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约书亚记 8-11
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
约书亚记 8-11
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
約書亞再攻艾城
8 耶和華對約書亞說：“你不要懼怕，也不要驚慌，你只管帶領所有能作戰的人，起來上艾城去；你看，我已經把艾城的王和他的人民、城市、土地都交在你手裡了。 2 你怎樣對待耶利哥和耶利哥的王，也要照樣對待艾城和艾城的王；只是城中的戰利品和牲畜，你們可以據為己有；你要在城後面設下攻城的伏兵。”
3 於是，約書亞和所有能作戰的人都起來上艾城去；約書亞選了三萬英勇的戰士，趁夜派他們出去， 4 吩咐他們說：“你們注意，要在城後面埋伏攻城；不可離城太遠，人人都要作好準備。 5 我和所有與我一起的人，要向城推進。城裡的人像前一次出來攻擊我們的時候，我們就在他們面前逃跑； 6 他們必定出來追趕我們，我們就把他們引出城來，因為他們必定說：‘這些人像前一次一樣在我們面前逃跑了。’所以我們要在他們面前逃跑。 7 那時你們就要從埋伏的地方起來，佔領那城，因為耶和華你們的 神必把城交在你們的手裡。 8 你們佔領了城以後，就要放火燒城；要照著耶和華的話行事；你們要謹慎，我已經吩咐你們了。” 9 約書亞差派他們去了，他們就上到埋伏的地方去，住在伯特利和艾城的中間，就是在艾城的西邊。那一夜，約書亞卻在人民中間住宿。
10 約書亞清早起來，召集人民上艾城去，他和以色列的長老走在人民的前面。 11 所有與他在一起的戰士都上去，迫近艾城，在城的北面安營；在約書亞和艾城中間有一個山谷， 12 約書亞挑了大約五千人，要他們埋伏在伯特利和艾城中間，就是艾城的西面。 13 於是他們把眾民，就是在城北的全軍和在城西的伏兵都布置好了。那一夜，約書亞走進了山谷之中。 14 艾城的王看見了這情形，就和艾城的人急忙在清早起來，按著亞拉巴前面所約定之處出到亞拉巴，要與以色列人交戰；王卻不知道在城後面有伏兵要攻擊他。 15 約書亞和以色列人在他們面前裝敗，沿著通往曠野的路逃跑。 16 城裡的眾民都被召集，去追趕他們；艾城的人追趕約書亞的時候，就都被誘離城。 17 艾城和伯特利城沒有留下一個人不出來追趕以色列人；他們撇下了敞開的城門，去追趕以色列人。
攻陷艾城
18 耶和華對約書亞說：“你向著艾城伸出你手中的短槍，因為我要把城交在你手裡。”約書亞就向著艾城伸出他手裡的短槍。 19 他一伸手，伏兵就從埋伏的地方急忙起來，衝進城去，把城奪取，並連忙放火燒城。 20 艾城的人轉身觀看，看見城裡濃煙沖天，就全身乏力，不能逃跑；往曠野逃跑的以色列人就轉過來攻擊追趕他們的人。 21 約書亞和以色列人看見伏兵已經奪取了城，又看見城中濃煙上升，就轉回，擊殺艾城的人。 22 伏兵也出城攻擊艾城的人；艾城的人就被困在以色列人中間，前後受敵；於是以色列人把他們擊殺，沒有留下一個，也沒有一個逃脫。 23 他們活捉了艾城的王，把他解到約書亞那裡。
24 以色列人在田間、在曠野，殺盡了所有追趕他們的艾城的居民，艾城的人全部倒在刀下，直到完全消滅；接著，以色列眾人回到艾城，用刀擊殺了城中的人。 25 那一天被殺的人，連男帶女，共有一萬二千人，就是艾城所有的人。 26 約書亞沒有收回伸出短槍的手，直到把艾城的居民都消滅為止。 27 只有那城裡的牲畜和戰利品，以色列人照著耶和華吩咐約書亞的話，都據為己有。 28 約書亞燒了艾城，使城永遠成為廢堆，一片荒涼，直到今日。 29 他又把艾城的王懸在樹上，直到黃昏的時候；日落的時候，約書亞吩咐人把屍體從樹上拿下來，丟在城門口那裡，又在屍體上堆起了一大堆石頭，這堆石頭一直存到今日。
以巴路山上築壇宣讀律法
30 那時，約書亞在以巴路山上，為耶和華以色列的 神築了一座祭壇， 31 是照著耶和華的僕人摩西吩咐以色列人的，照著摩西律法書上所寫的，用未經過鐵器打鑿的整塊石塊築成的一座祭壇；在這祭壇之上，眾人向耶和華獻燔祭，也獻平安祭。 32 約書亞在那裡，當著以色列人面前，把摩西所寫的摩西律法抄寫在石頭上。 33 全體以色列人和他們的長老、官長，以及審判官，都站在約櫃的兩旁，在抬耶和華約櫃的利未支派的祭司前面；無論是寄居的，或是本地人，一半對著基利心山，一半對著以巴路山；正如耶和華的僕人摩西以前所吩咐的，好為以色列民祝福。 34 然後，約書亞宣讀律法上一切祝福和咒詛的話，全都照著律法書上所寫的一切。 35 摩西吩咐的一切話，約書亞在以色列全體會眾和婦女、小孩，以及在他們中間來往的寄居者面前，沒有一句不向他們宣讀出來的。
迦南諸王聯盟對抗以色列人
9 在約旦河西，住在山上、高原和對著黎巴嫩山大海沿岸所有的王，就是赫人、亞摩利人、迦南人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人的王，聽見了這些事的時候， 2 就聚集起來，同心協力地要與約書亞和以色列人交戰。
