2 Heb.

tongue.

Heb. poured.

aver. 28.

ch. 15.7.

b ch. 6. 18.

Gal. 5. 12.

21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

22 ¶ So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.

23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD.

24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.

b

25 And Joshua said, Why hast 1 Chron.2.7. thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.

Deut. 17.5.

her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

3 ¶ So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night.

BEFORE CHRIST 1451. d Deut. 20.

14.

e

29.

4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait a- Judg. 20. gainst the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:

5 And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them,

32.

Judg. 20.

6 (For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from 2 Heb. the city; for they will say, They flee pulled. before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them.

7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.

8 And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.

9 Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.

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10 And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the ple, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

g 2 Sam. 13.

28.

11 And all the people, even the ver. 5. people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.

12 And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city.

13 And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

14 And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time

8 Or, of Ai.

Heb. in wait. ver. 4.

their lying

The Gibeonites by craft

BEFORE CHRIST 1451.

Num.84.6.

b Ex. 8. 17. & 23. 23. •Ps. 83. 3, 5,

↑ Heb. mouth.

4 ch. 10. 2. 2 Sam. 21. 1,2.

.ch. 6. 27.

fch. 5. 10.

8 ch. 11. 19.

leys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;

2 That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

3 ¶ And when the inhabitants of d Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,

4 They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;

5 And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.

6 And they went to Joshua 'unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.

7 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell Ex. 23. 32. among us; and how shall we make a league with you?

Deut. 7.2. & 20. 16. Judg. 2. 2.

I Deut. 20. 11.

2 Kings 10. 5.

* Deut. 20. 15.

8 And they said unto Joshua, 'We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?

9 And they said unto him, * From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the Ex. 15.14 LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

Josh. 2. 10.

m Num. 21. 24, 83.

8 Heb. in your hand.

4 Or, they received the men by reaBon of their victuals.

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10 And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.

11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.

12 This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:

13 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, beNum. 27. hold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.

Is. 30. 1, 2. See Judg. 11. 1 Sam. 22. 10. & 23. 10, 11. & 30.8. 9 Sam. 2. 1. & 5. 19.

14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.

obtain a league.

18 And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the Ps. 15.4. congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.

19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

20 This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.

21 And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be 'hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.

22 T And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, "We are very far from you; when x ye dwell among us?

24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses Ex. 23. 32. to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing. 25 And now, behold, we are in Gen. 16. 6. thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.

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26 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them' not.

27 And Joshua made them that day dhewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto

b Ex. 15. 14.

Heb.gave, to be Ezra 8. 20. & ver. 21, 23.

or,delivered

1 Chr. 9. 2.

Five kings war against Gibeon.

BEFORE CHRIST 1451.

• Deut. 12.5.

a ch. 6. 21.

b ch. 8. 22, 26, 28.

c ch. 9. 15.

d Ex. 15. 14, 15, 16. Deut. 11.25.

CHAPTER X. 1 Five kings war against Gibeon. 6 Joshua rescueth it. 10 God fighteth against them still at the word of Joshua. 16 The five king are mured in a cave. 23 They are brought forth, 24 scornfully used, 26 and hanged. 28 Seven kings more are conquered. 43 Joshua returneth to Gilgal.

with hailstones. 12 The sun and moon stand

NOW it came to pass, when Ado

ni-zedec king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;

2 That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one 2 Heb. cities of the 2 royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.

of the kingdom.

e ver. 1. ch. 9. 15.

f ch. 9. 2.

g ch. 5. 10. & 9.6.

h ch. 8. 1.

1 ch. 11. 6. Judg. 4. 14.

k ch. 1. 5.

1 Judg.4.15. 1 Sam. 7. 10, 12.

Ps. 18. 14.
Is. 28. 21.

3 Wherefore Adoni-zedec king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,

4 Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.

5 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 before Gibeon, and made war against it.

6 And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua & to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.

7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour. 8 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; k there shall not a man of them stand before thee.

9 Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night.

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10 And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that

them to "Azekah, and unto Makkedah. 11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth-horon, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.

12 Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, P Sun, 2stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of a Ajalon.

15 And Joshua returned, and ch. 23. 3. all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.

16 But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.

17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.

18 And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them:

off the tail.

19 And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and 'smite the Heb. cut hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath delivered them into your hand.

20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.

21 And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue Ex. 11. 7. against any of the children of Israel.

22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave.

23 And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem,

the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.

24 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.

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25 And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for a thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.

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26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

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27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Deut 21.23. Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.

d ch. 6. 21.

28 T And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.

29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:

30 And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho.

31 And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:

32 And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.

33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.

34 And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with

are conquered.

e See ch. 14. 13. & 15. 13.

36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it: 37 And they took it, and smote Judg. 1. 10. it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein.

38 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and See ch. 15. fought against it:

39 And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.

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Judg. 1. 11.