THE DAY THE SUN STOOD STILL

10 Now King Adoni-zedek of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and completely destroyedj it, treating Ai and its king as he had Jericho and its king, and that the inhabitants of Gibeonk had made peace with Israel and were living among them.l 2 So Adoni-zedek and his people wereB greatly alarmed because Gibeon was a large city like one of the royal cities;m it was larger than Ai, and all its men were warriors. 3 Therefore King Adoni-zedek of Jerusalem sent word to King Hoham of Hebron, King Piram of Jarmuth, King Japhia of Lachish, and King Debir of Eglon, saying, 4 “Come up and help me. We will attack Gibeon, because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”