Joshua 10:9

10:9 Joshua attacked them by surprise after marching all night from Gilgal. ¹ 

Joshua 10:1

Israel Defeats an Amorite Coalition

10:1 Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem, ²  heard how Joshua captured Ai and annihilated it and its king as he did Jericho ³  and its king. ⁴  He also heard how ⁵  the people of Gibeon made peace with Israel and lived among them.

Joshua 5:2-3

A New Generation is Circumcised

5:2 At that time the Lord told Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites once again.” ⁶  5:3 So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites on the Hill of the Foreskins. ⁷ 

[10:9]  ¹ tn Heb “Joshua came upon them suddenly, all the night he went up from Gilgal.”

[10:1]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[10:1]  ³ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[10:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “as he had done to Jericho and to its king, so he did to Ai and to its king.”

[10:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “and how.”

[5:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “return, circumcise the sons of Israel a second time.” The Hebrew term שׁוּב (shuv, “return”) is used here in an adverbial sense to indicate the repetition of an action.

[5:3]  ⁷ tn Or “Gibeath Haaraloth.” This name means “Hill of the Foreskins.” Many modern translations simply give the Hebrew name, although an explanatory note giving the meaning of the name is often included.