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Joshua 10:10-13
Contemporary English Version
Joshua 10:10-13
Contemporary English Version
10 The Lord made the enemy panic, and the Israelites started killing them right and left. They[a] chased the Amorite troops up the road to Beth-Horon and kept on killing them, until they reached the towns of Azekah and Makkedah.[b] 11 And while these troops were going down through Beth-Horon Pass,[c] the Lord made huge hailstones fall on them all the way to Azekah. More of the enemy soldiers died from the hail than from the Israelite weapons.
12-13 (A) The Lord was helping the Israelites defeat the Amorites that day. So about noon, Joshua prayed to the Lord loud enough for the Israelites to hear:
“Our Lord, make the sun stop
in the sky over Gibeon,
and the moon stand still
over Aijalon Valley.”[d]
So the sun and the moon
stopped and stood still
until Israel defeated its enemies.
This poem can be found in The Book of Jashar.[e] The sun stood still and didn't go down for about a whole day.
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- 10.10 They: Or “The Lord.”
- 10.10 Makkedah: A total distance of about 40 kilometers.
- 10.11 Beth-Horon Pass: A three-kilometer long, steeply-sloping valley between the towns of Upper Beth-Horon and Lower Beth-Horon.
- 10.12,13 Aijalon Valley: A valley southwest of Beth-Horon Pass.
- 10.12,13 Book of Jashar: This book may have been a collection of ancient war songs.
Joshua 10:10-12
New International Version
Joshua 10:10-12
New International Version
10 The Lord threw them into confusion(A) before Israel,(B) so Joshua and the Israelites defeated them completely at Gibeon.(C) Israel pursued them along the road going up to Beth Horon(D) and cut them down all the way to Azekah(E) and Makkedah.(F) 11 As they fled before Israel on the road down from Beth Horon to Azekah, the Lord hurled large hailstones(G) down on them,(H) and more of them died from the hail than were killed by the swords of the Israelites.
12 On the day the Lord gave the Amorites(I) over to Israel, Joshua said to the Lord in the presence of Israel:
“Sun, stand still over Gibeon,
and you, moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.(J)”
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