Joshua 10:1-5

1Kwasekusithi lapho uAdonizedeki inkosi yeJerusalema esezwile ukuthi uJoshuwa uyithumbile iAyi, wayitshabalalisa, njengalokho akwenza eJeriko lenkosini yayo a, wenze njalo eAyi lenkosini yayo b, lokuthi abahlali beGibeyoni benza ukuthula loIsrayeli, babephakathi kwabo c, 2besaba kakhulu, ngoba iGibeyoni yayingumuzi omkhulu njengomunye wemizi yenkosi, langoba yayinkulu kuleAyi, lamadoda ayo wonke engamaqhawe d. 3Ngakho uAdonizedeki inkosi yeJerusalema yathumela kuHohamu inkosi yeHebroni e, lakuPiramu inkosi yeJarimuthi f, lakuJafiya inkosi yeLakishi g, lakuDebiri inkosi yeEgiloni h, esithi: 4Yenyukelani kimi lingisize, ukuze siyitshaye iGibeyoni; ngoba yenzile ukuthula loJoshuwa labantwana bakoIsrayeli. 5Ngakho amakhosi amahlanu amaAmori, inkosi yeJerusalema, inkosi yeHebroni, inkosi yeJarimuthi, inkosi yeLakishi, inkosi yeEgiloni, ahlangana enyuka, wona lamabutho awo wonke, amisa inkamba maqondana leGibeyoni, alwa layo i.

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