Joshua 10
1 and to be like/as to hear: hear Adoni-zedek Adoni-zedek king Jerusalem for to capture Joshua [obj] [the] Ai and to devote/destroy her like/as as which to make: do to/for Jericho and to/for king her so to make: do to/for Ai and to/for king her and for to ally to dwell Gibeon with Israel and to be in/on/with entrails: among their
Later, Adonizedek, the king of Jerusalem, heard that Joshua’s army had captured Ai [town] and had destroyed everything in the town. He heard that they had done to the people of Ai and to their king the same thing that they had done to the people of Jericho and their king. He also heard that the people of Gibeon [city] had made a peace treaty with the Israeli people, and that the people of Gibeon were now living near the Israelis and being protected by them.
2 and to fear much for city great: large Gibeon like/as one city [the] kingdom and for he/she/it great: large from [the] Ai and all human her mighty man
Because of that, he and the people whom he ruled became very afraid, because Gibeon was an important city, like the other cities that had kings. And [even though] Gibeon was a larger city than Ai and all its soldiers were good fighters, [they thought Joshua’s army might defeat them].
3 and to send: depart Adoni-zedek Adoni-zedek king Jerusalem to(wards) Hoham king Hebron and to(wards) Piram king Jarmuth and to(wards) Japhia king Lachish and to(wards) Debir king Eglon to/for to say
So King Adonizedek sent a message to Hosham the king of Hebron [city], to Piram the king of Jarmuth [city], to Jarmuth the king of Lachish [city], and to Debir the king of Eglon [city].
4 to ascend: rise to(wards) me and to help me and to smite [obj] Gibeon for to ally with Joshua and with son: descendant/people Israel
In the message he said, “Please come up with your armies and help me to attack Gibeon, because the people of Gibeon have made a peace treaty with Joshua and the Israelis.”
5 and to gather and to ascend: rise five king [the] Amorite king Jerusalem king Hebron king Jarmuth king Lachish king Eglon they(masc.) and all camp their and to camp upon Gibeon and to fight upon her
So those five kings who ruled all the groups who were descendants of Amor—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Debir—came up with all of their soldiers and surrounded the city. Then they prepared to attack it.
6 and to send: depart human Gibeon to(wards) Joshua to(wards) [the] camp [the] Gilgal [to] to/for to say not to slacken hand your from servant/slave your to ascend: rise to(wards) us haste and to save [emph?] to/for us and to help us for to gather to(wards) us all king [the] Amorite to dwell [the] mountain: hill country
So the people of Gibeon sent a message to Joshua while he was in the camp at Gilgal. They said, “We are your servants. So do not forsake us. Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us, because the kings of all of the groups descended from Amor and their armies have joined their forces and have come from the hilly area to attack us!”
7 and to ascend: rise Joshua from [the] Gilgal he/she/it and all people [the] battle with him and all mighty man [the] strength
So Joshua and all his army, including the soldiers who were his best fighting men, marched up from Gilgal.
8 and to say LORD to(wards) Joshua not to fear from them for in/on/with hand: power your to give: give them not to stand: stand man: anyone from them in/on/with face: before your
Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of those armies! I will enable your army to defeat them [IDM]. None of them will be able to (resist/fight and defeat) your army.”
9 and to come (in): come to(wards) them Joshua suddenly all [the] night to ascend: rise from [the] Gilgal
Joshua’s army marched all night and arrived very early in the morning.
10 and to confuse them LORD to/for face: before Israel and to smite them wound great: large in/on/with Gibeon and to pursue them way: road ascent Beth-horon Beth-horon and to smite them till Azekah and till Makkedah
They attacked their enemies before anyone knew that they had come. Yahweh caused their enemies to (become very confused/start running in all directions) when they saw the Israeli army. As a result, the Israeli army defeated them very severely at Gibeon [and killed many of them]. The rest of them fled along the road that goes up to Beth-Horon. But the Israeli army pursued them and killed them all along the road that goes to Azekah and Makkedah towns.
11 and to be in/on/with to flee they from face: before Israel they(masc.) in/on/with descent Beth-horon Beth-horon and LORD to throw upon them stone great: large from [the] heaven till Azekah and to die many which to die in/on/with stone [the] hail from whence to kill son: descendant/people Israel in/on/with sword
As they fled in front of the Israeli army, Yahweh threw down huge hailstones from the sky. As a result, more of them died from hailstones falling on them than died as a result of the Israeli army killing them with swords.
12 then to speak: speak Joshua to/for LORD in/on/with day to give: give LORD [obj] [the] Amorite to/for face: before son: descendant/people Israel and to say to/for eye: seeing Israel sun in/on/with Gibeon to silence: stationary and moon in/on/with valley Aijalon
On the day that Yahweh enabled the Israeli army to defeat the groups who were descendants of Amor, Joshua said to Yahweh while the Israeli people were listening, “Yahweh, cause the sun to stand still over Gibeon, and cause the moon to not move when it is over Aijalon Valley.”
