May
14
Joshua
9, 10
Jos
9:1 It happened, when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in
the hill country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore of the
great sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, the Amorite, the
Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard of it
Jos
9:2 that they gathered themselves together to fight with Joshua and
with Israel, with one accord.
Jos
9:3 But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to
Jericho and to Ai,
Jos
9:4 they also resorted to a ruse, and went and made as if they had
been ambassadors, and took old sacks on their donkeys, and wineskins,
old and torn and bound up,
Jos
9:5 and old and patched shoes on their feet, and wore old garments.
All the bread of their provision was dry and moldy.
Jos
9:6 They went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him, and
to the men of Israel, "We have come from a far country. Now
therefore make a covenant with us."
Jos
9:7 The men of Israel said to the Hivites, "What if you live
among us. How could we make a covenant with you?"
Jos
9:8 They said to Joshua, "We are your servants." Joshua
said to them, "Who are you? Where do you come from?"
Jos
9:9 They said to him, "Your servants have come from a very far
country because of the name of Yahweh your God; for we have heard of
his fame, all that he did in Egypt,
Jos
9:10 and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites who were
beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon and to Og king of Bashan,
who was at Ashtaroth.
Jos
9:11 Our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us,
saying, 'Take provision in your hand for the journey, and go to meet
them, and tell them, "We are your servants. Now make a covenant
with us." '
Jos
9:12 This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses
on the day we went out to go to you; but now, behold, it is dry, and
has become moldy.
Jos
9:13 These wineskins, which we filled, were new; and behold, they
are torn. These our garments and our shoes have become old because of
the very long journey."
Jos
9:14 The men sampled their provisions, and didn't ask counsel from
the mouth of Yahweh.
Jos
9:15 Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to
let them live. The princes of the congregation swore to them.
Jos
9:16 It happened at the end of three days after they had made a
covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors,
and that they lived among them.
Jos
9:17 The children of Israel traveled and came to their cities on the
third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and
Kiriath Jearim.
Jos
9:18 The children of Israel didn't strike them, because the princes
of the congregation had sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel.
All the congregation murmured against the princes.
Jos
9:19 But all the princes said to all the congregation, "We have
sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel: now therefore we may not
touch them.
Jos
9:20 This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on
us, because of the oath which we swore to them."
Jos
9:21 The princes said to them, "Let them live, so they became
wood cutters and drawers of water for all the congregation, as the
princes had spoken to them."
Jos
9:22 Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, "Why
have you deceived us, saying, 'We are very far from you,' when you
live among us?
Jos
9:23 Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you will never fail
to be bondservants, both wood cutters and drawers of water for the
house of my God."
Jos
9:24 They answered Joshua, and said, "Because your servants
were certainly told how Yahweh your God commanded his servant Moses
to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the
land from before you. Therefore we were very afraid for our lives
because of you, and have done this thing.
Jos
9:25 Now, behold, we are in your hand. Do to us as it seems good and
right to you to do."
Jos
9:26 He did so to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the
children of Israel, so that they didn't kill them.
Jos
9:27 That day Joshua made them wood cutters and drawers of water for
the congregation and for the altar of Yahweh, to this day, in the
place which he should choose.
Jos
10:1 Now it happened when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard how
Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to
Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the
inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among
them;
Jos
10:2 that they were very afraid, because Gibeon was a great city, as
one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all
its men were mighty.
Jos
10:3 Therefore Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of
Hebron, to Piram king of Jarmuth, to Japhia king of Lachish, and to
Debir king of Eglon, saying,
Jos
10:4 "Come up to me, and help me, and let us strike Gibeon; for
it has made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel."
Jos
10:5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of
Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of
Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went
up, they and all their armies, and encamped against Gibeon, and made
war against it.
Jos
10:6 The men of Gibeon sent to Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying,
"Don't abandon your servants! Come up to us quickly, and save
us, and help us; for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the
hill country have gathered together against us."
Jos
10:7 So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war
with him, and all the mighty men of valor.
Jos
10:8 Yahweh said to Joshua, "Don't fear them, for I have
delivered them into your hands. Not a man of them will stand before
you."
Jos
10:9 Joshua therefore came on them suddenly. He went up from Gilgal
all night.
