When King Adoni-zedek of Jerusalem learned that Joshua had captured Ai and proscribed it, treating Ai and its king as he had treated Jericho and its king, and that, moreover, the inhabitants of Gibeon had come to terms with Israel and remained among them,
he wasahe was Heb. “they were.” very frightened. For Gibeon was a large city, like one of the royal cities—in fact, larger than Ai—and all its men were warriors.
The five Amorite kings—the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, with all their armies—joined forces and marched on Gibeon, and encamped against it and attacked it.
The people of Gibeon thereupon sent this message to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not fail your servants; come up quickly and aid us and deliver us, for all the Amorite kings of the hill country have gathered against us.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
וישלחו
360
אנשי
361
גבעון
131
אליהושע
422
אלהמחנה
139
הגלגלה
76
לאמר
271
אלתרף
711
ידיך
44
מעבדיך
146
עלה
105
אלינו
97
מהרה
250
והושיעה
402
לנו
86
ועזרנו
339
כי
30
נקבצו
248
אלינו
97
כלמלכי
150
האמרי
256
ישבי
322
ההר
210
Joshua 10:7
Gematria: 1500
ויעליהושעמןהגלגלהואוכלעםהמלחמהעמווכלגבוריהחילפ
So Joshua marched up from Gilgal with all his combat troops—all the trained warriors.
GOD threw them into a panic before Israel: [Joshua] inflicted a crushing defeat on them at Gibeon, pursued them in the direction of the Beth-horon ascent, and harried them all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.
While they were fleeing before Israel down the descent from Beth-horon, GOD hurled huge stones on them from the sky, all the way to Azekah, and they perished; more perished from the hailstones than were killed by the Israelite weapons.
On that occasion, when GOD routed the Amorites before the Israelites, Joshua addressed GOD; he said in the presence of the Israelites:“Stand still, O sun, at Gibeon,O moon, in the Valley of Aijalon!”
And the sun stood stillAnd the moon halted,While a nation wreaked judgment on its foes—as is written in the Book of Jashar.bBook of Jashar Presumably a collection of war songs. Thus the sun halted in midheaven, and did not press on to set, for a whole day;
But as for the rest of you, don’t stop, but press on the heels of your enemies and harass them from the rear. Don’t let them reach their towns, for the ETERNAL your God has delivered them into your hands.”
When Joshua and the Israelites had finished dealing them a deadly blow, they were wiped out, except for some fugitives who escaped into the fortified towns.
This was done. Those five kings—the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon—were brought out to him from the cave.
And when the kings were brought out to Joshua, Joshua summoned everyone on Israel’s side and ordered the army officers who had accompanied him, “Come forward and place your feet on the necks of these kings.” They came forward and placed their feet on their necks.
Joshua said to them, “Do not be frightened or dismayed; be firm and resolute. For this is what GOD is going to do to all the enemies with whom you are at war.”
At sunset Joshua ordered them taken down from the poles and thrown into the cave in which they had hidden. Large stones were placed over the mouth of the cave, [and there they are] to this very day.
At that time Joshua captured Makkedah and put it and its king to the sword, proscribing itdit So several mss.; most mss. and the editions read “them.” and every person in it and leaving none that escaped. And he treated the king of Makkedah as he had treated the king of Jericho.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ואתמקדה
556
לכד
54
יהושע
391
ביום
58
ההוא
17
ויכה
41
לפיחרב
330
ואתמלכה
502
החרם
253
אותם
447
ואתכלהנפש
892
אשרבה
508
לא
31
השאיר
516
שריד
514
ויעש
386
למלך
120
מקדה
149
כאשר
521
עשה
375
למלך
120
יריחוס
294
Joshua 10:29
Gematria: 1959
ויעבריהושעוכלישראלעמוממקדהלבנהוילחםעםלבנה
From Makkedah, Joshua proceeded with all Israel to Libnah, and he attacked it.
GOD delivered it and its king into the hands of Israel; they put it and all the people in it to the sword, letting none escape. And he treated its king as he had treated the king of Jericho.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויתן
466
יהוה
26
גםאותה
455
ביד
16
ישראל
541
ואתמלכה
502
ויכה
41
לפיחרב
330
ואתכלהנפש
892
אשרבה
508
לאהשאיר
547
בה
7
שריד
514
ויעש
386
למלכה
125
כאשר
521
עשה
375
למלך
120
יריחוס
294
Joshua 10:31
Gematria: 2174
ויעבריהושעוכלישראלעמומלבנהלכישהויחןעליהוילחםבה
From Libnah, Joshua proceeded with all Israel to Lachish; he encamped against it and attacked it.
GOD delivered Lachish into the hands of Israel. They captured it on the second day and put it and all the people in it to the sword, just as they had done to Libnah.
They captured it and put it, its king, and all its towns, and all the people that were in it, to the sword. He let none escape, proscribing it and all the people in it, just as he had done in the case of Eglon.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וילכדוה
81
ויכוהלפיחרב
377
ואתמלכה
502
ואתכלעריה
742
ואתכלהנפש
892
אשרבה
508
לאהשאיר
547
שריד
514
ככל
70
אשרעשה
876
לעגלון
189
ויחרם
264
אותה
412
ואתכלהנפש
892
אשרבהס
568
Joshua 10:38
Gematria: 1842
וישביהושעוכלישראלעמודברהוילחםעליה
Joshua and all Israel with him then turned back to Debir and attacked it.
He captured it and its king and all its towns. They put them to the sword and proscribed all the people in it. They let none escape; just as they had done to Hebron, and as they had done to Libnah and its king, so they did to Debir and its king.
Thus Joshua conquered the whole country:ethe whole country I.e., the whole southern part of Canaan. the hill country, the Negeb, the Shephelah, and the slopes, with all their kings; he let none escape, but proscribed everything that breathed—as the ETERNAL, the God of Israel, had commanded.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויכה
41
יהושע
391
אתכלהארץ
747
ההר
210
והנגב
66
והשפלה
426
והאשדות
722
ואת
407
כלמלכיהם
195
לא
31
השאיר
516
שריד
514
ואת
407
כלהנשמה
450
החרים
263
כאשר
521
צוה
101
יהוה
26
אלהי
46
ישראל
541
Joshua 10:41
Gematria: 2707
ויכםיהושעמקדשברנעועדעזהואתכלארץגשןועדגבעון
Joshua conquered them from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, all the land of Goshen, and up to Gibeon.