Joshua 10 (NET)

Joshua 10:1¹Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua captured Ai and annihilated it and its king as he did Jericho and its king. He also heard how the people of Gibeon made peace with Israel and lived among them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 14:18Heb 7:1Josh 11:19-20Josh 6:21Josh 8:2Josh 8:22-29Josh 9:15-27

Joshua 10:2²All Jerusalem was terrified because Gibeon was a large city, like one of the royal cities. It was larger than Ai and all its men were warriors.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 11:25Exod 15:14-16Josh 2:241 Sam 27:52 Sam 12:26Deut 28:10Heb 10:27Heb 10:31Josh 2:9-13Prov 1:26-27

Joshua 10:3³So King Adoni-Zedek of Jerusalem sent this message to King Hoham of Hebron, King Piram of Jarmuth, King Japhia of Lachish, and King Debir of Eglon:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 11:9Mic 1:132 Kgs 18:142 Kgs 18:172 Sam 2:11Gen 23:2Gen 37:14Josh 10:1Josh 10:5Josh 12:10-13

Joshua 10:4⁴“Come to my aid so we can attack Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 9:15Josh 10:11 Pet 4:42 Tim 3:12Acts 21:28Acts 9:23-27Isa 41:5-7Isa 8:9-10Jas 4:4John 15:19

Joshua 10:5⁵So the five Amorite kings (the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon) and all their troops gathered together and advanced. They deployed their troops and fought against Gibeon.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 15:16Isa 8:9-10Josh 10:6Josh 9:1-2Num 13:29

Joshua 10:6⁶The men of Gibeon sent this message to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, “Do not abandon your subjects! Come up here quickly and rescue us! Help us! For all the Amorite kings living in the hill country are attacking us.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 5:10Josh 9:62 Kgs 4:24Deut 1:15Isa 33:22Josh 21:11Josh 9:15Josh 9:24-25Luke 1:39Ps 125:2

Joshua 10:7⁷So Joshua and his whole army, including the bravest warriors, marched up from Gilgal.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 8:1Isa 8:12Isa 8:14

Joshua 10:8⁸The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for I am handing them over to you. Not one of them can resist you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 8:31Deut 3:2Isa 41:10-15Ps 27:1-2Josh 11:6Josh 1:5-9Judg 4:14-15Josh 8:1Deut 20:1-4

Joshua 10:9⁹Joshua attacked them by surprise after marching all night from Gilgal.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Tim 2:3Eccl 9:10Prov 22:29Prov 24:11-121 Sam 11:9-112 Tim 4:2

Joshua 10:10¹⁰The Lord routed them before Israel. Israel thoroughly defeated them at Gibeon. They chased them up the road to the pass of Beth Horon and struck them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 18:14Josh 16:3Josh 16:51 Sam 7:10-12Isa 28:21Josh 10:11Josh 15:35Judg 4:152 Chr 14:12Deut 7:23

Joshua 10:11¹¹As they fled from Israel on the slope leading down from Beth Horon, the Lord threw down on them large hailstones from the sky, all the way to Azekah. They died—in fact, more died from the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 28:2Exod 9:22-26Judg 5:20Ps 18:12-14Ezek 13:11Gen 19:24Isa 30:30Ps 11:6Ps 77:17-18Rev 11:19

Joshua 10:12¹²The day the Lord delivered the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua prayed to the Lord before Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon; O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hab 3:11Isa 38:8Isa 60:20Josh 10:13Deut 4:19Isa 28:21Job 9:7Job 31:26-27Ps 148:3Ps 19:4

Joshua 10:13¹³The sun stood still and the moon stood motionless while the nation took vengeance on its enemies. The event is recorded in the Scroll of the Upright One. The sun stood motionless in the middle of the sky and did not set for about a full day.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hab 3:11Isa 38:8Josh 10:14Judg 16:282 Sam 1:18Esth 8:13Joel 2:10Joel 3:15Luke 18:7Ps 136:7-9

Joshua 10:14¹⁴There has not been a day like it before or since. The Lord listened to a human being, for the Lord fought for Israel!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 1:30Exod 14:14Josh 10:42Josh 23:3Isa 38:8Luke 17:6Mark 11:22-24Zech 4:6-72 Kgs 20:10-11Matt 21:21-22

Joshua 10:15¹⁵Then Joshua and all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 10:43Josh 10:6

Joshua 10:16¹⁶The five Amorite kings ran away and hid in the cave at Makkedah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 13:61 Sam 24:31 Sam 24:8Amos 9:2Isa 2:10-12Isa 2:19-22Isa 24:21-22Judg 6:2Mic 7:17Ps 139:7-10

Joshua 10:17¹⁷Joshua was told, “The five kings have been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Joshua 10:18¹⁸Joshua said, “Roll large stones over the mouth of the cave and post guards in front of it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 27:66Amos 5:19Amos 9:1Job 21:30Josh 10:22Judg 9:46-49

Joshua 10:19¹⁹But don’t you delay! Chase your enemies and catch them. Don’t allow them to retreat to their cities, for the Lord your God is handing them over to you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 18:37-412 Sam 17:132 Sam 20:6Isa 9:14-15Jer 48:10Jer 8:14Josh 10:20

Joshua 10:20²⁰Joshua and the Israelites almost totally wiped them out, but some survivors did escape to the fortified cities.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 8:242 Chr 13:172 Sam 20:6Deut 20:16Jer 8:14Josh 10:10