基遍人計騙約書亞
3 基遍的居民聽見了約書亞向耶利哥和艾城所行的事， 4 就施詭計，假冒使者而來，把舊的布袋和破裂又修補過的舊皮酒袋馱在驢上， 5 腳上穿著補過的舊鞋，身穿舊衣服，所帶的食物又乾又碎。 6 他們去到吉甲營中約書亞那裡，對約書亞和以色列人說：“我們是從遠地來的，現在求你們和我們立約。” 7 以色列人對這些希未人說：“你們也許是這地的居民，若是這樣，我們怎樣和你們立約呢？” 8 他們對約書亞說：“我們是你的僕人。”約書亞問他們：“你們是甚麼人？是從哪裡來的？” 9 他們回答約書亞：“你的僕人為了耶和華你 神的名從很遠的地方而來，因為我們聽見了他的名聲和他在埃及所行的一切事， 10 以及他對約旦河東亞摩利人的兩個王，就是希實本王西宏和在亞斯他錄的巴珊王噩，所行的一切事。 11 所以我們的長老和我們本國所有的居民對我們說：‘你們手裡要帶著旅途用的乾糧，去迎見以色列人，對他們說：我們是你們的僕人，現在求你們和我們立約。’ 12 我們出門到你們這裡來的時候，從家裡帶出來作乾糧的這餅還是熱的；看哪，現在都又乾又碎了。 13 這些皮酒袋，我們盛酒的時候，還是新的；你看，現在都破裂了。我們這些衣服和鞋因路途遙遠，都穿舊了。” 14 以色列人取了他們一些食物，卻沒有求問耶和華的旨意。 15 於是約書亞與他們議和，和他們立約，容他們存活；會眾的首領也向他們起了誓。
約書亞指派基遍人劈柴打水
16 以色列人和他們立約之後，過了三天，才聽見他們是自己的近鄰，是住在這地的居民。 17 於是，以色列人起程，第三日就到了他們的城市；他們的城市就是基遍、基非拉、比錄、基列．耶琳。 18 以色列人沒有擊殺他們，因為會眾的首領曾經指著耶和華以色列的 神向他們起了誓，全體會眾就都向首領發怨言。 19 眾首領對全體會眾說：“我們曾經指著耶和華以色列的 神向他們起了誓，現在我們不能傷害他們。 20 我們要這樣待他們，就是容他們存活，免得 神的忿怒因我們向他們所起的誓，臨到我們身上。” 21 眾首領又對會眾說：“要讓他們存活。”於是他們就給全體會眾作了劈柴打水的人，這是按照眾首領對他們的吩咐。 22 約書亞把他們召了來，質問他們：“你們為甚麼欺騙我們說：‘我們離你們很遠’，其實你們卻是住在這地的？ 23 現在你們要受到咒詛，你們中間必不斷有人作奴僕，為我 神的聖所作劈柴打水的人。” 24 他們回答約書亞，說：“因為你的僕人確實地聽見，耶和華你的 神曾經吩咐他的僕人摩西，要把這整片土地賜給你們，並且要在你們面前把這地上所有的居民都消滅，因此，我們因你們的緣故，很怕喪命，才行了這事。 25 現在，你看，我們都在你的手裡，你看怎樣處置我們算為好、算為對，就怎樣行吧。” 26 約書亞就這樣處置他們，救了他們脫離以色列人的手，以色列人就沒有殺他們。 27 在那一天，約書亞指派他們在耶和華選擇的地方，為會眾和耶和華的祭壇作劈柴打水的人，直到今日。
五王聯合攻打基遍
10 耶路撒冷王亞多尼．洗德聽見約書亞佔領了艾城，把城完全毀滅，約書亞怎樣對待耶利哥和耶利哥的王，也照樣對待艾城和艾城的王；又聽見基遍的居民已經與以色列人議和，並可以住在這地， 2 他們就非常懼怕。因為基遍是大城，好像一座王城；又因為基遍比艾城大，城裡所有的人都是勇士。 3 因此，耶路撒冷王亞多尼．洗德派人到希伯崙王何咸、耶末王毘蘭、拉吉王雅非亞和伊磯倫王底璧那裡去，對他們說： 4 “求你們上我這裡來幫助我，我們好攻打基遍，因為基遍已經與約書亞和以色列人議和了。” 5 於是亞摩利人的那五個王，就是耶路撒冷王、希伯崙王、耶末王、拉吉王和伊磯倫王，聯合起來，帶著他們所有的軍隊上去，在基遍的對面安營，攻打基遍。
約書亞擊敗五王
6 基遍人就派人到吉甲營中約書亞那裡去，說：“不可丟棄你的僕人，求你快快上我們這裡來拯救我們、幫助我們；因為住在山地的亞摩利人所有的王都集合起來攻擊我們。” 7 於是約書亞和所有能作戰的人，以及所有英勇的戰士，都一起從吉甲上去。 8 耶和華對約書亞說：“你不要怕他們，因為我已經把他們交在你手裡了；他們必沒有一人能在你面前站立得住。” 9 於是約書亞乘夜從吉甲上去，突然來到他們那裡。 10 耶和華使他們在以色列人面前潰亂，約書亞在基遍大大地擊殺他們，沿著伯．和崙的上坡路追趕他們，擊打他們，直到亞西加和瑪基大。 11 他們從以色列人面前逃跑，正在下伯．和崙斜坡的時候，耶和華從天上降大冰雹在他們身上，一直到亞西加，打死他們；被冰雹打死的，比以色列人用刀殺死的還多。
日月停止
12 那時，就是耶和華把亞摩利人交給以色列人的時候，約書亞在以色列人面前對耶和華說：
“太陽啊，停在基遍；
月亮啊，停在亞雅崙谷。”
13 於是太陽停住，月亮站住，直到以色列人在仇敵的身上報了仇。這事不是寫在《雅煞珥書》上嗎？太陽在天空中站住，不急速下落，約有一整天。 14 在這日以前或這日以後，耶和華聽人的禱告，沒有像這日一樣的，因為耶和華為以色列作戰。 15 後來，約書亞和眾以色列人回到吉甲營那裡去。
