²he^a became very afraid because Gibeon was a very large city, like one of the royal cities,^b and because it was larger than Ai, and all its men were mighty warriors. ³So Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hohman king of Hebron, to Piram king of Jarmuth, to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying, ⁴“Come up and help me, and let us attack Gibeon, because it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”^c ⁵And the five kings of the Amorites,^d the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered together and went up, they and all their forces, and they laid siege to Gibeon^e and made war against it.

⁶And 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 Amorites^g who dwell in the hill country have gathered against us.” ⁷So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and all the fighting men^h with him, all the best warriors.ⁱ ⁸And Yahweh said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for I have given them into your hand; no one will withstand you.^j ⁹Joshua came upon them suddenly by marching up^k all night from Gilgal. ¹⁰And Yahweh threw them into panic before Israel, who^l 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. ¹¹And 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.

¹²Then 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.”

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Footnotes

aHebrew “they”
bLiterally “like one of the cities of the kingship”
cLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
dHebrew “Amorite”
eLiterally “they camped against Gibeon”; see Josh 10:31
fLiterally “do not release your hands from”
gHebrew “Amorite”
hLiterally “all the people of the war”
iLiterally “all the mighty warriors of the army”
jLiterally “not a man of them will stand in your presence”
kLiterally “he went up”
lHebrew “he”
mLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
nHebrew “Amorite”
oLiterally “sons/children of Israel”