13 and to silence: stationary [the] sun and moon to stand: stand till to avenge nation enemy his not he/she/it to write upon scroll: book [the] Jashar and to stand: stand [the] sun in/on/with half [the] heaven and not to hasten to/for to come (in): (sun)set like/as day unblemished: complete
And that is what happened. The sun stood still, and the moon did not move, until the Israeli army defeated their enemies. That is what has been written in the book that Jashar wrote. The sun stopped while it was in the middle of the sky, and did not (set/go down) for about a whole day.
14 and not to be like/as day [the] he/she/it to/for face: before his and after him to/for to hear: hear LORD in/on/with voice man for LORD to fight to/for Israel
On that day Yahweh did a great miracle that someone asked him to do. There was never a day like that previously, and there has never been a day like that since. Yahweh was certainly fighting for the Israeli people!
15 and to return: return Joshua and all Israel with him to(wards) [the] camp [the] Gilgal [to]
After Joshua’s army defeated their enemies, they all returned to their camp at Gilgal.
16 and to flee five [the] king [the] these and to hide in/on/with cave in/on/with Makkedah
While the enemy soldiers were fleeing from Joshua’s army, their five kings also fled and hid in a cave at Makkedah [town].
17 and to tell to/for Joshua to/for to say to find five [the] king to hide in/on/with cave in/on/with Makkedah
Then someone told Joshua, “We found those five kings, hiding in a cave at Makkedah!”
18 and to say Joshua to roll stone great: large to(wards) lip [the] cave and to reckon: overseer upon her human to/for to keep: guard them
When Joshua heard that, he said, “Roll some very large rocks to the entrance of the cave so that the kings cannot escape, and leave some soldiers there to guard it.
19 and you(m. p.) not to stand: stand to pursue after enemy your and to cut off the tail [obj] them not to give: allow them to/for to come (in): come to(wards) city their for to give: give them LORD God your in/on/with hand: power your
But do not stay there! Pursue our enemies! Attack them from behind! Do not allow them to escape to their cities, because Yahweh, our God, will enable you to defeat/kill them. [IDM]”
20 and to be like/as to end: finish Joshua and son: descendant/people Israel to/for to smite them wound great: large much till to finish they and [the] survivor to escape from them and to come (in): come to(wards) city [the] fortification
So Joshua’s army did what he told them to do. They killed almost all of the enemy soldiers, but a few of them were able to reach their cities and be safe inside the walls of the cities.
21 and to return: return all [the] people to(wards) [the] camp to(wards) Joshua Makkedah in/on/with peace: well-being not to decide to/for son: descendant/people Israel to/for man: anyone [obj] tongue his
Then Joshua’s army returned to Joshua, who was still in their camp at Makkedah. No one in the land dared to criticize [MTY] the Israelis.
22 and to say Joshua to open [obj] lip [the] cave and to come out: send to(wards) me [obj] five [the] king [the] these from [the] cave
Then Joshua said, “Open the entrance of the cave, and bring out to me those five kings!”
23 and to make: do so and to come out: send to(wards) him [obj] five [the] king [the] these from [the] cave [obj] king Jerusalem [obj] king Hebron [obj] king Jarmuth [obj] king Lachish [obj] king Eglon
So the soldiers brought those five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.
24 and to be like/as to come out: send they [obj] [the] king [the] these to(wards) Joshua and to call: call to Joshua to(wards) all man Israel and to say to(wards) chief human [the] battle [the] to go: went with him to present: come to set: put [obj] foot your upon neck [the] king [the] these and to present: come and to set: put [obj] foot their upon neck their
When they brought those kings to Joshua [and forced them to lie on the ground], he summoned all the Israeli soldiers, and then he said to the army commanders, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings!” So the commanders did that.
25 and to say to(wards) them Joshua not to fear and not to to be dismayed to strengthen: strengthen and to strengthen for thus to make: do LORD to/for all enemy your which you(m. p.) to fight [obj] them
Then Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid of any of our enemies! Never be discouraged! Be strong and courageous. This is what Yahweh will do to all the enemies you will fight!”
26 and to smite them Joshua after so and to die them and to hang them upon five tree and to be to hang upon [the] tree till [the] evening
Then Joshua killed each of the five kings with his sword, and told his soldiers to hang the bodies of the five kings on trees. So they did that, and they left the bodies hanging on the trees until sunset.
27 and to be to/for time to come (in): (sun)set [the] sun to command Joshua and to go down them from upon [the] tree and to throw them to(wards) [the] cave which to hide there and to set: make stone great: large upon lip [the] cave till bone: same [the] day [the] this
At sunset, Joshua told them to take the bodies down from the trees and throw them into the cave where they had been hiding. So the soldiers did that, and then they put those large rocks at the entrance of the cave again. Those rocks are still there.
28 and [obj] Makkedah to capture Joshua in/on/with day [the] he/she/it and to smite her to/for lip: edge sword and [obj] king her to devote/destroy [obj] them and [obj] all [the] soul: person which in/on/with her not to remain survivor and to make: do to/for king Makkedah like/as as which to make: do to/for king Jericho
That is how Joshua’s army attacked and captured Makkedah. They killed the king and everyone else in the town. They did not leave anyone alive. They did to the king of Makkedah the same thing that they had done to the king of Jericho.
29 and to pass Joshua and all Israel with him from Makkedah Libnah and to fight with Libnah
That same day, Joshua and his Israeli army went [southwest] from Makkedah to Libnah [city] and attacked it.
30 and to give: give LORD also [obj] her in/on/with hand: power Israel and [obj] king her and to smite her to/for lip: edge sword and [obj] all [the] soul: person which in/on/with her not to remain in/on/with her survivor and to make: do to/for king her like/as as which to make: do to/for king Jericho
Yahweh enabled the Israelis to conquer [MTY] that city and its king. They killed everyone in the city; they did not (spare anyone/allow anyone to remain alive). They killed the king of Libnah just like they had killed the king of Jericho.
31 and to pass Joshua and all Israel with him from Libnah Lachish [to] and to camp upon her and to fight in/on/with her
Then Joshua and his army went [south] from Libnah to Lachish [city]. They surrounded the city and attacked it.
32 and to give: give LORD [obj] Lachish in/on/with hand: power Israel and to capture her in/on/with day [the] second and to smite her to/for lip: edge sword and [obj] all [the] soul: person which in/on/with her like/as all which to make: do to/for Libnah
On the second day of the battle, Yahweh enabled the Israelis to conquer [MTY] the city. And like they had done at Libnah, they killed everyone [DOU] in the city.
33 then to ascend: rise Horam king Gezer to/for to help [obj] Lachish and to smite him Joshua and [obj] people his till lest to remain to/for him survivor
King Horam from Gezer [city and his army] came to help [the soldiers of] Lachish, but Joshua’s [army] defeated Horam and his army, and did not allow any of them to remain alive.
34 and to pass Joshua and all Israel with him from Lachish Eglon [to] and to camp upon her and to fight upon her
Then Joshua and his army went [west] from Lachish to Eglon [city]. They surrounded the city and attacked it.
35 and to capture her in/on/with day [the] he/she/it and to smite her to/for lip: edge sword and [obj] all [the] soul: person which in/on/with her in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to devote/destroy like/as all which to make: do to/for Lachish
On that day, they captured the city and killed [MTY] everyone in it [DOU], just like they had done at Lachish.
36 and to ascend: rise Joshua and all Israel with him from Eglon [to] Hebron [to] and to fight upon her
Then Joshua and his army went [west from Eglon] up [into the hills] to Hebron [city]. They attacked the city
37 and to capture her and to smite her to/for lip: edge sword and [obj] king her and [obj] all city her and [obj] all [the] soul: person which in/on/with her not to remain survivor like/as all which to make: do to/for Eglon and to devote/destroy [obj] her and [obj] all [the] soul: person which in/on/with her
and captured it. They killed the king and everyone else, just like they had done at Eglon. They did not allow anyone to remain alive.
38 and to return: return Joshua and all Israel with him Debir [to] and to fight upon her
Then Joshua and his army turned [south] and went to Debir [city] and attacked it.
39 and to capture her and [obj] king her and [obj] all city her and to smite them to/for lip: edge sword and to devote/destroy [obj] all soul: person which in/on/with her not to remain survivor like/as as which to make: do to/for Hebron so to make: do to/for Debir [to] and to/for king her and like/as as which to make: do to/for Libnah and to/for king her
They captured the city and its king, and also captured the nearby towns. Then they killed everyone [DOU]; they did to the people there the same thing that they had done at Hebron and Libnah.
40 and to smite Joshua [obj] all [the] land: country/planet [the] mountain: hill country and [the] Negeb and [the] Shephelah and [the] slope and [obj] all king their not to remain survivor and [obj] all [the] breath to devote/destroy like/as as which to command LORD God Israel
That is how Joshua [and his army] conquered the entire southern part of Canaan. They defeated the kings [who ruled] the hilly area, the dry southern area, the [western] foothills, and the [eastern] slopes. They killed everyone [DOU] in those areas; they did not allow anyone to remain alive.
41 and to smite them Joshua from Kadesh-barnea Kadesh-barnea and till Gaza and [obj] all land: country/planet Goshen and till Gibeon
Joshua’s soldiers captured all the cities from Kadesh-Barnea [city] in the far south to Gaza [city] near the coast, including all the Goshen area, and north to Gibeon [city].
42 and [obj] all [the] king [the] these and [obj] land: country/planet their to capture Joshua beat one for LORD God Israel to fight to/for Israel
At that one time, Joshua’s army conquered all the kings and captured all the territory that they [ruled]. They were able to do that because Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli people [worship], was fighting for them.
43 and to return: return Joshua and all Israel with him to(wards) [the] camp [the] Gilgal [to]
Then Joshua and his army returned to their camp at Gilgal.
