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Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, and to Piram king of Jarmuth, and to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying,
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Come up to me, and help me, and let us strike Gibeon; for it has made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
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Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it.
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The men of Gibeon sent to Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Don`t slack your hand from your servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill-country are gathered together against us.
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So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valor.
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Yahweh said to Joshua, Don`t fear them: for I have delivered them into your hands; there shall not a man of them stand before you.
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Joshua therefore came on them suddenly; [for] he went up from Gilgal all the night.
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Yahweh confused them before Israel, and he killed them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon, and struck them to Azekah, and to Makkedah.
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It happened, as they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horon, that Yahweh cast down great stones from the sky on them to Azekah, and they died: they were more who died with the hailstones than they whom the children of Israel killed with the sword.
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Then spoke Joshua to Yahweh in the day when Yahweh delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand you still on Gibeon; You, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.
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The sun stood still, and the moon stayed, Until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Isn`t this written in the book of Jashar? The sun stayed in the midst of the sky, and didn`t hurry to go down about a whole day.
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There was no day like that before it or after it, that Yahweh listened to the voice of a man: for Yahweh fought for Israel.
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Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.
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These five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.
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It was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.
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Joshua said, Roll great stones to the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them:
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but don`t stay; pursue after your enemies, and strike the hindmost of them; don`t allow them to enter into their cities: for Yahweh your God has delivered them into your hand.
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It happened, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of killing them with a very great slaughter, until they were consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the fortified cities,
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that all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
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Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring forth those five kings to me out of the cave.
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They did so, and brought forth those five kings to him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon.