Joshua 10:9-14
10:9 Joshua attacked them by surprise after marching all night from Gilgal.
10:10 The
Lord routed
them before Israel. Israel
thoroughly defeated them
at Gibeon. They chased them up the road to the pass
of Beth Horon and struck them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.
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.
10:12 The day the Lord delivered the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua prayed to the Lord before Israel:
“O sun, stand still over Gibeon!
O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon!”
10:13 The sun stood still and the moon stood motionless while the nation took vengeance on its enemies. The event is recorded in the Scroll of the Upright One. The sun stood motionless in the middle of the sky and did not set for about a full day.
10:14 There has not been a day like it before or since. The Lord obeyed a man, for the Lord fought for Israel!
Joshua 10:19
10:19 But don’t you delay! Chase your enemies and catch them!
Don’t allow them to retreat to
their cities, for the
Lord your God is handing them over to you.”
Jeremiah 6:5
6:5 So come on, let’s go ahead and attack it by night
and destroy all its fortified buildings.’