Josué 10:10

10 El Señor
llenó de pánico a los amorreos, y los israelitas masacraron a un gran número de ellos en Gabaón. Después persiguieron a sus enemigos por el camino que lleva a Bet-horón y los fueron matando a lo largo de toda la ruta a Azeca y Maceda.

Josué 10:10 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 10:10

And the Lord discomfited them before Israel
Disturbed, troubled, and frightened them, at the appearance and presence of the people of Israel; they were thrown into terror and confusion upon their approach, being so sudden and unexpected:

and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon;
by the Israelites, who came upon them suddenly:

and chased them along the way that goeth up to Bethhoron;
there were two places of this name, the upper and the nether, both built by Sherah, the daughter or granddaughter of Ephraim, ( 1 Chronicles 7:24 ) ; therefore here so called by anticipation. It was about an hundred furlongs, or twelve miles and a half, according to Josephus ^F15, from Jerusalem, which agrees with Eusebius and Jerom; and from Gibeon thither, it was fifty furlongs, or six miles and a quarter; so far the kings were pursued by Joshua and his army, at least unto the ascent of it; for being built on a hill, it had an ascent on one side, and a descent on the other, after mentioned, and both were very narrow passages; of the former it is said in the Talmud ^F16, that if two camels go up the ascent to Bethhoron, they both fall; upon which the gloss says, it is a narrow place, and there is no way to turn to the right hand, or the left:

and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah;
the former of which is placed by Jerom ^F17 between Eleutheropolis and Jerusalem, and was a village in his days, and the other eight miles from Eleutheropolis, and both in the tribe of Judah, see ( Joshua 15:35 Joshua 15:41 ) ; according to Bunting {r}, they were both eight miles from Jerusalem towards the west.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Antiqu. l. 20. c. 4. sect. 4.
F16 T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 32. 2.
F17 De loc. Heb. fol. 88. A. & 93. C.
F18 Travels p. 98.

Josué 10:10 In-Context

8 «No les tengas miedo —le dijo el Señor
a Josué—, porque te he dado la victoria. Ni uno de ellos podrá hacerte frente».

9 Josué marchó toda la noche desde Gilgal y tomó por sorpresa a los ejércitos amorreos.

10 El Señor
llenó de pánico a los amorreos, y los israelitas masacraron a un gran número de ellos en Gabaón. Después persiguieron a sus enemigos por el camino que lleva a Bet-horón y los fueron matando a lo largo de toda la ruta a Azeca y Maceda.

11 Mientras los amorreos estaban en retirada por el camino de Bet-horón, el Señor
los destruyó mediante una terrible tormenta de granizo que envió desde el cielo, y que no paró hasta que llegaron a Azeca. El granizo mató a más enemigos de los que mataron los israelitas a filo de espada.

12 El día que el Señor
les dio a los israelitas la victoria sobre los amorreos, Josué oró al Señor
delante de todo el pueblo de Israel y dijo:
«Que el sol se detenga sobre Gabaón,
y la luna, sobre el valle de Ajalón».