Joshua 10:6-39

⁶And 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.

⁷So Joshua went up from Gilgal with all his army and all his men of war.

⁸And 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.

⁹So Joshua, having come up from Gilgal all night, made a sudden attack on them.

¹⁰And 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

¹¹And 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.

¹²It 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.

¹³And 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.

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.

²⁷And 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.

²⁸That 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.

²⁹Then Joshua and all Israel with him went on from Makkedah and came to Libnah, and made an attack on it;

³⁰And 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.

³¹Then 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,

³²And 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.

³³Then Horam, king of Gezer, came up to the help of Lachish; and Joshua overcame him and his people, putting all of them to death.

³⁴And 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;

³⁵And that day they took it, putting it and every person in it to the sword, as he had done to Lachish.

³⁶And Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron, and made an attack on it;

³⁷And 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.

³⁸And Joshua and all Israel with him went on to make an attack on Debir;

³⁹And 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.