生擒五王就地正法
16 那五個王逃跑了，躲藏在瑪基大洞裡。 17 有人告訴約書亞，說：“那五個王已經找到了，都躲藏在瑪基大洞裡。” 18 約書亞說：“你們把幾塊大石頭輥到洞口那裡去，並派人到洞口去看守他們。 19 你們卻不可站著，要追趕你們的仇敵，從後面擊殺他們，不可讓他們逃進自己的城中，因為耶和華你們的 神已經把他們交在你們的手裡了。” 20 約書亞和以色列人把他們殺得慘敗，直到把他們滅絕為止，那些逃脫的人都逃進設防的城裡； 21 眾以色列人都平平安安回到瑪基大營中約書亞那裡。沒有人敢說話攻擊以色列人。
22 約書亞說：“你們打開洞口，把那五個王從洞裡拉出來，帶到我這裡來。” 23 眾人就照著執行，他們把那五個王，就是耶路撒冷王、希伯崙王、耶末王、拉吉王和伊磯倫王，從洞裡拉出來，帶到約書亞那裡去。 24 眾人把那五個王帶到約書亞那裡去的時候，約書亞把所有的以色列人都召了來，對那些與他同去作戰的軍長說：“你們走前來，把腳踏在這些王的頸項上。”他們就走前來，把腳踏在那些王的頸項上。 25 約書亞對他們說：“你們不要懼怕，不要驚慌；總要堅強勇敢，因為耶和華必這樣對待你們要攻打的所有仇敵。” 26 隨後，約書亞把那五個王殺死，懸在五棵樹上；他們就懸在樹上，直到晚上。 27 到了日落的時候，約書亞吩咐人把他們從樹上取下來，丟在他們躲藏過的洞裡，把幾塊大石頭放在洞口；這些石頭一直存到今日。
約書亞攻取南部各城
28 在那天，約書亞佔領了瑪基大，用刀擊殺了那城的人和那城的王，把城中所有的人完全毀滅，不容一人逃脫；他對待瑪基大王就像對待耶利哥王一樣。
29 約書亞和跟他在一起的眾以色列人從瑪基大往立拿去，攻打立拿。 30 耶和華把立拿和立拿的王也交在以色列人手裡，約書亞用刀攻擊那城，殺了城裡所有的人，不容一人逃脫；他對待立拿王就像對待耶利哥王一樣。
31 約書亞和跟他在一起的眾以色列人從立拿往拉吉去，對著拉吉安營，攻打這城。 32 耶和華把拉吉交在以色列人手裡，第二天約書亞就佔領了拉吉，用刀攻擊那城，殺了城中所有的人，跟他對立拿所行的一切一樣。
33 那時，基色王荷蘭上來幫助拉吉，約書亞就把他和他的人民都擊殺了，沒有留下一人。
34 約書亞和與他在一起的眾以色列人從拉吉往伊磯倫去，對著伊磯倫安營，攻打這城。 35 那一天，他們佔領了這城，用刀攻擊那城，殺了城中所有的人；那一天約書亞把他們完全毀滅，跟他對拉吉所行的一切一樣。
36 約書亞和與他在一起的眾以色列人從伊磯倫上希伯崙去，攻打這城。 37 他們佔領了這城，用刀攻擊這城，殺了這城的王，又攻擊屬於這城的城鎮，殺了城中所有的人，不容一人逃脫，跟他對伊磯倫所行的一切一樣，把這城和城中所有的人完全毀滅。
38 約書亞和與他在一起的眾以色列人回到了底璧，攻打這城。 39 約書亞佔領了這城，抓住這城的王，又佔領了屬於這城的一切城鎮；以色列人用刀擊殺他們，把城中所有的人都毀滅了；約書亞不容一人逃脫，他怎樣對待希伯崙，也照樣對待底璧和底璧的王；也好像他對待立拿和立拿的王一樣。
40 這樣，約書亞擊殺了全地的人，就是山地、南地、高原和山坡的人，以及那些地方所有的王，不容一人逃脫；約書亞照著耶和華以色列的 神的吩咐，把有氣息的都完全毀滅了。 41 約書亞從加低斯．巴尼亞擊殺他們，直到迦薩，又從歌珊全地擊殺他們，直到基遍。 42 約書亞在這一次戰役中擊敗了這些王和佔領了他們的地，是因為耶和華以色列的 神為以色列作戰。 43 於是約書亞和與他在一起的眾以色列人回到吉甲營中。
約書亞戰勝北方聯盟
11 夏瑣王耶賓一聽見這些事，就派人去見瑪頓王約巴、伸崙王、押煞王， 2 以及住在北方山地、基尼烈南邊的亞拉巴、高原和西邊多珥高地的眾王， 3 又去見在東方和西方的迦南人，住在山地的亞摩利人、赫人、比利洗人和耶布斯人，以及米斯巴地黑門山下的希未人。 4 這些王與他們所有的軍隊都一同出來，人數眾多，好像海邊的沙，還有很多馬匹和車輛。 5 這些王都聯合起來，來到米倫水邊，在那裡一起安營，要與以色列人作戰。
6 耶和華對約書亞說：“你不要因他們懼怕，因為明天這個時候，我必使他們全數在以色列人面前被殺；你要砍斷他們的馬蹄筋，焚燒他們的車輛。” 7 於是約書亞和所有與他在一起能作戰的人，在米倫水邊突然迫近，攻打他們。 8 耶和華把他們交在以色列人手裡，以色列人就擊殺他們，追趕他們直到西頓大城、米斯利弗．瑪音，以及在東邊的米斯巴谷；以色列人擊殺他們，沒有留下一個。 9 約書亞照著耶和華吩咐他的對待他們；他砍斷了他們的馬蹄筋，用火燒了他們的車輛。
10 那時，約書亞轉回來，佔領了夏瑣，用刀擊殺了夏瑣王，因為夏瑣在這些國中素來是為首的。 11 以色列人用刀擊殺了城中所有的人，把他們完全毀滅；有氣息的一個也沒有留下；約書亞又放火燒了夏瑣。 12 約書亞奪取了那些王的一切城鎮，又擒獲那些城鎮所有的王；他用刀擊殺了他們，把一切完全毀滅，正如耶和華僕人摩西所吩咐的。 13 至於那些立在土丘上的城，除了夏瑣以外，以色列人都沒有焚燒；約書亞只燒了夏瑣。 14 那些城所有的戰利品和牲畜，以色列人都據為己有；只是把所有的人都用刀擊殺了，直到把他們殺盡；有氣息的，他們沒有留下一個。 15 耶和華怎樣吩咐他的僕人摩西，摩西就怎樣吩咐約書亞，約書亞也照樣行了；耶和華吩咐摩西的一切，約書亞沒有一樣不辦妥的。
