Josh 10
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And when Adoni-bezec king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had taken Gai, and had destroyed
it, as he did to Jericho and its king, even so they did to Gai and its king, and that
the inhabitants of Gabaon had gone over to Joshua and Israel;
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then they were greatly terrified by them, for the king knew that Gabaon was a great
city, as one of the Gr. mother-cities chief cities, and all its men were mighty.
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So Adoni-bezec king of Jerusalem sent to Elam king of Hebron, and to Phidon king of
Jerimuth, and to Jephtha king of Lachis, and to Dabin king of Odollam, saying,
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Come up here to me, and help me, and let us take Gabaon; for Gr. they the Gabaonites have gone over to Joshua and to the children
of Israel.
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And the five kings of the Jebusites went up, the king of Jerusalem, and the king of
Chebron, and the king of Jerimuth, and the king of Lachis, and the king of Odollam,
they and all their people; and encamped around Gabaon, and besieged it.
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And the inhabitants of Gabaon sent to Joshua into the camp to Galgala, saying, Slack
not your hands from your servants: come up quickly to us, and help us, and rescue
us; for all the kings of the Amorites who dwell in the hill country are gathered together
against us.
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And Joshua went up from Galgala, he and all the people of war with him, every one
mighty in strength.
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And the Lord said to Joshua, Fear them not, for I have delivered them into your hands;
there shall not one of them be left before you.
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And when Joshua came suddenly upon them, he had advanced all the night out of Galgala.
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And the Lord struck them with terror before the children of Israel; and the Lord destroyed
them with a great slaughter at Gabaon; and they pursued them by the way of the going
up of Oronin, and they smote them to Azeca and to Makeda.
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And when they fled from the face of the children of Israel at the descent of Oronin,
then the Lord cast upon them hailstones from heaven to Azeca; and they were more that
died by the hailstones, than those whom the children of Israel slew with the sword
in the battle.
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Then Joshua spoke to the Lord, in the day in which the Lord delivered the Amorite
into the power of Israel, when he destroyed them in Gabaon, and they were destroyed
from before the children of Israel: and Joshua said, Let the sun stand over against
Gabaon, and the moon over against the valley of Ælon.
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And the sun and the moon stood still, until God executed vengeance on their enemies;
and the sun stood still in the midst of heaven; it did not proceed to set till the
end of i. e., additional day without night between one day.
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And there was not such a day either before or after, so that God should hearken to
a man, because the Lord fought on the side of Israel.
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And these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave that is in Makeda.
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And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings have been found hid in the cave that
is in Makeda.
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And Joshua said, Roll stones to the mouth of the cave, and set men to watch over them.
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But do not you stand, but pursue after your enemies, and Gr. fasten upon or seize attack the rear of them, and do not suffer
them to enter into their cities; for the
Lord our God has delivered them into our hands.
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And it came to pass when Joshua and all Israel ceased destroying them utterly with
a very great slaughter, that they that escaped took refuge in the strong cities.
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And all the people returned Gr. sound or healthy safe to Joshua to Makeda; and no one of the children of Israel murmured with
his
tongue.
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And Joshua said, Open the cave, and bring out these five kings out of the cave.
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And they brought out the five kings out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, and the
king of Chebron, and the king of Jerimuth, and the king of Lachis, and the king of
Odollam.
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And when they brought them out to Joshua, then Joshua called together all Israel,
and the chiefs Gr. of the war of the army that went with him, saying to them, Come forward and set your feet on
their necks; and they came and set their feet on their necks.
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And Joshua said to them, Do not fear them, neither be cowardly; be courageous and
strong, for thus the Lord will do to all your enemies, against whom you fight.
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And Joshua slew them, and hanged them on five trees; and they hung upon the trees
until the evening.
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And it came to pass toward the setting of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took
them down from the trees, and cast them into the cave into which they had fled for
refuge, and rolled stones to the cave, which remain till this day.
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And they took Makeda on that day, and slew Gr. it the inhabitants with the Gr. mouth edge of the sword, and they utterly destroyed
every living thing that was in it;
and there was none left in it that was preserved and had escaped; and they did to
the king of Makeda, as they did to the king of Jericho.
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And Joshua and all Israel with him departed out of Makeda to Lebna, and besieged Lebna.
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And the Lord delivered it into the hands of Israel: and they took it, and its king,
and slew the inhabitants with the edge of the sword, and every thing breathing in
it; and there was not left in it any that survived and escaped; and they did to its
king, as they did to the king of Jericho.
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And Joshua and all Israel with him departed from Lebna to Lachis, and he encamped
about it, and besieged it.
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And the Lord delivered Lachis into the hands of Israel; and Gr. he, i. e., Israel they took it on the second day, and they
put the inhabitants to death with the edge
of the sword, and utterly destroyed it, as they had done to Lebna.
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Then Elam the king of Gazer went up to help Lachis; and Joshua smote him and his people
with the edge of the sword, until there was not left to him one that was preserved
and escaped.
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And Joshua and all Israel with him departed from Lachis to Odollam, and he besieged
it and Or, vigorously attacked it took it.
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And the Lord delivered it into the hand of Israel; and he took it on that day, and
slew the inhabitants with the edge of the sword, and slew every thing breathing in
it, as they did to Lachis.
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And Joshua and all Israel with him departed to Chebron, and encamped about it.
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And he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the living creatures that were
in it; there was no one preserved: they destroyed it and all things in it, as they
did to Odollam.
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And Joshua and all Israel returned to Dabir; and they encamped about it;
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and they took it, and its king, and its villages: and he smote it with the edge of
the sword, and they destroyed it, and every thing breathing in it; and they did not
leave in it any one that was preserved: as they did to Chebron and her king, so they
did to Dabir and her king.
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And Joshua smote all the land of the hill country, and Heb. south Nageb and the plain country, and Asedoth, and her kings,
they did not leave of them
one that was saved: and they utterly destroyed every thing that had the breath of
life, as the Lord God of Israel commanded,
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from Cades Barne to Gaza, all Gosom, as far as Gabaon.
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And Joshua smote, once for all, all their kings, and their land, because the Lord
God of Israel fought on the side of Israel.