⁶ The Gibeonites sent this message to Joshua in his camp at Gilgal [4:19]: “Don’t ·let us, your servants, be destroyed [abandon your servants]. Come quickly and help us! Save us! All the Amorite kings from the mountains have joined their armies and are fighting against us.”

⁷ So Joshua marched out of Gilgal with his whole army, including his best fighting men. ⁸ The Lord said to Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of those armies, because I will ·hand them over to you [^Lgive them into your hand]. None of them will be able to stand against you.”

⁹ Joshua and his army marched all night from Gilgal for a surprise attack. ¹⁰ The Lord ·confused those armies [threw them into a panic] when Israel attacked, so Israel defeated them in a great victory at Gibeon. They chased them along the road going up to Beth Horon and ·killed men [^Lstruck them down] all the way to Azekah and Makkedah. ¹¹ As they chased the enemy down the Beth Horon Pass to Azekah, the Lord threw large hailstones on them from the ·sky [heavens] and killed them. More people were killed by the hailstones than by the Israelites’ swords.