約書亞攻取各地
16 這樣，約書亞奪取了那整個地區，就是山地、整個南地、歌珊全地、高原、亞拉巴、以色列山地和山地的高原； 17 從延伸至西珥的哈拉山，直到黑門山下黎巴嫩谷的巴力．迦得；約書亞擒獲了那些地方所有的王，擊打他們，把他們都殺死了。 18 約書亞和這些王作戰了很多的日子。 19 除了住在基遍的希未人以外，沒有一座城與以色列人議和的；所有其他的城都是以色列人作戰奪取的。 20 因為這是出於耶和華的旨意，他使他們心裡剛硬，要與以色列人交戰，好把他們完全毀滅，使他們不蒙憐憫，卻要被消滅，正如耶和華吩咐摩西的。
21 那時約書亞來了，把在山地、希伯崙、底璧、亞拿伯、整個猶大山地、整個以色列山地所有的亞衲族人都剪除了。約書亞把他們與他們的城鎮都完全毀滅了。 22 在以色列人的境內，沒有留下一個亞衲族人，只在迦薩、迦特和亞實突還有餘下的。 23 這樣，約書亞照著耶和華吩咐摩西的一切話，奪取了那全地；於是，約書亞按著以色列的支派把地分給他們作產業。全地也就止息了戰爭。
Joshua 8-11
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Joshua 8-11
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Ai Destroyed
8 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid;(A) do not be discouraged.(B) Take the whole army(C) with you, and go up and attack Ai.(D) For I have delivered(E) into your hands the king of Ai, his people, his city and his land. 2 You shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder(F) and livestock for yourselves.(G) Set an ambush(H) behind the city.”
3 So Joshua and the whole army moved out to attack Ai. He chose thirty thousand of his best fighting men and sent them out at night 4 with these orders: “Listen carefully. You are to set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from it. All of you be on the alert. 5 I and all those with me will advance on the city, and when the men come out against us, as they did before, we will flee from them. 6 They will pursue us until we have lured them away from the city, for they will say, ‘They are running away from us as they did before.’ So when we flee from them, 7 you are to rise up from ambush and take the city. The Lord your God will give it into your hand.(I) 8 When you have taken the city, set it on fire.(J) Do what the Lord has commanded.(K) See to it; you have my orders.”
9 Then Joshua sent them off, and they went to the place of ambush(L) and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai—but Joshua spent that night with the people.
