Joshua 9–10

9And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, ^ain the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of ^bthe great sea over against Lebanon, ^cthe Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof; ²That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one ^†accord. ³And when the inhabitants of ^dGibeon ^eheard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, ⁴They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; ⁵And old shoes and ^fclouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and ^fmouldy. ⁶And they went to Joshua ^gunto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us. ⁷And the men of Israel said unto the ^hHivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and ⁱhow shall we make a league with you? ⁸And they said unto Joshua, ^jWe are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye? ⁹And they said unto him, ^kFrom a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the Lord thy God: for we have ^lheard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, ¹⁰And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at ^mAshtaroth. ¹¹Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals ^†with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us. ¹²This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy: ¹³And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey. ¹⁴And ^||the men took of their victuals, and ⁿasked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord. ¹⁵And Joshua ^omade peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

¹⁶And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them. ¹⁷And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were ^pGibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and ^qKirjath-jearim. ¹⁸And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes. ¹⁹But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them. ²⁰This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest ^rwrath be upon us, ^sbecause of the oath which we sware unto them. ²¹And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be ^thewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had ^upromised them. ²²And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, ^vWe are very far from you; when ^xye dwell among us? ²³Now therefore ye are ^ycursed, and there shall ^†none of you be freed from being ^ybondmen, and ^zhewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. ²⁴And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the Lord thy God ^acommanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore ^bwe were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing. ²⁵And now, behold, we are ^cin thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do. ²⁶And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not. ²⁷And Joshua ^†made them that day ^dhewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the Lord, even unto this day, ^ein the place which he should choose.

10Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; ^aas he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to ^bAi and her king; and ^chow the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them; ²That they ^dfeared 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. ³Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of ^eHebron, and unto Piram king of ^fJarmuth, and unto Japhia king of ^gLachish, and unto Debir king of ^gEglon, saying, ⁴Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel. ⁵Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of ^hHebron, 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. ⁶And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua ⁱto 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. ⁷So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and ^jall the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour. ⁸And the Lord said unto Joshua, ^kFear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee. ⁹Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night. ¹⁰And the Lord ^ldiscomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to ^mBeth-horon, and smote them to ⁿAzekah, and unto ^oMakkedah. ¹¹And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to ^mBeth-horon, ^pthat 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.

¹²Then 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,

^qSun, ^†stand thou still upon Gibeon;

And thou, Moon, in the valley of ^rAjalon.

¹³And 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 ^shasted not to go down about a whole day.

¹⁴And there was ^tno day like that before it or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man: for ^uthe Lord fought for Israel.

¹⁵And Joshua ^vreturned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. ¹⁶But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at ^wMakkedah. ¹⁷And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah. ¹⁸And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them: ¹⁹And 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. ²⁰And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, ^xtill they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities. ²¹And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: ^ynone moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel. ²²Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave. ²³And 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. ²⁴And 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. ²⁵And Joshua said unto them, ^zFear not, nor be dismayed, ^abe strong and of good courage: for ^bthus shall the Lord do to all your enemies against whom ye fight. ²⁶And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they ^cwere hanging upon the trees until the evening. ²⁷And 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 ^dlaid great stones in the cave’s mouth, which remain until this very day.

²⁸And 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; ^ehe let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah ^fas he did unto the king of Jericho. ²⁹Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto ^gLibnah, and fought against Libnah: ³⁰And 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. ³¹And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it: ³²And 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. ³³Then Horam king of ^hGezer came up to help…