Joshua 10:21²¹Then the whole army safely returned to Joshua at the camp in Makkedah. No one dared threaten the Israelites.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 11:7Isa 54:17Isa 57:4

Joshua 10:22²²Joshua said, “Open the cave’s mouth and bring the five kings out of the cave to me.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 15:32

Joshua 10:23²³They did as ordered; they brought the five kings out of the cave to him—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 10:1Josh 10:3Josh 10:5

Joshua 10:24²⁴When they brought the kings out to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the commanders of the troops who accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came up and put their feet on their necks.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mal 4:3Rev 2:26-27Rom 16:20Deut 33:29Ps 107:40Ps 110:1Ps 110:5Ps 149:8-9Isa 26:5-6Isa 60:11-12

Joshua 10:25²⁵Then Joshua said to them, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! Be strong and brave, for the Lord will do the same thing to all your enemies you fight.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 1:10Josh 1:9Eph 6:101 Sam 17:37Deut 31:6-8Deut 7:19Rom 8:372 Tim 4:17-18Deut 3:21-22Ps 63:9

Joshua 10:26²⁶Then Joshua executed them and hung them on five trees. They were left hanging on the trees until evening.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 8:291 Sam 15:332 Sam 21:62 Sam 21:9Deut 21:22-23Esth 2:23Esth 7:9-10Gal 3:13Judg 8:21Matt 27:25

Joshua 10:27²⁷At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. They threw them into the cave where they had hidden and piled large stones over the mouth of the cave. (They remain to this very day.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 8:292 Sam 18:17Deut 21:22-23Josh 7:26Josh 4:9

Joshua 10:28²⁸That day Joshua captured Makkedah and put the sword to it and its king. He annihilated everyone who lived in it; he left no survivors. He did to its king what he had done to the king of Jericho.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 6:211 Cor 15:25Deut 20:16-17Deut 7:16Deut 7:2Josh 10:30Josh 10:32Josh 10:35Josh 10:37Josh 10:39

Joshua 10:29²⁹Joshua and all Israel marched from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 21:13Josh 15:422 Kgs 19:82 Kgs 8:22Jer 52:1Josh 10:28Josh 12:15Josh 6:21Josh 8:2Josh 8:29

Joshua 10:30³⁰The Lord handed it and its king over to Israel, and Israel put the sword to all who lived there; they left no survivors. They did to its king what they had done to the king of Jericho.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Joshua 10:31³¹Joshua and all Israel marched from Libnah to Lachish. He deployed his troops and fought against it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 10:32 Chr 11:92 Kgs 19:8Isa 37:8Josh 10:5Josh 12:11Josh 15:39Mic 1:13

Joshua 10:32³²The Lord handed Lachish over to Israel, and they captured it on the second day. They put the sword to all who lived there, just as they had done to Libnah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Joshua 10:33³³Then King Horam of Gezer came up to help Lachish, but Joshua struck him down, as well as his army, until no survivors remained.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 16:10Judg 1:29Josh 16:31 Chr 20:41 Chr 6:671 Kgs 9:15-17Josh 12:12Josh 21:21

Joshua 10:34³⁴Joshua and all Israel marched from Lachish to Eglon. They deployed troops and fought against it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 10:3Josh 12:12Josh 15:39

Joshua 10:35³⁵That day they captured it and put the sword to all who lived there. That day they annihilated it just as they had done to Lachish.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 19:10Josh 10:37Lev 26:44

Joshua 10:36³⁶Joshua and all Israel marched up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 1:10Josh 15:13Josh 14:13-14Num 13:221 Chr 12:231 Chr 12:282 Sam 15:9-102 Sam 5:1-5Gen 13:18Josh 10:3

Joshua 10:37³⁷They captured it and put the sword to its king, all its surrounding cities, and all who lived in it; they left no survivors. As they had done at Eglon, they annihilated it and all who lived there.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Joshua 10:38³⁸Joshua and all Israel turned to Debir and fought against it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 15:15Josh 12:13Josh 15:49Josh 21:15Judg 1:11-15

Joshua 10:39³⁹They captured it, its king, and all its surrounding cities and put the sword to them. They annihilated everyone who lived there; they left no survivors. They did to Debir and its king what they had done to Libnah and its king and to Hebron.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 10:11Deut 3:3Josh 10:33Josh 10:37Josh 11:8Obad 1:18Josh 10:40

Joshua 10:40⁴⁰Joshua defeated the whole land, including the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, the slopes, and all their kings. He left no survivors. He annihilated everything that breathed, just as the Lord God of Israel had commanded.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 7:2-161 Kgs 15:292 Thess 1:7-9Deut 20:16-17Deut 7:24Exod 23:31-33Josh 10:35Josh 10:37Josh 6:17Josh 8:2

Joshua 10:41⁴¹Joshua conquered the area between Kadesh Barnea and Gaza and the whole region of Goshen, all the way to Gibeon.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 11:16Josh 15:51Deut 9:23Gen 10:191 Kgs 3:51 Sam 6:17Acts 8:26Josh 10:12Josh 10:2Josh 14:6-7

Joshua 10:42⁴²Joshua captured in one campaign all these kings and their lands, for the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 10:14Ps 46:7Ps 80:3Deut 20:4Exod 14:14Exod 14:25Isa 43:4Isa 8:9-10Ps 118:6Ps 44:3-8

Joshua 10:43⁴³Then Joshua and all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 10:151 Sam 11:14Josh 4:19