10 Early the next morning(M) Joshua mustered his army, and he and the leaders of Israel(N) marched before them to Ai. 11 The entire force that was with him marched up and approached the city and arrived in front of it. They set up camp north of Ai, with the valley between them and the city. 12 Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city. 13 So the soldiers took up their positions—with the main camp to the north of the city and the ambush to the west of it. That night Joshua went into the valley.
14 When the king of Ai saw this, he and all the men of the city hurried out early in the morning to meet Israel in battle at a certain place overlooking the Arabah.(O) But he did not know(P) that an ambush had been set against him behind the city. 15 Joshua and all Israel let themselves be driven back(Q) before them, and they fled toward the wilderness.(R) 16 All the men of Ai were called to pursue them, and they pursued Joshua and were lured away(S) from the city. 17 Not a man remained in Ai or Bethel who did not go after Israel. They left the city open and went in pursuit of Israel.
18 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Hold out toward Ai the javelin(T) that is in your hand,(U) for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out toward the city the javelin that was in his hand.(V) 19 As soon as he did this, the men in the ambush rose quickly(W) from their position and rushed forward. They entered the city and captured it and quickly set it on fire.(X)
20 The men of Ai looked back and saw the smoke of the city rising up into the sky,(Y) but they had no chance to escape in any direction; the Israelites who had been fleeing toward the wilderness had turned back against their pursuers. 21 For when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city and that smoke was going up from it, they turned around(Z) and attacked the men of Ai. 22 Those in the ambush also came out of the city against them, so that they were caught in the middle, with Israelites on both sides. Israel cut them down, leaving them neither survivors nor fugitives.(AA) 23 But they took the king of Ai alive(AB) and brought him to Joshua.
