Jos 10, Jos 13 | ESV | STEP | As soon as Adoni-zedek , king of Jerusalem , heard how Joshua had captured Ai and had devoted it to destruction , doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king , and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them,

1 As soon as Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua had captured Ai and had devoted it to destruction, ^{▼▼That is, set apart ( devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); also verses 28, 35, 37, 39, 40} ^bdoing to Ai and its king ^cas he had done to Jericho and its king, and ^dhow the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them, 2 ^ehe ^{▼▼One Hebrew manuscript, Vulgate (compare Syriac); most Hebrew manuscripts they} feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were warriors. 3 So Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, to Piram king of Jarmuth, to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying, 4 “Come up to me and help me, and let us strike Gibeon. For ^git has made peace with Joshua and with the people of Israel.” 5 Then the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, ^hgathered their forces and went up with all their armies and encamped against Gibeon and made war against it.

6 And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua ⁱat the camp in Gilgal, saying, “Do not relax your hand from your servants. Come up to us quickly and save us and help us, for all the kings of the Amorites who dwell in the hill country are gathered against us.” 7 So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and ^jall the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valor. 8 And the Lord said to Joshua, ^k“Do not fear them, for I have given them into your hands. ^lNot a man of them shall stand before you.” 9 So Joshua came upon them suddenly, having marched up all night from Gilgal. 10 ^mAnd the Lord threw them into a panic before Israel, who ^{▼▼Or and he} struck them with a great blow at Gibeon and chased them by the way of ^othe ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah. 11 And as they fled before Israel, while they were ^pgoing down the ascent of Beth-horon, ^qthe Lord threw down large stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died. There were more who died because of the hailstones than the sons of Israel killed with the sword.

12 At that time Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord gave the Amorites over to the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel,

^r“Sun, stand still at Gibeon,
and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.”
13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped,
until the nation took vengeance on their enemies.
Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in the midst of heaven and did not hurry to set for about a whole day. 14 ^sThere has been no day like it before or since, when the Lord heeded the voice of a man, for ^tthe Lord fought for Israel.

15 So ^uJoshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal.

Five Amorite Kings Executed

16 These five kings fled and hid themselves in the cave at ^vMakkedah. 17 And it was told to Joshua, “The five kings have been found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.” 18 And Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave and set men by it to guard them, 19 but do not stay there yourselves. Pursue your enemies; ^wattack their rear guard. Do not let them enter their cities, for the Lord your God has given them into your hand.” 20 When Joshua and the sons of Israel had finished striking them with a great blow ^xuntil they were wiped out, and when the remnant that remained of them had entered into the fortified cities, 21 then all the people returned safe to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah. ^yNot a man moved his tongue against any of the people of Israel.

22 Then Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring those five kings out to me from the cave.” 23 And they did so, and brought those five kings out to him from 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 when they brought those kings out to Joshua, Joshua summoned all the men of Israel and said to the chiefs of the men of war who had gone with him, “Come near; put your feet on the necks of these kings.” Then they came near and put their feet on their necks. 25 And Joshua said to them, ^z“Do not be afraid or dismayed; be strong and courageous. ^aaFor thus the Lord will do to all your enemies against whom you fight.” 26 And afterward Joshua struck them and put them to death, and he hanged them on five trees. And ^abthey hung on the trees until evening. 27 But at the time of the going down of the sun, Joshua commanded, and ^acthey took them down from the trees and threw them into the cave where they had hidden themselves, and they set large stones against the mouth of the cave, which remain to this very day.

28 As for ^adMakkedah, Joshua captured it on that day and struck it, and its king, with the edge of the sword. He devoted to destruction every person in it; he left none remaining. And he did to the king of Makkedah ^aejust as he had done to the king of Jericho.

Conquest of Southern Canaan

29 Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Makkedah to ^afLibnah and fought against Libnah. 30 And the Lord gave it also and its king into the hand of Israel. And he struck it with the edge of the sword, and every person in it; he left none remaining in it. And he did to its king ^agas he had done to the king of Jericho.

31 Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Libnah to ^ahLachish and laid siege to it and fought against it. 32 And the Lord gave Lachish into the hand of Israel, and he captured it on the second day and struck it with the edge of the sword, and every person in it, as he had done to Libnah.

33 Then Horam king of ^aiGezer came up to help Lachish. And Joshua struck him and his people, until he left none remaining.

34 Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Lachish to ^ajEglon. And they laid siege to it and fought against it. 35 And they captured it on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword. And he devoted every person in it to destruction that day, as he had done to Lachish.

