Joshua 10:2–12

²So Adoni-zedek and his people were ^wgreatly alarmed because Gibeon was a large city like one of the royal cities; ^xit was larger than Ai, and all its men were warriors. ³Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying, ⁴“Come up and help me. We will attack Gibeon, because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.” ⁵So the five Amorite kings—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces, advanced with all their armies, besieged Gibeon, and fought against it.

⁶Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Don’t abandon ^yyour servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, for all the Amorite kings living in the hill country have joined forces against us.” ⁷So Joshua and his whole military force, including all the fighting men, came from Gilgal. ^z

⁸The Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, ^afor I have handed them over to you. ^bNot one of them will be able to stand against you.” ^c

⁹So Joshua caught them by surprise, after marching all night from Gilgal. ¹⁰The Lord threw them into confusion ^dbefore Israel. He defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, chased them through the ascent of Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah. ¹¹As they fled before Israel, the Lord threw large hailstones on them ^efrom the sky along the descent of Beth-horon all the way to Azekah, and they died. More of them died from the hail than the Israelites killed with the sword.

¹²On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the Lord in the presence of Israel:

“Sun, ^fstand still over Gibeon,

and moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”