24 When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai in the fields and in the wilderness where they had chased them, and when every one of them had been put to the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and killed those who were in it. 25 Twelve thousand men and women fell that day—all the people of Ai.(AC) 26 For Joshua did not draw back the hand that held out his javelin(AD) until he had destroyed[a](AE) all who lived in Ai.(AF) 27 But Israel did carry off for themselves the livestock and plunder of this city, as the Lord had instructed Joshua.(AG)
28 So Joshua burned(AH) Ai[b](AI) and made it a permanent heap of ruins,(AJ) a desolate place to this day.(AK) 29 He impaled the body of the king of Ai on a pole and left it there until evening. At sunset,(AL) Joshua ordered them to take the body from the pole and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And they raised a large pile of rocks(AM) over it, which remains to this day.
The Covenant Renewed at Mount Ebal
30 Then Joshua built on Mount Ebal(AN) an altar(AO) to the Lord, the God of Israel, 31 as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses—an altar of uncut stones, on which no iron tool(AP) had been used. On it they offered to the Lord burnt offerings and sacrificed fellowship offerings.(AQ) 32 There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua wrote on stones a copy of the law of Moses.(AR) 33 All the Israelites, with their elders, officials and judges, were standing on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the Lord, facing the Levitical(AS) priests who carried it. Both the foreigners living among them and the native-born(AT) were there. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal,(AU) as Moses the servant of the Lord had formerly commanded when he gave instructions to bless the people of Israel.
34 Afterward, Joshua read all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses—just as it is written in the Book of the Law.(AV) 35 There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua did not read to the whole assembly of Israel, including the women and children, and the foreigners who lived among them.(AW)
The Gibeonite Deception
9 Now when all the kings west of the Jordan heard about these things—the kings in the hill country,(AX) in the western foothills, and along the entire coast of the Mediterranean Sea(AY) as far as Lebanon(AZ) (the kings of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites,(BA) Hivites(BB) and Jebusites)(BC)— 2 they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.
3 However, when the people of Gibeon(BD) heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,(BE) 4 they resorted to a ruse: They went as a delegation whose donkeys were loaded[c] with worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended. 5 They put worn and patched sandals on their feet and wore old clothes. All the bread of their food supply was dry and moldy. 6 Then they went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal(BF) and said to him and the Israelites, “We have come from a distant country;(BG) make a treaty(BH) with us.”
7 The Israelites said to the Hivites,(BI) “But perhaps you live near us, so how can we make a treaty(BJ) with you?”
8 “We are your servants,(BK)” they said to Joshua.
But Joshua asked, “Who are you and where do you come from?”
9 They answered: “Your servants have come from a very distant country(BL) because of the fame of the Lord your God. For we have heard reports(BM) of him: all that he did in Egypt,(BN) 10 and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan—Sihon king of Heshbon,(BO) and Og king of Bashan,(BP) who reigned in Ashtaroth.(BQ) 11 And our elders and all those living in our country said to us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go and meet them and say to them, “We are your servants; make a treaty with us.”’ 12 This bread of ours was warm when we packed it at home on the day we left to come to you. But now see how dry and moldy it is. 13 And these wineskins that we filled were new, but see how cracked they are. And our clothes and sandals are worn out by the very long journey.”
14 The Israelites sampled their provisions but did not inquire(BR) of the Lord. 15 Then Joshua made a treaty of peace(BS) with them to let them live,(BT) and the leaders of the assembly ratified it by oath.
16 Three days after they made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites heard that they were neighbors, living near(BU) them. 17 So the Israelites set out and on the third day came to their cities: Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth(BV) and Kiriath Jearim.(BW) 18 But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the assembly had sworn an oath(BX) to them by the Lord, the God of Israel.
The whole assembly grumbled(BY) against the leaders, 19 but all the leaders answered, “We have given them our oath by the Lord, the God of Israel, and we cannot touch them now. 20 This is what we will do to them: We will let them live, so that God’s wrath will not fall on us for breaking the oath(BZ) we swore to them.” 21 They continued, “Let them live,(CA) but let them be woodcutters and water carriers(CB) in the service of the whole assembly.” So the leaders’ promise to them was kept.
22 Then Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said, “Why did you deceive us by saying, ‘We live a long way(CC) from you,’ while actually you live near(CD) us? 23 You are now under a curse:(CE) You will never be released from service as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
24 They answered Joshua, “Your servants were clearly told(CF) how the Lord your God had commanded his servant Moses to give you the whole land and to wipe out all its inhabitants from before you. So we feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we did this. 25 We are now in your hands.(CG) Do to us whatever seems good and right(CH) to you.”
