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Summary
Joshua 10:4 - 10:15

10:4. Come up to me, and bring help, that we may take Gibeon, because it has gone over to Joshua, and to the children of Israel.

10:5. So the five kings of the Amorites being assembled together, went up: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, they and their armies, and camped about Gibeon, laying siege to it.

10:6. But the inhabitants of the city of Gibeon, which was besieged, sent to Joshua, who then abode in the camp at Gilgal, and said to him: Withdraw not thy hands from helping thy servants: come up quickly, and save us, and bring us succor: for all the kings of the Amorites, who dwell in the mountains, are gathered together against us.

10:7. Joshua went up from Gilgal, and all the army of the warriors with him, most valiant men.

10:8. But the Lord said to Joshua: Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thy hands: none of them shall be able to stand against thee.

10:9. So Joshua going up from Gilgal all the night, came upon them suddenly.

10:10. The Lord troubled them, at the sight of Israel: and he slew them with a great slaughter, in Gibeon, and pursued them by the way of the ascent to Beth-horon, and cut them off all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.

10:11. When they were fleeing from the children of Israel, and were in the descent of Beth-horon, the Lord cast down upon them great stones from heaven, as far as Azekah: and many more were killed with the hailstones, than were slain by the swords of the children of Israel,

10:12. Then Joshua spoke to the Lord, in the day that he delivered the Amorite in the sight of the children of Israel, and he said before them: Move not, O sun, toward Gibeon, nor thou, O moon, toward the valley of Ajalon.

'''10:13. The sun and the moon stood still, till the people revenged themselves of their enemies. Is not this written in the book of the just? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down the space of one day.'''

The book of the just. . .In Hebrew Jasher: an ancient book long since lost.

10:14. There was not before, nor after, so long a day, the Lord obeying the voice of a man, and fighting for Israel.

10:15. Joshua returned, with all Israel, into the camp of Gilgal.

The Coloured Picture Bible for Children Illustrator: Richard Andre Place: London Date: 1884. Source: The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge