8The LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for I will deliver them into your hands; not one of them shall withstand you.” 9Joshua took them by surprise, marching all night from Gilgal. 10The LORD threw them into a panic before Israel: [Joshua] inflicted a crushing defeat on them at Gibeon, pursued them in the direction of the Beth-horon ascent, and harried them all the way to Azekah and Makkedah. 11While they were fleeing before Israel down the descent from Beth-horon, the LORD hurled huge stones on them from the sky, all the way to Azekah, and they per-ished; more perished from the hailstones than were killed by the Israelite weapons.
12On that occasion, when the LORD routed the Amorites before the Israelites, Joshua addressed the LORD; he said in the presence of the Israelites:
“Stand still, O sun, at Gibeon,
O moon, in the Valley of Aijalon!”
13And the sun stood still
And the moon halted,
While a nation wreaked judgment on its foes
—as is written in the Book of Jashar.b Thus the sun halted in midheaven, and did not press on to set, for a whole day; 14for the LORD fought for Israel. Neither before nor since has there ever been such a day, when the LORD acted on words spoken by a man. 15Then Joshua together with all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal.
16Meanwhile, those five kings fled and hid in a cave at Makkedah. 17When it was reported to Joshua that the five kings had been found hiding in a cave at Makkedah, 18Joshua ordered, “Roll large stones up against the mouth of the cave, and post men over it to keep guard over them. 19But as for the rest of you, don’t stop, but press on the heels of your enemies and harass them from the rear. Don’t let them reach their towns, for the LORD your God has delivered them into your hands.” 20When Joshua and the Israelites had finished dealing them a deadly blow, they were wiped out, except for some fugitives who escaped into the fortified towns. 21The whole army returned in safety to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah; no one so much as snarledc at the Israelites. 22And now Joshua ordered, “Open the mouth of the cave, and bring those five kings out of the cave to me.” 23This was done. Those five kings—the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of La-chish, and the king of Eglon—were brought out to him from the cave. 24And when the kings were brought out to Joshua, Joshua summoned all the men of Israel and ordered the army officers who had accompanied him, “Come forward and place your feet on the necks of these kings.” They came forward and placed their feet on their necks. 25Joshua said to them, “Do not be frightened or dismayed; be firm and resolute. For this is what the LORD is going to do to all the enemies with whom you are at war.” 26After that, Joshua had them put to death and impaled on five stakes, and they remained impaled on the stakes until evening. 27At sunset Joshua ordered them taken down from the poles and thrown into the cave in which they had hidden. Large stones were placed over the mouth of the cave, [and there they are] to this very day.
28At that time Joshua captured Makkedah and put it and its king to the sword, proscribing itd and every person in it and leaving none that escaped. And he treated the king of Makkedah as he had treated the king of Jericho.
29From Makkedah, Joshua proceeded with all Israel to Libnah, and he attacked it. 30The LORD delivered it and its king into the hands of Israel; they put it and all the people in it to the sword, letting none escape. And he treated its king as he had treated the king of Jericho.
31From Libnah, Joshua proceeded with all Israel to Lachish; he encamped against it and attacked it. 32The LORD delivered Lachish into the hands of Israel. They captured it on the second day and put it and all the people in it to the sword, just as they had done to Libnah.
33At that time King Horam of Gezer marched to the help of Lachish; but Joshua defeated him and his army, letting none of them escape.
34From Lachish, Joshua proceeded with all Israel to Eglon; they encamped against it and attacked it. 35They captured it on the same day and put it to the sword, proscribing all the people that were in it, as they had done to Lachish.
36From Eglon, Joshua marched with all Israel to Hebron and attacked it. 37They captured it and put it, its king, and all its towns, and all the people that were in it, to the sword. He let none escape, proscribing it and all the people in it, just as he had done in the case of Eglon.
38Joshua and all Israel with him then turned back to Debir and attacked it. 39He captured it and its king and all its towns. They put them to the sword and proscribed all the people in it. They let none escape; just as they had done to Hebron, and as they had done to Libnah and its king, so they did to Debir and its king.
40Thus Joshua conquered the whole country:e the hill country, the Negeb, the Shephelah, and the slopes, with all their kings; he let none escape, but proscribed everything that breathed—as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded. 41Joshua conquered them from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, all the land of Goshen, and up to Gibeon. 42All those kings and their lands were conquered by Joshua at a single stroke, for the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel. 43Then Joshua, with all Israel, returned to the camp at Gilgal.
11 When the news reached King Jabin of Hazor, he sent messages to King Jobab of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph, 2and to the other kings in the north—in the hill country, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the lowlands, and in the districta of Dor on the west; 3to the Canaanites in the east and in the west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites at the foot of Hermon, in the land of Mizpah. 4They took the field with all their armies—an enormous host, as numerous as the sands on the seashore—and a vast multitude of horses and chariots. 5All these kings joined forces; they came and encamped together at the Waters of Merom to give battle to Israel.
6But the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them; tomorrow at this time I will have them all lying slain before Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.” 7So Joshua, with all his fighting men, came upon them suddenly at the Waters of Merom, and pounced upon them. 8The LORD delivered them into the hands of Israel, and they defeated them and pursued them all the way to Great Sidon b-and Misrephothmaim,-b and all the way to the Valley of Mizpehc on the east; they crushed them, letting none escape. 9And Joshua dealt with them as the LORD had ordered him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.
10Joshua then turned back and captured Hazor and put her king to the sword.—Hazor was formerly the head of all those kingdoms.—11They proscribed and put to the sword every person in it. Not a soul survived, and Hazor itself was burned down. 12Joshua captured all those royal cities and their kings. He put them to the sword; he proscribed them in accordance with the charge of Moses, the servant of the LORD. 13However, all those towns that are still standing on their mounds were not burned down by Israel; it was Hazor alone that Joshua burned down. 14The Israelites kept all the spoil and cattle of the rest of those cities as booty. But they cut down their populations with the sword until they exterminated them; they did not spare a soul. 15Just as the LORD had commanded His servant Moses, so Moses had charged Joshua, and so Joshua did; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD had commanded Moses.
16Joshua conquered the whole of this region: the hill country [of Judah], the Negeb, the whole land of Goshen, the Shephelah, the Arabah, and the hill country and coastal plain of Israel—17[everything] from Mount Halak, which ascends to Seir, all the way to Baal-gad in d-the Valley of the Lebanon-d at the foot of Mount Hermon; and he captured all the kings there and executed them.
18Joshua waged war with all those kings over a long period. 19Apart from the Hivites who dwelt in Gibeon, not a single city made terms with the Israelites; all were taken in battle. 20For it was the LORD’s doing to stiffen their hearts to give battle to Israel, in order that they might be proscribed without quarter
