7
Y'hoshua went up from Gilgal, he and all the fighting men with him, including all the bravest ones.
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ADONAI said to Y'hoshua, "Don't be afraid of them, for I have handed them over to you; not one of their men will stand against you."
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Having spent the entire night marching up from Gilgal, Y'hoshua fell upon them, taking them by surprise.
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ADONAI threw them into confusion before Isra'el and defeated them in a great slaughter at Giv'on, pursuing them along the road that goes up from Beit-Horon, and beating them back to 'Azekah and all the way to Makkedah.
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As they fled before Isra'el down the road to Beit-Horon, ADONAI threw huge hailstones down on them all the way to 'Azekah, and they died; more died because of the hail than because Isra'el had killed them with the sword.
12
Then, on the day ADONAI handed over the Emori to the people of Isra'el, Y'hoshua spoke to ADONA I; in the sight of Isra'el he said, "Sun, stand motionless over Giv'on! Moon, you too, over Ayalon Valley!"
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So the sun stood still and the moon stayed put, till Isra'el took vengeance on their enemies.
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This is written in the book of Yashar. The sun stood still in the sky and was in no rush to set for nearly a whole day. There has never been a day like that before or since, when ADONAI listened to the voice of a man; it happened because ADONAI was fighting on Isra'el's behalf.
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Y'hoshua returned with all Isra'el to the camp at Gilgal.
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But those five kings fled and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah,
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and it was reported to Y'hoshua that the five kings had been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah.