Joshua 10:11

10:11 As they fled from Israel on the slope leading down from Beth Horon, the Lord threw down on them large hailstones from the sky, all the way to Azekah. They died – in fact, more died from the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword.

Joshua 10:1

Israel Defeats an Amorite Coalition

10:1 Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua captured Ai and annihilated it and its king as he did Jericho and its king. He also heard how the people of Gibeon made peace with Israel and lived among them.

Joshua 7:10

7:10 The Lord responded to Joshua, “Get up! Why are you lying there face down?

Psalms 77:17-18

77:17 The clouds poured down rain;

the skies thundered. 10 

Yes, your arrows 11  flashed about.

77:18 Your thunderous voice was heard in the wind;

the lightning bolts lit up the world;

the earth trembled and shook. 12 


tn Heb “on the descent of.”

tn Or “heaven” (also in v. 13). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

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map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

tn Heb “as he had done to Jericho and to its king, so he did to Ai and to its king.”

tn Heb “and how.”

tn Heb “said.”

tn Heb “Why are you falling on your face?”

tn Heb “water.”

10 tn Heb “a sound the clouds gave.”

11 tn The lightning accompanying the storm is portrayed as the Lord’s “arrows” (see v. 18).

12 tn The prefixed verbal form may be taken as a preterite or as an imperfect with past progressive force.