36 Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to ^akHebron. And they fought against it 37 and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword, and its king and its towns, and every person in it. He left none remaining, as he had done to Eglon, and devoted it to destruction and every person in it.

38 Then Joshua and all Israel with him turned back to ^alDebir and fought against it 39 and he captured it with its king and all its towns. And they struck them with the edge of the sword and devoted to destruction every person in it; he left none remaining. Just as he had done to Hebron and to Libnah and its king, so he did to Debir and to its king.

40 So Joshua struck the whole land, the hill country and the Negeb and the lowland ^amand the slopes, and all their kings. He left none remaining, ^anbut devoted to destruction all that breathed, just as the Lord God of Israel commanded. 41 And Joshua struck them from ^aoKadesh-barnea as far as Gaza, and all the country of ^apGoshen, as far as Gibeon. 42 And Joshua captured all these kings and their land at one time, ^aqbecause the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel. 43 ^arThen Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal.

Joshua 13

Land Still to Be Conquered

1 Now Joshua ^aswas old and advanced in years, and the Lord said to him, “You are old and advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land ^atto possess. 2 ^auThis is the land that yet remains: all the ^avregions of the Philistines, and all those of the Geshurites 3 (from the ^awShihor, which is east of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron, it is counted as Canaanite; ^axthere are five rulers of the Philistines, those of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron), and those of ^aythe Avvim, 4 in the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the boundary of ^azthe Amorites, 5 and the land of the ^baGebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from ^bbBaal-gad below Mount Hermon to ^bcLebo-hamath, 6 all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to ^bdMisrephoth-maim, even all the Sidonians. I myself will drive ^bethem out from before the people of Israel. Only ^bfallot the land to Israel ^bgfor an inheritance, as I have commanded you. 7 Now therefore ^bhdivide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh.”

The Inheritance East of the Jordan

8 With the other half of the tribe of Manasseh ^{▼▼Hebrew With it} the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, ^bjwhich Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of the Lord gave them: 9 ^bkfrom Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and ^blall the tableland of Medeba as far as Dibon; 10 ^bmand all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the boundary of the Ammonites; 11 and Gilead, and the ^bnregion of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and ^boall Bashan to Salecah; 12 ^bpall the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (he alone was left of ^bqthe remnant of the Rephaim); ^brthese Moses had struck and driven out. 13 ^bsYet the people of Israel did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites, but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel to this day.

14 ^btTo the tribe of Levi alone Moses gave no inheritance. The offerings by fire to the Lord God of Israel are their inheritance, as he said to him.

15 And Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the people of Reuben according to their clans. 16 So their territory was from Aroer, ^buwhich is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland by ^bvMedeba; 17 with Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the tableland; ^bwDibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon, 18 ^bxand Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, 19 and ^byKiriathaim, and ^bzSibmah, and Zereth-shahar on the hill of the valley, 20 and ^caBeth-peor, and ^cbthe slopes of Pisgah, and ^ccBeth-jeshimoth, 21 that is, ^cdall the cities of the tableland, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, ^cewhom Moses defeated with ^cfthe leaders of Midian, Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land. 22 ^cgBalaam also, the son of Beor, the one who practiced divination, was killed with the sword by the people of Israel among the rest of their slain. 23 And the border of the people of Reuben was the Jordan as a boundary. This was the inheritance of the people of Reuben, according to their clans with their cities and villages.

24 Moses gave an inheritance also to the tribe of Gad, to the people of Gad, according to their clans. 25 ^chTheir territory was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites, to Aroer, which is east of ^ciRabbah, 26 and from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from ^cjMahanaim to the territory of Debir, ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew Lidebir} 27 and in the valley Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, ^clSuccoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, having the Jordan as a boundary, to the lower end of the Sea of ^cmChinnereth, eastward beyond the Jordan. 28 This is the inheritance of the people of Gad according to their clans, with their cities and villages.

29 And Moses gave an inheritance to the half-tribe of Manasseh. It was allotted to the half-tribe of the people of Manasseh according to their clans. 30 Their region extended from ^cnMahanaim, through all Bashan, the whole kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all ^cothe towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities, 31 and half Gilead, and ^cpAshtaroth, and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. These were allotted to the people of ^cqMachir the son of Manasseh for the half of the people of Machir according to their clans.

32 These are the inheritances that Moses distributed ^crin the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan east of Jericho. 33 ^csBut to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance; the Lord God of Israel is their inheritance, ^ctjust as he said to them.