26 So Joshua saved them from the Israelites, and they did not kill them. 27 That day he made the Gibeonites(CI) woodcutters and water carriers(CJ) for the assembly, to provide for the needs of the altar of the Lord at the place the Lord would choose.(CK) And that is what they are to this day.
The Sun Stands Still
10 Now Adoni-Zedek(CL) king of Jerusalem(CM) heard that Joshua had taken Ai(CN) and totally destroyed[d](CO) it, doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king, and that the people of Gibeon(CP) had made a treaty of peace(CQ) with Israel and had become their allies. 2 He and his people were very much alarmed at this, because Gibeon was an important city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were good fighters. 3 So Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem appealed to Hoham king of Hebron,(CR) Piram king of Jarmuth,(CS) Japhia king of Lachish(CT) and Debir(CU) king of Eglon.(CV) 4 “Come up and help me attack Gibeon,” he said, “because it has made peace(CW) with Joshua and the Israelites.”
5 Then the five kings(CX) of the Amorites(CY)—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and Eglon—joined forces. They moved up with all their troops and took up positions against Gibeon and attacked it.
6 The Gibeonites then sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal:(CZ) “Do not abandon your servants. Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us, because all the Amorite kings from the hill country have joined forces against us.”
7 So Joshua marched up from Gilgal with his entire army,(DA) including all the best fighting men. 8 The Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid(DB) of them; I have given them into your hand.(DC) Not one of them will be able to withstand you.”(DD)
9 After an all-night march from Gilgal, Joshua took them by surprise. 10 The Lord threw them into confusion(DE) before Israel,(DF) so Joshua and the Israelites defeated them completely at Gibeon.(DG) Israel pursued them along the road going up to Beth Horon(DH) and cut them down all the way to Azekah(DI) and Makkedah.(DJ) 11 As they fled before Israel on the road down from Beth Horon to Azekah, the Lord hurled large hailstones(DK) down on them,(DL) and more of them died from the hail than were killed by the swords of the Israelites.
12 On the day the Lord gave the Amorites(DM) over to Israel, Joshua said to the Lord in the presence of Israel:
“Sun, stand still over Gibeon,
and you, moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.(DN)”
13 So the sun stood still,(DO)
and the moon stopped,
till the nation avenged itself on[e] its enemies,
as it is written in the Book of Jashar.(DP)
The sun stopped(DQ) in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day. 14 There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the Lord listened to a human being. Surely the Lord was fighting(DR) for Israel!
15 Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.(DS)
Five Amorite Kings Killed
16 Now the five kings had fled(DT) and hidden in the cave at Makkedah. 17 When Joshua was told that the five kings had been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah, 18 he said, “Roll large rocks up to the mouth of the cave, and post some men there to guard it. 19 But don’t stop; pursue your enemies! Attack them from the rear and don’t let them reach their cities, for the Lord your God has given them into your hand.”
20 So Joshua and the Israelites defeated them completely,(DU) but a few survivors managed to reach their fortified cities.(DV) 21 The whole army then returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah, and no one uttered a word against the Israelites.
22 Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring those five kings out to me.” 23 So they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and Eglon. 24 When they had brought these kings(DW) to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had come with him, “Come here and put your feet(DX) on the necks of these kings.” So they came forward and placed their feet(DY) on their necks.
25 Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Be strong and courageous.(DZ) This is what the Lord will do to all the enemies you are going to fight.” 26 Then Joshua put the kings to death and exposed their bodies on five poles, and they were left hanging on the poles until evening.
27 At sunset(EA) Joshua gave the order and they took them down from the poles and threw them into the cave where they had been hiding. At the mouth of the cave they placed large rocks, which are there to this day.(EB)
Southern Cities Conquered
28 That day Joshua took Makkedah. He put the city and its king to the sword and totally destroyed everyone in it. He left no survivors.(EC) And he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.(ED)
29 Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah(EE) and attacked it. 30 The Lord also gave that city and its king into Israel’s hand. The city and everyone in it Joshua put to the sword. He left no survivors there. And he did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.
31 Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Libnah to Lachish;(EF) he took up positions against it and attacked it. 32 The Lord gave Lachish into Israel’s hands, and Joshua took it on the second day. The city and everyone in it he put to the sword, just as he had done to Libnah. 33 Meanwhile, Horam king of Gezer(EG) had come up to help Lachish, but Joshua defeated him and his army—until no survivors were left.
