Joshua 10:11

10:11 As they fled from Israel on the slope leading down from ¹  Beth Horon, the Lord threw down on them large hailstones from the sky, ²  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, ³  heard how Joshua captured Ai and annihilated it and its king as he did Jericho ⁴  and its king. ⁵  He also heard how ⁶  the people of Gibeon made peace with Israel and lived among them.

Joshua 7:10

7:10 The Lord responded ⁷  to Joshua, “Get up! Why are you lying there face down? ⁸ 

Psalms 77:17-18

77:17 The clouds poured down rain; ⁹ 

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 

[10:11]  ¹ tn Heb “on the descent of.”

[10:11]  ² tn Or “heaven” (also in v. 13). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

[10:1]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[10:1]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[10:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “as he had done to Jericho and to its king, so he did to Ai and to its king.”

[10:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “and how.”

[7:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “said.”

[7:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “Why are you falling on your face?”

[77:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “water.”

[77:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “a sound the clouds gave.”

[77:17]  ¹¹ tn The lightning accompanying the storm is portrayed as the Lord’s “arrows” (see v. 18).

[77:18]  ¹² tn The prefixed verbal form may be taken as a preterite or as an imperfect with past progressive force.