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chapter 10
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When
Adonisedec king of Jerusalem had heard these things, to wit, that Josue had
taken Hai, and had destroyed it, (for as he had done to Jericho and the king
thereof, so did he to Hai, and its king,) and that the Gabaonites were gone
over to Israel, and were their confederates,
2 He was exceedingly afraid. For Gabaon was a great
city, and one of the royal cities, and greater than the town of Hai, and all
its fighting men were most valiant.
3 Therefore Adonisedec king of Jerusalem sent to Oham
king of Hebron, and to Pharam king of Jerimoth, and to Japhia king of Lachis,
and to Dabir king of Eglon, saying:
4 Come up to me, and bring help, that we may take
Gabaon, because it hath gone over to Josue, and to the children of Israel.
5 So the five kings of the Amorrhites being assembled
together went up: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jerimoth,
the king of Lachis, the king of Eglon, they and their armies, and camped about
Gabaon, laying siege to it.
6 But the inhabitants of the city of Gabaon which was
besieged, sent to Josue, who then abode in the camp at Galgal, and said to him:
Withdraw not thy hands from helping thy servants: come up quickly and save us,
and bring us succour: for all the kings of the Amorrhites, who dwell in the
mountains, are gathered together against us.
7 And Josue went up from Galgal, and all the army of
the warriors with him, most valiant men.
8 And the Lord said to Josue: Fear them not: for I have
delivered them into thy hands: none of them shall be able to stand against
thee.
9 So Josue going up from Galgal all the night, came
upon them suddenly.
10 And the Lord troubled them at the sight of Israel:
and he slew them with a great slaughter in Gabaon, and pursued them by the way
of the ascent to Beth-horon, and cut them off all the way to Azeca and Maceda.
11 And when they were fleeing from the children of
Israel, and were in the descent of Beth-horon, the Lord cast down upon them
great stones from heaven as far as Azeca: and many more were killed with the
hailstones than were slain by the swords of the children of Israel.
12 Then Josue spoke to the Lord, in the day that he
delivered the Amorrhite in the sight of the children of Israel, and he said
before them: Move not, O sun, toward Gabaon, nor thou, O moon, toward the
valley of Ajalon.
13 And the sun and the moon stood still, till the
people revenged themselves of their enemies. Is not this written in the book of
the just? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go
down the space of one day.
14 There was not before nor after so long a day, the
Lord obeying the voice of a man, and fighting for Israel.
15 And Josue returned with all Israel into the camp of
Galgal.
16 For the five kings were fled, and had hidden
themselves in a cave of the city of Maceda.
17 And it was told Josue that the five kings were found
hidden in a cave of the city of Maceda.
18 And he commanded them that were with him, saying:
Roll great stones to the mouth of the cave, and set careful men, to keep them
shut up:
19 And stay you not, but pursue after the enemies, and
kill all the hindermost of them as they flee, and do not suffer them whom the
Lord God hath delivered into your hands to shelter themselves in their cities.
20 So the enemies being slain with a great slaughter,
and almost utterly consumed, they that were able to escape from Israel, entered
into fenced cities.
21 And all the army returned to Josue in Maceda, where
the camp then was, in good health and without the loss of any one: and no man
durst move his tongue against the children of Israel.
22 And Josue gave orders, saying: Open the mouth of the
cave, and bring forth to me the five kings that lie hid therein.
23 And the ministers did as they were commanded: and
they brought out to him the five kings out of the cave: the king of Jerusalem,
the king of Hebron, the king of Jerimoth, the king of Lachis, the king of
Eglon.
24 And when they were Drought out to him, he called all
the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the army that were with him: Go,
and set your feet on the necks of these kings. And when they had gone, and put
their feet upon the necks of them lying under them,
25 He said again to them: Fear not, neither be ye
dismayed, take courage and be strong: for so will the Lord do to all your
enemies, against whom you fight.
26 And Josue struck, and slew them, and hanged them
upon five gibbets, and they hung until the evening.
27 And when the sun was down, he commanded the soldiers
to take them down from the gibbets. And after they were taken down, they cast
them into the cave where they had lain hid, and put great stones at the mouth
thereof, which remain until this day.
28 The same day Josue took Maceda and destroyed it,
with the edge of the sword, and killed the king and all the inhabitants
thereof: he left not in it the least remains. And he did to the king of Maceda,
as he had done to the king of Jericho.
29 And he passed from Maceda with all Israel to Lebna,
and fought against it:
30 And the Lord delivered it with the king thereof into
the hands of Israel: and they destroyed the city with the edge of the sword,
and all the inhabitants thereof. They left not in it any remains. And they did
to the king of Lebna, as they had done to the king of Jericho.
31 From Lebna he passed unto Lachis, with all Israel:
and investing it with his army, besieged it.
32 And the Lord delivered Lachis into the hands of
Israel, and he took it the following day, and put it to the sword, and every
soul that was in it, as he had done to Lebna.
33 At that time Horam king of Gazer, came up to succour
Lachis: and Josue slew him with all his people, so as to leave none alive.
34 And he passed from Lachis to Eglon, and surrounded
it,
35 And took it the same day: and put to the sword all
the souls that were in it, according to all that he had done to Lachis.
36 He went up also with all Israel from Eglon to
Hebron, and fought against it:
37 Took it, and destroyed it with the edge of the
sword: the king also thereof, and all the towns of that country, and all the
souls that dwelt in it: he left not therein any remains: as he had done to
Eglon, so did he also to Hebron, putting to the sword all that he found in it.
38 Returning from thence to Dabir,
39 He took it and destroyed it: the king also thereof
and all the towns round about he destroyed with the edge of the sword: he left
not in it any remains: as he had done to Hebron and Lebna and to their kings,
so did he to Dabir and to the king thereof.
40 So Josue conquered all the country of the hills and
of the south and of the plain, and of Asedoth, with their kings: he left not
any remains therein, but slew all that breathed, as the Lord the God of Israel
had commanded him,
41 From Cadesbarne even to Gaza. All the land of Gosen
even to Gabaon,
42 And all their kings, and their lands he took and
wasted at one onset: for the Lord the God of Israel fought for him.
43 And he returned with all Israel to the place of the
camp in Galgal.
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