Book of Joshua, Chapter 10

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Joshua 10 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 10 of Joshua—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

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1. ¶ Now it came about when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai, and had ^[a]utterly destroyed it (just ¹as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king), and that the inhabitants of Gibeon had ²made peace with Israel and were ^[b]within their land,
2. that ^[c]he ³feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
3. Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word ⁴to Hoham king of Hebron and to Piram king of Jarmuth and to Japhia king of Lachish and to Debir king of Eglon, saying,
4. “Come up to me and help me, and let us ^[d]attack Gibeon, for it has ⁵made peace with Joshua and with the sons of Israel.”
5. So the five kings of ⁶the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered together and went up, they with all their armies, and camped by Gibeon and fought against it.
6. ¶ Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, saying, “Do not ^[e]abandon your servants; come up to us quickly and save us and help us, for all the kings of the Amorites that live in the hill country have assembled against us.”
7. So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and ⁷all the people of war with him and all the valiant warriors.
8. The LORD said to Joshua, “⁸Do not fear them, for I have given them into your hands; not ^[f]one of them shall stand before you.”
9. So Joshua came upon them suddenly ^[g]by marching all night from Gilgal.
10. ⁹And the LORD confounded them before Israel, and He ^[h]slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and pursued them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
11. As they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horon, ¹⁰the LORD threw large stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died; there were more who died ^[i]from the hailstones than those whom the sons of Israel killed with the sword.
12. ¶ Then Joshua spoke to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel,
    ¶ “O ¹¹sun, stand still at Gibeon,
    And O moon in the valley of Aijalon.”
13. ¹²So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped,
    Until the nation avenged themselves of their enemies.
    ¶ Is it not written in ¹³the book of Jashar? And ¹⁴the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day.
14. There was no day like that before it or after it, when the LORD listened to the voice of a man; for ¹⁵the LORD fought for Israel.
15. ¶ Then Joshua and all Israel with him returned to the camp to Gilgal.
16. ¶ Now these ¹⁶five kings had fled and hidden themselves in the cave at Makkedah.
17. It was told Joshua, saying, “The five kings have been found hidden in the cave at Makkedah.”
18. Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and assign men by it to guard them,
19. but do not stay there yourselves; pursue your enemies and ^[j]attack them in the rear. Do not allow them to enter their cities, for the LORD your God has delivered them into your hand.”
20. It came about when Joshua and the sons of Israel had finished ^[k]slaying them with a very great slaughter, ¹⁷until they were destroyed, and the survivors who remained of them ^[l]had entered the fortified cities,
21. that all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace. No one ^[m]uttered a word against any of the sons of Israel.
22. ¶ Then Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring these five kings out to me from the cave.”
23. They did so, and ¹⁸brought these five kings out to him from the cave: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.
24. When they brought these kings out to Joshua, Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who had gone with him, “Come near, ¹⁹put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came near and put their feet on their necks.
25. Joshua then said to them, “²⁰Do not fear or be dismayed! Be strong and courageous, for thus the LORD will do to all your enemies with whom you fight.”
26. So afterward Joshua struck them and put them to death, and he ²¹hanged them on five trees; and they hung on the trees until evening.
27. It came about at ^[n]sunset that Joshua gave a command, and ²²they took them down from the trees and threw them into the cave where they had hidden themselves, and put large stones over the mouth of the cave, to this very day.
28. ¶ Now Joshua captured Makkedah on that day, and struck it and its king with the edge of the sword; ²³he ^[o]utterly destroyed ^[p]it and every ^[q]person who was in it. He left no survivor. Thus he did to the king of Makkedah ²⁴just as he had done to the king of Jericho.
29. ¶ Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Makkedah to ²⁵Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
30. The LORD gave it also with its king into the hands of Israel, and he struck it and every person who was in it with the edge of the sword. He left no survivor in it. Thus he did to its king just as he had done to the king of Jericho.
31. ¶ And Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Libnah to Lachish, and they camped by it and fought against it.
32. The LORD gave Lachish into the hands of Israel; and he captured it on the second day, and struck it and every person who was in it with the edge of the sword, according to all that he had done to Libnah.
33. ¶ Then Horam king of ²⁶Gezer came up to help Lachish, and Joshua ^[r]defeated him and his people until he had left him no survivor.
34. ¶ And Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Lachish to Eglon, and they camped by it and fought against it.
35. They captured it on that day and struck it with the edge of the sword; and he ^[s]utterly destroyed that day every person who was in it, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
36. ¶ Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to ²⁷Hebron, and they fought against it.
37. They captured it and struck it and its king and all its cities and all the persons who were in it with the edge of the sword. He left no survivor, according to all that he had done to Eglon. And he ^[t]utterly destroyed it and every person who was in it.
38. ¶ Then Joshua and all Israel with him returned to ²⁸Debir, and they fought against it.
39. He captured it and its king and all its cities, and they struck them with the edge of the sword, and ^[u]utterly destroyed every person who was in it. He left no survivor. Just as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king, as he had also done to Libnah and its king.
40. ¶ Thus Joshua struck all the land, ²⁹the hill country and the ^[v]Negev and the lowland and the slopes and ³⁰all their kings. He left no survivor, but ³¹he ^[w]utterly destroyed all who breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.
41. Joshua struck them from Kadesh-barnea even as far as Gaza, and all the country of ³²Goshen even as far as Gibeon.
42. Joshua captured all these kings and their lands at one time, because ³³the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.
43. So Joshua and all Israel with him returned to the camp at Gilgal.

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FOOTNOTES

1. ^ Or put under the ban
2. ^ Lit among them
3. ^ Lit they
4. ^ Lit smite
5. ^ Lit slacken your hands from
6. ^ Lit a man
7. ^ Lit he went up
8. ^ Lit struck
9. ^ Lit with
10. ^ Lit smite their tail
11. ^ Lit striking
12. ^ Lit and had
13. ^ Lit sharpened his tongue
14. ^ Lit the time of the going of the sun
15. ^ Or put under the ban
16. ^ Some mss read them
17. ^ Lit soul, and so throughout the ch
18. ^ Lit smote
19. ^ Or put under the ban
20. ^ Or put it under the ban
21. ^ Or put it under the ban
22. ^ I.e. South country
23. ^ Or put it under the ban

REFERENCES

1. ^ Jos 8:21f
2. ^ Jos 9:15
3. ^ Ex 15:14-16
4. ^ Jos 10:23
5. ^ Jos 9:15
6. ^ Nu 13:29
7. ^ Jos 8:1
8. ^ Jos 1:5, 9
9. ^ De 7:23
10. ^ Ps 18:12f; Is 28:2
11. ^ Hab 3:11
12. ^ Hab 3:11
13. ^ 2Sa 1:18
14. ^ Is 38:8
15. ^ Ex 14:14; De 1:30; Jos 10:42
16. ^ Jos 10:5
17. ^ De 20:16
18. ^ De 7:24
19. ^ Ml 4:3
20. ^ Jos 10:8
21. ^ Jos 8:29
22. ^ De 21:22, 23
23. ^ De 20:16
24. ^ Jos 6:21
25. ^ Jos 15:42; 21:13
26. ^ Jos 16:3, 10; Jg 1:29; 1Ki 9:16f
27. ^ Nu 13:22; Jg 1:10, 20; 2Sa 5:1, 3, 5, 13; 2Ch 11:10
28. ^ Jos 15:15; Jg 1:11; 1Ch 6:58
29. ^ De 1:7
30. ^ De 7:24
31. ^ De 20:16
32. ^ Jos 11:16; 15:51
33. ^ Jos 10:14

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