1 E sucedeu que, ouvindo Adoni-Zedeque, rei de Jerusalém, que Josué tomara a Ai, e a tinha destruído totalmente, e fizera a Ai, e ao seu rei, como tinha feito a Jericó e ao seu rei, e que os moradores de Gibeom fizeram paz com os israelitas, e estavam no meio deles,
2 Temeram muito, porque Gibeom era uma cidade grande, como uma das cidades reais, e ainda maior do que Ai, e todos os seus homens valentes.
3 Pelo que Adoni-Zedeque, rei de Jerusalém, enviou a Hoão, rei de Hebrom, e a Pirão, rei de Jarmute, e a Jafia, rei de Laquis e a Debir, rei de Eglom, dizendo:
4 Subi a mim, e ajudai-me, e firamos a Gibeom, porquanto fez paz com Josué e com os filhos de Israel.
5 Então se ajuntaram, e subiram cinco reis dos amorreus, o rei de Jerusalém, o rei de Hebrom, o rei de Jarmute, o rei de Laquis, o rei de Eglom, eles e todos os seus exércitos; e sitiaram a Gibeom e pelejaram contra ela.
6 Enviaram, pois, os homens de Gibeom a Josué, ao arraial de Gilgal, dizendo: Não retires as tuas mãos de teus servos; sobe apressadamente a nós, e livra-nos e ajuda-nos, porquanto todos os reis dos amorreus, que habitam na montanha, se ajuntaram contra nós.
7 Então subiu Josué, de Gilgal, ele e toda a gente de guerra com ele, e todos os homens valorosos.
8 E o Senhor disse a Josué: Não os temas, porque os tenho dado na tua mão; nenhum deles te poderá resistir.
9 E Josué lhes sobreveio de repente, porque toda a noite veio subindo desde Gilgal.
10 E o Senhor os conturbou diante de Israel, e os feriu com grande matança em Gibeom; e perseguiu-os pelo caminho que sobe a Bete-Horom, e feriu-os até Azeca e a Maquedá.
11 E sucedeu que fugindo eles de diante de Israel, à descida de Bete-Horom, o Senhor lançou sobre eles, do céu, grandes pedras, até Azeca, e morreram; e foram muitos mais os que morreram das pedras da saraiva do que os que os filhos de Israel mataram à espada.
12 Então Josué falou ao Senhor, no dia em que o Senhor deu os amorreus nas mãos dos filhos de Israel, e disse na presença dos israelitas: Sol, detém-te em Gibeom, e tu, lua, no vale de Ajalom.
13 E o sol se deteve, e a lua parou, até que o povo se vingou de seus inimigos. Isto não está escrito no livro de Jasher? O sol, pois, se deteve no meio do céu, e não se apressou a pôr-se, quase um dia inteiro.
14 E não houve dia semelhante a este, nem antes nem depois dele, ouvindo o Senhor assim a voz de um homem; porque o Senhor pelejava por Israel.
15 E voltou Josué, e todo o Israel com ele, ao arraial, em Gilgal.
16 Aqueles cinco reis, porém, fugiram, e se esconderam numa cova em Maquedá.
17 E foi anunciado a Josué, dizendo: Acharam-se os cinco reis escondidos numa cova em Maquedá.
18 Disse, pois, Josué: Arrastai grandes pedras à boca da cova, e ponde sobre ela homens que os guardem;
19 Porém vós não vos detenhais; persegui os vossos inimigos, e atacai os que vão ficando atrás; não os deixeis entrar nas suas cidades, porque o Senhor vosso Deus já vo-los deu na vossa mão.
20 E sucedeu que, acabando Josué e os filhos de Israel de os ferir com grande matança, até consumi-los, e os que ficaram deles se retiraram às cidades fortificadas,
21 Todo o povo voltou em paz a Josué, ao arraial em Maquedá; não havendo ninguém que movesse a sua língua contra os filhos de Israel.
22 Depois disse Josué: Abri a boca da cova, e trazei-me para fora aqueles cinco reis.
23 Fizeram, pois, assim, e trouxeram-lhe aqueles cinco reis para fora da cova: o rei de Jerusalém, o rei de Hebrom, o rei de Jarmute, o rei de Laquis e o rei de Eglom.
24 E sucedeu que, trazendo aqueles reis a Josué, este chamou todos os homens de Israel, e disse aos capitães dos homens de guerra, que foram com ele: Chegai, ponde os vossos pés sobre os pescoços destes reis. E chegaram, e puseram os seus pés sobre os pescoços deles.
25 Então Josué lhes disse: Não temais, nem vos espanteis; esforçai-vos e animai-vos; porque assim o fará o Senhor a todos os vossos inimigos, contra os quais pelejardes.
26 E, depois disto, Josué os feriu, e os matou, e os enforcou em cinco madeiros; e ficaram enforcados nos madeiros até à tarde.
27 E sucedeu que, ao pôr do sol, deu Josué ordem que os tirassem dos madeiros; e lançaram-nos na cova onde se esconderam; e puseram grandes pedras à boca da cova, que ainda ali estão até o dia de hoje.
28 E naquele mesmo dia tomou Josué a Maquedá, e feriu-a a fio de espada, bem como ao seu rei; totalmente a destruiu com todos que nela havia, sem nada deixar; e fez ao rei de Maquedá como fizera ao rei de Jericó.
