6 And the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, saying, “⌊Do not abandon⌋f your servant. Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us, for all the kings of the Amoritesg who dwell in the hill country have gathered against us.” 7 So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and ⌊all the fighting men⌋h with him, ⌊all the best warriors⌋.i 8 And Yahweh said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for I have given them into your hand; ⌊no one will withstand you⌋.j 9 Joshua came upon them suddenly ⌊by marching up⌋k all night from Gilgal. 10 And Yahweh threw them into panic before Israel, whol struck them with a great blow at Gibeon and pursued them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah. 11 And as they were fleeing from Israel, they were on the slope of Beth-horon, and Yahweh threw huge stones from the heavens on them as far as Azekah; and more died by the hail stones than those whom the ⌊Israelites⌋m killed by the sword.

12 Then Joshua spoke to Yahweh, on the day Yahweh gave the Amoritesn over to the ⌊Israelites⌋,o and he said in the sight of Israel,

“Sun in Gibeon, stand still,

and moon, in the valley of Aijalon.”

13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped,

until the nation took vengeance on its enemies.

Is it not written in the scroll of Jashar? The sun stood still in the middle of the heaven and was not in haste to set for about a full day. 14 There has not been a day like this before it or after, that Yahweh listened to the voice of a man; for Yahweh fought for Israel.