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on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:

from being bondmen, and hewers of wood, and drawers of water, for the house of my God.

24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant

13 And these bottles of wine which we filled were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long jour-Moses 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.

ney.

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

15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto

them.

f 16 ¶ And it came to pass, at the
end of three days after they had made
a league with them, that they heard
that they were their neighbours, and
that they dwelt among them.
g 17 And the children of Israel
journeyed, and came unto their cities
on the third day. Now their cities
were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and
Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.

18 And the children of Israel

25 And now, behold, we are in thy hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.

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 hewers of wood, and drawers of water, for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.

CHAP. X.

N Adoni-zedek king of Jeru

TOW it came to pass, when

smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto salem had heard how Joshua had them by the LORD God of Israel. taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed And all the congregation murmured it; as he had done to Jericho and against the princes. her king, so he had done to Ai and 19 But all the princes said unto her king; and how the inhabitants all the congregation, We have sworn of Gibeon had made peace with Isunto them by the LORD God of Israel, and were among them; rael now therefore we may not 2 That they feared greatly, betouch 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. f 22 And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?

23 Now therefore ye are cursed; and there shall none of you be freed

cause Gibeon was a great city, as
one of the royal cities, and because
it was greater than Ai, and all the
men thereof were mighty.
g 3 Wherefore Adoni-zedek 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 Eg-
lon, 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.

f 5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jar

muth, 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.

hasted not to go down about a whole day.

14 And there was no day like that before it, or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.

f 15 T And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.

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 ing 16 But these five kings fled, and the mountains, are gathered toge- hid themselves in a cave at Makkether against us. dah.

f7 So Joshua ascended from Gil- 17 And it was told Joshua, saygal, he, and all the people of war ing, The five kings are found hid in with him, and all the mighty men a cave at Makkedah. of valour.

f8 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not for I have delivered them into thy hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.

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

g10 And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth-horon; and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.

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

19 And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the 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.

m 11 And it came to pass, as they 21 And all the people returned to fled from before Israel, and were in the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in the going down to Beth-horon, that peace: none moved his tongue the LORD cast down great stones against any of the children of Isfrom heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hail-stones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.

f12 T 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, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.

rael.

f 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 m 13 And the sun stood still, and brought out those kings unto Joshua, the moon stayed, until the people that Joshua called for all the men had avenged themselves upon their of Israel, and said unto the captains enemies. Is not this written in the of the men of war which went with book of Jasher? So the sun stood him, Come near, put your feet upon still in the midst of heaven, and the necks of these kings. And they

came near, and put their feet upon until he had left him none remainthe necks of them.

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

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.

ing.

g 34 ¶ And from Lachish, Joshua
passed unto Eglon, and all Israel
with him; and they encamped
against it, and fought against it

35 And they took it on that day,
and smote it with the edge of the
sword; and all the souls that were
therein he utterly destroyed that day,
according to all that he had done to

Lachish.

it.

37 And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein:

f 27 And it came to pass, at the g 36 And Joshua went up from
time of the going down of the sun, Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto
that Joshua commanded, and they Hebron; and they fought against
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.
f 28 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; g 38 ¶ And Joshua returned, and
he let none remain: and he did to all Israel with him, to Debir, and
the king of Makkedah as he did un-fought against it:
to the king of Jericho.

g29 ¶ Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah :

he left none remaining, according
to all that he had done to Eglon,
but destroyed it utterly, and all the
souls that were therein."

f39 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. f 40 So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings he left none remain31 And Joshua passed from ing, but utterly destroyed all that Libnah, and all Israel with him, un-breathed, as the LORD God of Isto Lachish, and encamped against rael commanded. it, and fought against it:

f 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.

g 41 And Joshua smote them from f32 And the LORD delivered La-Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza, chish into the hand of Israel, which and all the country of Goshen, even took it on the second day, and smote unto Gibeon.

it with the edge of the sword, and f 42 And all these kings, and their
all the souls that were therein, ac-fand, did Joshua take at one time,
cording to all that he had done to because the LORD God of Israel
Libnah.
fought for Israel.
f33 Then Horam king of Ge-
zer came up to help Lachish; and
Joshua smote him and his people,

43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.

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CHAP. XI.

If 11 And they smote all the souls

AND it came to pass, when Ja- that were therein with the edge of

bin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,

g2 And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Cinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west;

3 And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh. f 4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upou the sea-shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many. g 5 And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.

6And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them for to-morrow, about this time, will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.

g 7 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and they fell upon them.

the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.

12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword; and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses, the servant of the LORD, commanded.

13 But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.

f 14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.

15 As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua: he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses. g 16 So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;

g 17 Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon, under mount Hermon; and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.

18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.

g 8 And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, 19 There was not a city that and unto the valley of Mizpeh east-made peace with the children of Is ward; and they smote them, until rael, save the Hivites, the inhabithey left them none remaining. tants of Gibeon: all other they took f 9 And Joshua did unto them as in battle; the LORD bade him he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.

20 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them; as the LORD commanded Moses.

g 10 And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms. g 21 T And at that time came Jo

shua, and cut off the Anakims from sion unto the Reubenites, and the the mountains: from Hebron, from Gadites, and the half-tribes of MaDebir, from Anab, and from all the nasseh. mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.

g22 There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained. f23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel, according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from

war.

CHAP. XII.

& NOW these are the kings of the land, which the children

g 7 ¶ And these are the kings of
the country which Joshua and the
children of Israel smote on this side
Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad
in the valley of Lebanon, even unto
the mount Halak, that goeth up to
Seir; which Joshua gave unto the
tribes of Israel for a possession, ac-
cording to their divisions:
g 8 In the mountains, and in the
valleys, and in the plains, and in the
springs, and in the wilderness, and
in the south country; the Hittites,
the Amorites, and the Canaanites,
the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the
Jebusites:

9 The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el,

of Israel smote, and possessed their one;

land on the other side Jordan, to- g 10 The king of Jerusalem, one; ward the rising of the sun; from the king of Hebron, one;

the river Arnon unto mount Her-g 11 The king of Jarmuth, one; mon, and all the plain on the east: the king of Lachish, one;

g 2 Sihon king of the Amorites, g 12 The king of Églon, one: the who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled king of Gezer, one;

from Aroer, which is upon the bank g 13 The king of Debir, one; the of the river Arnon, and from the king of Gedar one; middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon:

g 14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

g 15 The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

g3 And from the plain to the seag 16 The king of Makkedah, one; of Cinneroth on the east, and unto the king of Beth-el, one;

the sea of the plain, even the salt scag 17 The king of Tappua, one; the on the east, the way to Beth-jeshi king of Hepher, one; moth; and from the south, under Ashdoth-pisgah:

18 The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;

19 The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;

g 4 And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remuant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtarothg 20 The king of Shimron-meron, and at Edrei, one; the king of Achshaph, one;

g 5 And reigned in mount Hermon, g 21 The king of Taanach, one; and in Saleah, and in all Bashan, the king of Megiddo, one; unto the border of the Geshurites, g 22 The king of Kedesh, one; and the Maachathites, and half Gile- the king of Jokneam of Carmel, ad, the border of Sihon king of one; Heshbon:

23 The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;

f 6 Them did Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the children of Israel, smite: and Moses, the servant 24 The king of Tirzah, one: all of the LORD, gave it for a posses-the kings thirty and one.

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