29 Então Josué, e todo o Israel com ele, passou de Maquedá a Libna e pelejou contra ela.
30 E também o Senhor a deu na mão de Israel, a ela e a seu rei, e a feriu a fio de espada, a ela e a todos que nela estavam; sem nada deixar; e fez ao seu rei como fizera ao rei de Jericó.
31 Então Josué, e todo o Israel com ele, passou de Libna a Laquis; e a sitiou, e pelejou contra ela;
32 E o Senhor deu a Laquis nas mãos de Israel, e tomou-a no dia seguinte e a feriu a fio de espada, a ela e a todos os que nela estavam, conforme a tudo o que fizera a Libna.
33 Então Horão, rei de Gezer, subiu a ajudar a Laquis, porém Josué o feriu, a ele e ao seu povo, até não lhe deixar nem sequer um.
34 E Josué, e todo o Israel com ele, passou de Laquis a Eglom, e a sitiaram, e pelejaram contra ela.
35 E no mesmo dia a tomaram, e a feriram a fio de espada; e a todos os que nela estavam, destruiu totalmente no mesmo dia, conforme a tudo o que fizera a Laquis.
36 Depois Josué, e todo o Israel com ele, subiu de Eglom a Hebrom, e pelejaram contra ela.
37 E a tomaram, e a feriram ao fio de espada, assim ao seu rei como a todas as suas cidades; e a todos os que nelas estavam, a ninguém deixou com vida, conforme a tudo o que fizera a Eglom; e a destruiu totalmente, a ela e a todos os que nela estavam.
38 Então Josué, e todo o Israel com ele, tornou a Debir, e pelejou contra ela.
39 E tomou-a com o seu rei, e a todas as suas cidades, e as feriu a fio de espada, e a todos os que nelas estavam destruiu totalmente; nada deixou; como fizera a Hebrom, assim fez a Debir e ao seu rei, e como fizera a Libna e ao seu rei.
40 Assim feriu Josué toda aquela terra, as montanhas, o sul, e as campinas, e as descidas das águas, e a todos os seus reis; nada deixou; mas tudo o que tinha fôlego destruiu, como ordenara o Senhor Deus de Israel.
41 E Josué os feriu desde Cades-Barnéia, até Gaza, como também toda a terra de Gósen, e até Gibeom.
42 E de uma vez tomou Josué todos estes reis, e as suas terras; porquanto o Senhor Deus de Israel pelejava por Israel.
43 Então Josué, e todo o Israel com ele, voltou ao arraial em Gilgal.
1 Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it, as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king, and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had m
2 that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men of it were mighty.
3 Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, and to Piram king of Jarmuth, and to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying,
4 Come up to me, and help me, and let us smite Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and with the sons of Israel.
5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their armies, and encamped ag
6 And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants. Come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us, for all the kings of the Amorites who dwell in the hill-country are gathered
7 So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valor.
8 And LORD said to Joshua, Fear them not, for I have delivered them into thy hands. There shall not a man of them stand before thee.
9 Joshua therefore came upon them suddenly, [for] he went up from Gilgal all the night.
10 And LORD discomfited them before Israel, and he killed them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and to Makkedah.
11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horon, that LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them to Azekah, and they died. More died with the hailstones than those whom the
12 Then Joshua spoke to LORD in the day when LORD delivered up the Amorites before the sons of Israel. And he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.
13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jashar? And the sun stayed in the midst of heaven, and hastened not to go down about a whole
14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that LORD hearkened to the voice of a man, for LORD fought for Israel.
15 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal.
16 And these five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.
17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hidden in the cave at Makkedah.
18 And Joshua said, Roll great stones to the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them,
19 but stay ye not. Pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them. Do not allow them to enter into their cities, for LORD your God has delivered them into your hand.
20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the sons of Israel had made an end of killing them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the fortified cities,
21 that all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace. No man moved his tongue against any of the sons of Israel.
22 Then Joshua said, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring forth those five kings to me out of the cave.
23 And they did so, and brought forth those five kings to him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon.
24 And it came to pass, when they brought forth those kings to Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. A
25 And Joshua said to them, Fear not, nor be dismayed. Be strong and of good courage, for thus shall LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.
26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees. And they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.
27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave in which they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the
28 And Joshua took Makkedah on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king of it. He utterly destroyed them and all the souls that were in it. He left none remaining, and he did to the king of Makkedah as he had do
29 And Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
30 And LORD delivered it also, and the king of it, into the hand of Israel. And he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were in it. He left none remaining in it, and he did to the king of it as he had done to th
31 And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it.
32 And LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel. And he took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were in it, according to all that he had done to Libnah.
33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish. And Joshua smote him and his people until he had left him none remaining.
34 And Joshua passed from Lachish, and all Israel with him, to Eglon. And they encamped against it, and fought against it.
35 And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword. And all the souls that were in it he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to Hebron. And they fought against it,
37 and they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king of it, and all the cities of it, and all the souls that were in it. He left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon, but he utterly destroye
38 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fought against it.
39 And he took it, and the king of it, and all the cities of it. And they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were in it. He left none remaining. As he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir
40 So Joshua smote all the land, the hill-country, and the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings. He left none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as LORD, the God of Israel, commanded.
41 And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even to Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even to Gibeon.
42 And all these kings and their land Joshua took at one time, because LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.
43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.