Joshua 10:2–12

²He and his people were very much alarmed at this, because Gibeon was an important city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were good fighters. ³So Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem appealed to Hoham king of Hebron,^z Piram king of Jarmuth,^a Japhia king of Lachish^b and Debir^c king of Eglon.^{d 4}“Come up and help me attack Gibeon,” he said, “because it has made peace^e with Joshua and the Israelites.”

⁵Then the five kings^f of the Amorites^g—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and Eglon—joined forces. They moved up with all their troops and took up positions against Gibeon and attacked it.

⁶The Gibeonites then sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal:^h “Do not abandon your servants. Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us, because all the Amorite kings from the hill country have joined forces against us.”

⁷So Joshua marched up from Gilgal with his entire army,ⁱ including all the best fighting men. ⁸The Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid^j of them; I have given them into your hand.^k Not one of them will be able to withstand you.”^l

⁹After an all-night march from Gilgal, Joshua took them by surprise. ¹⁰The Lord threw them into confusion^m before Israel,ⁿ so Joshua and the Israelites defeated them completely at Gibeon.^o Israel pursued them along the road going up to Beth Horon^p and cut them down all the way to Azekah^q and Makkedah.^{r 11}As they fled before Israel on the road down from Beth Horon to Azekah, the Lord hurled large hailstones^s down on them,^t and more of them died from the hail than were killed by the swords of the Israelites.

¹²On the day the Lord gave the Amorites^u over to Israel, Joshua said to the Lord in the presence of Israel:

“Sun, stand still over Gibeon,

and you, moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.^v”