34 Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Lachish to Eglon;(EH) they took up positions against it and attacked it. 35 They captured it that same day and put it to the sword and totally destroyed everyone in it, just as they had done to Lachish.
36 Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron(EI) and attacked it. 37 They took the city and put it to the sword, together with its king, its villages and everyone(EJ) in it. They left no survivors. Just as at Eglon, they totally destroyed it and everyone in it.
38 Then Joshua and all Israel with him turned around and attacked Debir.(EK) 39 They took the city, its king and its villages, and put them to the sword. Everyone in it they totally destroyed. They left no survivors. They did to Debir and its king as they had done to Libnah and its king and to Hebron.(EL)
40 So Joshua subdued the whole region, including the hill country, the Negev,(EM) the western foothills and the mountain slopes,(EN) together with all their kings.(EO) He left no survivors. He totally destroyed all who breathed, just as the Lord, the God of Israel, had commanded.(EP) 41 Joshua subdued them from Kadesh Barnea(EQ) to Gaza(ER) and from the whole region of Goshen(ES) to Gibeon. 42 All these kings and their lands Joshua conquered in one campaign, because the Lord, the God of Israel, fought(ET) for Israel.
43 Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.(EU)
Northern Kings Defeated
11 When Jabin(EV) king of Hazor(EW) heard of this, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon, to the kings of Shimron(EX) and Akshaph,(EY) 2 and to the northern kings who were in the mountains, in the Arabah(EZ) south of Kinnereth,(FA) in the western foothills and in Naphoth Dor(FB) on the west; 3 to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites(FC) and Jebusites in the hill country;(FD) and to the Hivites(FE) below Hermon(FF) in the region of Mizpah.(FG) 4 They came out with all their troops and a large number of horses and chariots—a huge army, as numerous as the sand on the seashore.(FH) 5 All these kings joined forces(FI) and made camp together at the Waters of Merom(FJ) to fight against Israel.
6 The Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, because by this time tomorrow I will hand(FK) all of them, slain, over to Israel. You are to hamstring(FL) their horses and burn their chariots.”(FM)
7 So Joshua and his whole army came against them suddenly at the Waters of Merom and attacked them, 8 and the Lord gave them into the hand of Israel. They defeated them and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon,(FN) to Misrephoth Maim,(FO) and to the Valley of Mizpah on the east, until no survivors were left. 9 Joshua did to them as the Lord had directed: He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.
10 At that time Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword.(FP) (Hazor had been the head of all these kingdoms.) 11 Everyone in it they put to the sword. They totally destroyed[f] them,(FQ) not sparing anyone that breathed,(FR) and he burned(FS) Hazor itself.
12 Joshua took all these royal cities and their kings and put them to the sword. He totally destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded.(FT) 13 Yet Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds—except Hazor, which Joshua burned. 14 The Israelites carried off for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but all the people they put to the sword until they completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone that breathed.(FU) 15 As the Lord commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did it; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses.(FV)
16 So Joshua took this entire land: the hill country,(FW) all the Negev,(FX) the whole region of Goshen, the western foothills,(FY) the Arabah and the mountains of Israel with their foothills, 17 from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir,(FZ) to Baal Gad(GA) in the Valley of Lebanon(GB) below Mount Hermon.(GC) He captured all their kings and put them to death.(GD) 18 Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long time. 19 Except for the Hivites(GE) living in Gibeon,(GF) not one city made a treaty of peace(GG) with the Israelites, who took them all in battle. 20 For it was the Lord himself who hardened their hearts(GH) to wage war against Israel, so that he might destroy them totally, exterminating them without mercy, as the Lord had commanded Moses.(GI)
21 At that time Joshua went and destroyed the Anakites(GJ) from the hill country: from Hebron, Debir(GK) and Anab,(GL) from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel. Joshua totally destroyed them and their towns. 22 No Anakites were left in Israelite territory; only in Gaza,(GM) Gath(GN) and Ashdod(GO) did any survive.
23 So Joshua took the entire land,(GP) just as the Lord had directed Moses, and he gave it as an inheritance(GQ) to Israel according to their tribal divisions.(GR) Then the land had rest(GS) from war.(GT)
Footnotes
- Joshua 8:26 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
- Joshua 8:28 Ai means the ruin.
- Joshua 9:4 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint) They prepared provisions and loaded their donkeys
- Joshua 10:1 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verses 28, 35, 37, 39 and 40.
- Joshua 10:13 Or nation triumphed over
- Joshua 11:11 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verses 12, 20 and 21.
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