Joshua 10:9-14

The Sun Stands Still

9 So Joshua came upon them suddenly, having marched up all night from Gilgal. 10 w And the Lord threw them into a panic before Israel, who 1 struck them with a great blow at Gibeon and chased them by the way of x the ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah. 11 And as they fled before Israel, while they were x going down the ascent of Beth-horon, y the 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,
z "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 a There has been no day like it before or since, when the Lord heeded the voice of a man, for b the Lord fought for Israel.

  1. Cross References
    Judges 4:15
    And the Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army before Barak by the edge of the sword. And Sisera got down from his chariot and fled away on foot.
    1 Samuel 7:10
    As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to attack Israel. But the Lord thundered with a mighty sound that day against the Philistines and threw them into confusion, and they were routed before Israel.
    Psalms 18:14
    And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.
    Isaiah 28:21
    For the Lord will rise up as on Mount Perazim; as in the Valley of Gibeon he will be roused; to do his deed - strange is his deed! and to work his work - alien is his work!
  2. Cross References
    Joshua 16:3
    Then it goes down westward to the territory of ...
    Joshua 16:5
    The territory of the people of Ephraim by their...
    Joshua 18:13 - 14
    From there the boundary passes along southward ...
    1 Kings 9:17
    So Solomon rebuilt Gezer) and Lower Beth-horon
    1 Chronicles 7:24
    His daughter was Sheerah, who built both Lower ...
    2 Chronicles 8:5
    He also built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-h...
  3. Cross References
    Joshua 10:10
    And the Lord threw them into a panic before Israel, who struck them with a great blow at Gibeon and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 18:12 - 14
    Out of the brightness before him hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.
    Isaiah 30:30
    And the Lord will cause his majestic voice to be heard and the descending blow of his arm to be seen, in furious anger and a flame of devouring fire, with a cloudburst and storm and hailstones.
    Revelation 16:21
    And great hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, fell from heaven on people; and they cursed God for the plague of the hail, because the plague was so severe.
  5. Cross References
    Habakkuk 3:11
    The sun and moon stood still in their place at the light of your arrows as they sped, at the flash of your glittering spear.
    Isaiah 28:21
    For the Lord will rise up as on Mount Perazim; as in the Valley of Gibeon he will be roused; to do his deed - strange is his deed! and to work his work - alien is his work!
  6. Cross References
    Isaiah 38:8
    Behold, I will make the shadow cast by the declining sun on the dial of Ahaz turn back ten steps." So the sun turned back on the dial the ten steps by which it had declined.
    2 Kings 20:11
    And Isaiah the prophet called to the Lord, and he brought the shadow back ten steps, by which it had gone down on the steps of Ahaz.
  7. Cross References
    Joshua 10:42
    And Joshua captured all these kings and their land at one time, because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.
    Joshua 23:3
    And you have seen all that the Lord your God has done to all these nations for your sake, for it is the Lord your God who has fought for you.
    Joshua 23:10
    One man of you puts to flight a thousand, since it is the Lord your God who fights for you, just as he promised you.
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