Gibeon. And Joshua pursued them by the way of the ascending or going up of Bethhoron, and smote till to Azekah and Makkedah.

¹¹And when they fled the sons of Israel, and were in the going down of Bethhoron, the Lord sent great stones upon them from heaven, till they came to Azekah; and many more were dead by the hailstones, than they which the sons of Israel killed with sword.

¹²Then Joshua spake to the Lord, in the day in which he betook Amorites in the sight of the sons of Israel; and Joshua said before the people, Sun, be thou not moved against Gibeon, and the moon, against the valley of Ajalon.

¹³And the sun and the moon stood, unto the time the folk of God had avenged themselves of their enemies. Whether this is not written in the book of just or rightwise men? And so the sun stood in the midst of heaven, and it hasted not to go down in the space of a day;

¹⁴so long a day was not before and afterward; for the Lord obeyed to the voice of a man, and he fought for Israel.

¹⁵And Joshua turned again, with all Israel, into the tents of Gilgal.

¹⁶For the five kings fled, and hid themselves in the den of the city of Makkedah.

¹⁷And it was told to Joshua, that the five kings were found hid in the den of the city of Makkedah.

¹⁸And Joshua commanded to fellows, and said, Wallow ye great stones to the mouth of the den, and put ye witting men, that shall keep the enclosed kings;

¹⁹soothly do not ye stand, but pursue ye the enemies, and slay ye all the last of fleers; and suffer ye not them to enter into the strongholds of their cities, the which enemies your Lord God hath betaken in your hands.

²⁰Then when the adversaries were beaten with great vengeance, and were almost wasted unto the death, they that might flee Israel, entered into the strengthened cities.

²¹And all the host turned again whole, and in whole number to Joshua, into Makkedah, where the tents were then; and no man was hardy to grutch against the sons of Israel.

²²And Joshua commanded, and said, Open ye the mouth of the den, and bring forth to me the five kings that be hid therein.

²³And the servants did, as it was commanded to them; and they brought forth to Joshua the five kings from the den; the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.

²⁴And when they were led out to Joshua, he called all the men of Israel, and said to the princes of the host, that were with him, Go ye, and set or putteth your feet on the necks of these kings. And when they had gone, and treaded the necks of the kings subject to their feet,