Jos
10:10 Yahweh confused them before Israel, and he killed them with a
great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent
of Beth Horon, and struck them to Azekah and to Makkedah.
Jos
10:11 It happened, as they fled from before Israel, while they were
at the descent of Beth Horon, that Yahweh cast down great stones from
the sky on them to Azekah, and they died. There were more who died
from the hailstones than who the children of Israel killed with the
sword.
Jos
10:12 Then Joshua spoke to Yahweh in the day when Yahweh delivered
up the Amorites before the children of Israel; and he said in the
sight of Israel, "Sun, stand still on Gibeon! You, moon, stop in
the valley of Aijalon!"
Jos
10:13 The sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation had
avenged themselves of their enemies. Isn't this written in the book
of Jashar? The sun stayed in the midst of the sky, and didn't hurry
to go down about a whole day.
Jos
10:14 There was no day like that before it or after it, that Yahweh
listened to the voice of a man; for Yahweh fought for Israel.
Jos
10:15 Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to
Gilgal.
Jos
10:16 These five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at
Makkedah.
Jos
10:17 Joshua was told, saying, "The five kings are found,
hidden in the cave at Makkedah."
Jos
10:18 Joshua said, "Roll large stones to the mouth of the cave,
and set men by it to guard them;
Jos
10:19 but don't stay. Pursue your enemies, and them from the rear.
Don't allow them to enter into their cities; for Yahweh your God has
delivered them into your hand."
Jos
10:20 It happened, when Joshua and the children of Israel had
finished killing them with a very great slaughter until they were
consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the
fortified cities,
Jos
10:21 that all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah
in peace. None moved his tongue against any of the children of
Israel.
Jos
10:22 Then Joshua said, "Open the mouth of the cave, and bring
those five kings out of the cave to me."
Jos
10:23 They did so, and brought those five kings out of the cave to
him: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth,
the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.
Jos
10:24 It happened, when they brought those kings out to Joshua, that
Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of
the men of war who went with him, "Come near, put your feet on
the necks of these kings." They came near, and put their feet on
their necks.
Jos
10:25 Joshua said to them, "Don't be afraid, nor be dismayed.
Be strong and of good courage, for Yahweh will do this to all your
enemies against whom you fight."
Jos
10:26 Afterward Joshua struck them, put them to death, and hanged
them on five trees. They were hanging on the trees until the evening.
Jos
10:27 It happened 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 in which they had hidden themselves, and laid
great stones on the mouth of the cave, which remain to this very day.
Jos
10:28 Joshua took Makkedah on that day, and struck it with the edge
of the sword, with its king. He utterly destroyed them and all the
souls who were in it. He left none remaining. He did to the king of
Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
Jos
10:29 Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to
Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
Jos
10:30 Yahweh delivered it also, with its king, into the hand of
Israel. He struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls
who were in it. He left none remaining in it. He did to its king as
he had done to the king of Jericho.
Jos
10:31 Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to
Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it.
Jos
10:32 Yahweh delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel. He took it
on the second day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, with all
the souls who were in it, according to all that he had done to
Libnah.
Jos
10:33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua
struck him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
Jos
10:34 Joshua passed from Lachish, and all Israel with him, to Eglon;
and they encamped against it fought against it.
Jos
10:35 They took it on that day, and struck it with the edge of the
sword. He utterly destroyed all the souls who were in it that day,
according to all that he had done to Lachish.
Jos
10:36 Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to Hebron;
and they fought against it.
Jos
10:37 They took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, with
its king and all its cities, and all the souls who were in it. He
left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but
he utterly destroyed it, and all the souls who were in it.
Jos
10:38 Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fought
against it.
Jos
10:39 He took it, with its king and all its cities. They struck them
with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls who
were in it. He left none remaining. As he had done to Hebron, so he
did to Debir, and to its king; as he had done also to Libnah, and to
its king.
Jos
10:40 So Joshua struck all the land, the hill country, and the
South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings. He left
none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as
Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded.
Jos
10:41 Joshua struck them from Kadesh Barnea even to Gaza, and all
the country of Goshen, even to Gibeon.
Jos
10:42 Joshua took all these kings and their land at one time,
because Yahweh, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.
Jos
10:43 Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to
Gilgal.