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Joshua

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1 Now it came to pass, when Adonizedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had tak­en Ai, and had ut­ter­ly de­stroyed it; as he had done to Jeri­cho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the in­hab­i­tants of Gibeon had made peace with Is­rael, and were among them; 2 That they feared great­ly, be­cause Gibeon was a great city, as one of the roy­al cities, and be­cause it was greater than Ai, and all the men there­of were mighty. 3 Where­fore Adonizedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Ho­ham king of He­bron, and unto Pi­ram king of Jar­muth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto De­bir king of Eglon, say­ing, 4 Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the chil­dren of Is­rael. 5 There­fore the five kings of the Amor­ites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of He­bron, the king of Jar­muth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gath­ered them­selves to­geth­er, and went up, they and all their hosts, and en­camped be­fore Gibeon, and made war against it. 6 And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gil­gal, say­ing, Slack not thy hand from thy ser­vants; come up to us quick­ly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amor­ites that dwell in the moun­tains are gath­ered to­geth­er against us. 7 So Joshua as­cend­ed from Gil­gal, he, and all the peo­ple of war with him, and all the mighty men of val­our. 8 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have de­liv­ered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand be­fore thee. 9 Joshua there­fore came unto them sud­den­ly, and went up from Gil­gal all night. 10 And the LORD dis­com­fit­ed them be­fore Is­rael, and slew them with a great slaugh­ter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth­horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah. 11 And it came to pass, as they fled from be­fore Is­rael, and were in the go­ing down to Beth­horon, that the LORD cast down great stones from heav­en upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hail­stones than they whom the chil­dren of Is­rael slew with the sword. 12 Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD de­liv­ered up the Amor­ites be­fore the chil­dren of Is­rael, and he said in the sight of Is­rael, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the val­ley of Ajalon. 13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, un­til the peo­ple had avenged them­selves upon their en­e­mies. Is not this writ­ten in the book of Jash­er? So the sun stood still in the midst of heav­en, and hast­ed not to go down about a whole day. 14 And there was no day like that be­fore it or af­ter it, that the LORD hear­kened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Is­rael. 15 And Joshua re­turned, and all Is­rael with him, unto the camp to Gil­gal. 16 But these five kings fled, and hid them­selves in a cave at Makkedah. 17 And it was told Joshua, say­ing, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah. 18 And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them: 19 And stay ye not, but pur­sue af­ter your en­e­mies, and smite the hind­most of them; suf­fer them not to en­ter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath de­liv­ered them into your hand. 20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the chil­dren of Is­rael had made an end of slay­ing them with a very great slaugh­ter, till they were con­sumed, that the rest which re­mained of them en­tered into fenced cities. 21 And all the peo­ple re­turned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the chil­dren of Is­rael. 22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave. 23 And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of He­bron, the king of Jar­muth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon. 24 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Is­rael, and said unto the cap­tains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them. 25 And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dis­mayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your en­e­mies against whom ye fight. 26 And af­ter­ward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hang­ing upon the trees un­til the evening. 27 And it came to pass at the time of the go­ing down of the sun, that Joshua com­mand­ed, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave where­in they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain un­til this very day. 28 And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king there­of he ut­ter­ly de­stroyed, them, and all the souls that were there­in; he let none re­main: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jeri­cho. 29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Is­rael with him, unto Lib­nah, and fought against Lib­nah: 30 And the LORD de­liv­ered it al­so, and the king there­of, into the hand of Is­rael; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were there­in; he let none re­main in it; but did unto the king there­of as he did unto the king of Jeri­cho. 31 And Joshua passed from Lib­nah, and all Is­rael with him, unto Lachish, and en­camped against it, and fought against it: 32 And the LORD de­liv­ered Lachish into the hand of Is­rael, which took it on the sec­ond day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were there­in, ac­cord­ing to all that he had done to Lib­nah. 33 Then Ho­ram king of Gez­er came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his peo­ple, un­til he had left him none re­main­ing. 34 And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Is­rael with him; and they en­camped against it, and fought against it: 35 And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were there­in he ut­ter­ly de­stroyed that day, ac­cord­ing to all that he had done to Lachish. 36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Is­rael with him, unto He­bron; and they fought against it: 37 And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king there­of, and all the cities there­of, and all the souls that were there­in; he left none re­main­ing, ac­cord­ing to all that he had done to Eglon; but de­stroyed it ut­ter­ly, and all the souls that were there­in. 38 And Joshua re­turned, and all Is­rael with him, to De­bir; and fought against it: 39 And he took it, and the king there­of, and all the cities there­of; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and ut­ter­ly de­stroyed all the souls that were there­in; he left none re­main­ing: as he had done to He­bron, so he did to De­bir, and to the king there­of; as he had done also to Lib­nah, and to her king. 40 So Joshua smote all the coun­try of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none re­main­ing, but ut­ter­ly de­stroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Is­rael com­mand­ed. 41 And Joshua smote them from Kadesh­barnea even unto Gaza, and all the coun­try of Goshen, even unto Gibeon. 42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, be­cause the LORD God of Is­rael fought for Is­rael. 43 And Joshua re­turned, and all Is­rael with him, unto the camp to Gil­gal.