So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites on the Hill of the Foreskins.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> responded<n id="1" /> to Joshua, &#8220;Get up! Why are you lying there face down?<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Bright and early the next morning Joshua made Israel approach in tribal order<n id="1" /> and the tribe of Judah was selected.

<p class="bodytext">Joshua sent messengers who ran to the tent. The things were hidden right in his tent, with the silver underneath.<n id="1" />

But they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.p>

Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanently uninhabited mound (it remains that way to this very day).<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then Joshua built an altar for the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel on Mount Ebal,

they formed an alliance to fight against Joshua and Israel.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">When the residents of Gibeon heard what Joshua did to Jericho<n id="1" /> and Ai,

Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community<n id="1" /> sealed it with an oath.<n id="2" />p>

So Joshua and his whole army, including the bravest warriors, marched up from Gilgal.<n id="1" />

Joshua attacked them by surprise after marching all night from Gilgal.<n id="1" />

Joshua was told, &#8220;The five kings have been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah.&#8221;

Joshua said, &#8220;Roll large stones over the mouth of the cave and post guards in front of it.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Joshua and all Israel marched from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against it.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Joshua and all Israel marched from Libnah to Lachish. He deployed his troops<n id="1" /> and fought against it.

<p class="bodytext">Joshua and all Israel marched from Lachish to Eglon. They deployed troops<n id="1" /> and fought against it.

<p class="bodytext">Joshua and all Israel marched up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it.

Joshua conquered the area between Kadesh Barnea and Gaza and the whole region of Goshen, all the way to Gibeon.<n id="1" />

Joshua campaigned against<n id="1" /> these kings for quite some time.<n id="2" />