Joshua 10:8-14 ▼

8 The LORD {YHWH} said to Joshua (YHWH saves), “Do not be afraid of them, for I have delivered them into your hand. Not one of them shall stand against you.”

9 After marching all night from Gilgal (a wheel), Joshua (YHWH saves) caught them by surprise.

10 And the LORD {YHWH} threw them into confusion before Israel (he wrestles with God), who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon (hill city), pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon (house of hollowness), and struck them down as far as Azekah (dug over) and Makkedah (place of shepherds).

11 As they fled before Israel (he wrestles with God) along the descent from Beth-horon (house of hollowness) to Azekah (dug over), the LORD {YHWH} cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.

12 On the day that the LORD {YHWH} gave the Amorites (sayers) over to the Israelites (God prevails), Joshua (YHWH saves) spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon (hill city), O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon .”

13 So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies (triumphed over its enemies). Is this not written in the Book of Jashar (the Book of the Upright One)? “So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day .”

14 There has been no day like it before or since, when the LORD {YHWH} listened to the voice of a man, because the LORD fought for Israel (he wrestles with God).