Joshua 10:14-26

¹⁴And 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.

¹⁵And Joshua, with all Israel, went back to the tent-circle at Gilgal.

¹⁶But these five kings went in flight secretly to a hole in the rock at Makkedah.

¹⁷And word was given to Joshua that the five kings had been taken in a hole in the rock at Makkedah.

¹⁸And Joshua said, Let great stones be rolled against the mouth of the hole, and let men keep watch by it:

¹⁹But 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.

²⁰Now 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,

²¹All 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.

²²Then Joshua said, Take away the stones from the mouth of the hole in the rock, and make those five kings come out to me.

²³And 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.

²⁴And 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.

²⁵And 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.

²⁶Then Joshua had them put to death, hanging them on five trees, where they were till evening.