&#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all says, &#8216;I am very much concerned for Zion; indeed, I am so concerned for her that my rage will fall on those who hurt her.&#8217;

All Jerusalem was terrified<n id="1" /> because Gibeon was a large city, like one of the royal cities. It was larger than Ai and all its men were warriors.

Then Amnon greatly despised her.<n id="1" /> His disdain toward her surpassed the love he had previously felt toward her.<n id="2" /> Amnon said to her, &#8220;Get up and leave!&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">You must not have in your bag different stone weights,<n id="1" /> a heavy and a light one.<n id="2" />

You must not have in your house different measuring containers,<n id="1" /> a large and a small one.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">This displeased Jonah terribly<n id="1" /> and he became very angry.<n id="2" />

He struck them down and defeated them.<n id="1" /> Then he went down and lived for a time in the cave in the cliff of Etam.p>

But he made a stand in the middle of that area. He defended<n id="1" /> it and defeated the Philistines; the <sc>Lordsc> gave them a great victory.p>

Then the king of Israel marched out and struck down the horses and chariots; he thoroughly defeated<n id="1" /> Syria.p>

but then they made a stand in the middle of that area. They defended it<n id="1" /> and defeated the Philistines; the <sc>Lordsc> gave them a great victory.<n id="2" />p>

So look, the <sc>Lordsc> is about to severely afflict<n id="1" /> your people, your sons, your wives, and all you own.

The men feared the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> greatly,<n id="2" /> and earnestly vowed<n id="3" /> to offer lavish sacrifices<n id="4" /> to the Lord.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> his God handed him over to the king of Syria. The Syrians<n id="1" /> defeated him and deported many captives to Damascus.<n id="2" /> He was also handed over to the king of Israel, who thoroughly defeated him.<n id="3" />

The <sc>Lordsc> routed<n id="1" /> them before Israel. Israel<n id="2" /> thoroughly defeated them<n id="3" /> at Gibeon. They chased them up the road to the pass<n id="4" /> of Beth Horon and struck them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.

Joshua and the Israelites almost totally wiped them out, but some survivors did escape to the fortified cities.<n id="1" />

Joshua wrote these words in the Law Scroll of God. He then took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree near the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s shrine.

<p class="bodytext">The sin of these young men was very great in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s sight, for they<n id="1" /> treated the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s offering with contempt.p>

When the ark of the covenant of the <sc>Lordsc> arrived at the camp, all Israel shouted so loudly<n id="1" /> that the ground shook.p>

<p class="bodytext">So the Philistines fought. Israel was defeated; they all ran home.<n id="1" /> The slaughter was very great; thirty thousand foot soldiers fell in battle.