1 Now when it came to the ears of Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, that Joshua had taken Ai, and had given it up to the curse (for as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king); and that the people of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living among them;
2 He was in great fear, because Gibeon was a great town, like one of the king's towns, greater than Ai, and all the men in it were men of war.
3 So 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 give me help, and let us make an attack on Gibeon: for they have made peace with Joshua and the children of Israel.
5 So the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, were banded together, and went up with all their armies and took up their position before Gibeon and made war against it.
6 And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua to the tent-circle at Gilgal, saying, Be not slow to send help to your servants; come up quickly to our support and keep us safe: for all the kings of the Amorites from the hill-country have come together against us.
7 So Joshua went up from Gilgal with all his army and all his men of war.
8 And the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear of them, for I have given them into your hands; they will all give way before you.
9 So Joshua, having come up from Gilgal all night, made a sudden attack on them.
10 And the Lord made them full of fear before Israel, and they put great numbers of them to death at Gibeon, and went after them by the way going up to Beth-horon, driving them back to Azekah and Makkedah
11 And in their flight before Israel, on the way down from Beth-horon, the Lord sent down great stones from heaven on them all the way to Azekah, causing their death: those whose death was caused by the stones were more than those whom the children of Israel put to death with the sword.
12 It was on the day when the Lord gave up the Amorites into the hands of the children of Israel that Joshua said to the Lord, before the eyes of Israel, Sun, be at rest over Gibeon; and you, O moon, in the valley of Aijalon.
13 And the sun was at rest and the moon kept its place till the nation had given punishment to their attackers. (Is it not recorded in the book of Jashar?) So the sun kept its place in the middle of the heavens, and was waiting, and did not go down, for the space of a day.
14 And there was no day like that, before it or after it, when the Lord gave ear to the voice of a man; for the Lord was fighting for Israel.
15 And Joshua, with all Israel, went back to the tent-circle at Gilgal.
16 But these five kings went in flight secretly to a hole in the rock at Makkedah.
17 And word was given to Joshua that the five kings had been taken in a hole in the rock at Makkedah.
18 And Joshua said, Let great stones be rolled against the mouth of the hole, and let men keep watch by it:
19 But do you, without waiting, go after their army, attacking them from the back; do not let them get into their towns, for the Lord your God has given them into your hands.
20 Now when Joshua and the children of Israel had come to the end of their war of complete destruction, and had put to death all but a small band who had got safely into the walled towns,
21 All the people went back to Joshua to the tent-circle at Makkedah in peace: and no one said a word against the children of Israel.
22 Then Joshua said, Take away the stones from the mouth of the hole in the rock, and make those five kings come out to me.
23 And they did so, and made those five kings come out of the hole to him, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.
24 And when they had made those kings come out to Joshua, Joshua sent for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who had gone with him, Come near and put your feet on the necks of these kings. So they came near and put their feet on their necks.
25 And Joshua said to them, Have no fear and do not be troubled; be strong and take heart: for so will the Lord do to all against whom you make war.
26 Then Joshua had them put to death, hanging them on five trees, where they were till evening.
27 And when the sun went down, they were taken down from the trees, by Joshua's orders, and put into the hole where they had gone to be safe; and great stones were placed at the mouth of the hole, where they are to this day.
28 That day Joshua took Makkedah, and put it and its king to the sword; every soul in it he gave up to the curse without mercy: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
29 Then Joshua and all Israel with him went on from Makkedah and came to Libnah, and made an attack on it;
30 And again the Lord gave it and its king into the hands of Israel; and he put it and every person in it to the sword, till their destruction was complete; and he did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.
31 Then Joshua and all Israel with him went on from Libnah to Lachish, and took up their position against it and made an attack on it,
32 And the Lord gave Lachish into the hands of Israel, and on the second day he took it, putting it and every person in it to the sword without mercy, as he had done to Libnah.
33 Then Horam, king of Gezer, came up to the help of Lachish; and Joshua overcame him and his people, putting all of them to death.
34 And Joshua and all Israel with him went on from Lachish to Eglon: and they took up their position against it and made an attack on it;
35 And that day they took it, putting it and every person in it to the sword, as he had done to Lachish.
36 And Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron, and made an attack on it;
37 And took it, overcoming it and putting it and its king and its towns and every person in it to the sword: as he had done to Eglon, he put them all to death, and gave it up to the curse with every person in it.
38 And Joshua and all Israel with him went on to make an attack on Debir;
39 And he took it, with its king and all its towns: and he put them to the sword, giving every person in it to the curse; all were put to death: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king.
40 So Joshua overcame all the land, the hill-country and the South and the lowland and the mountain slopes, and all their kings; all were put to death: and every living thing he gave up to the curse, as the Lord, the God of Israel, had given him orders.
41 Joshua overcame them from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and all the land of Goshen as far as Gibeon.
42 And all these kings and their land Joshua took at the same time, because the Lord, the God of Israel, was fighting for Israel.
43 Then Joshua and all Israel with him went back to their tents at Gilgal.
1 Uslyšev pak Adonisedech, král Jeruzalémský, že Jozue vzal město Hai, a jako proklaté zkazil je, (nebo jakž učinil Jerichu a králi jeho, tak učinil Hai a králi jeho,) a že pokoj učinili obyvatelé Gabaon s Izraelem, a bydlí u prostřed něho,
2 I bál se velmi, proto že město veliké bylo Gabaon, jako jedno z měst královských, a že bylo větší než Hai, a všickni muži jeho udatní.
3 Protož poslal Adonisedech, král Jeruzalémský, k Ohamovi, králi Hebron, a k Faramovi, králi Jarmut, a k Jafiovi, králi Lachis, a k Dabirovi, králi Eglon, řka:
4 Sjeďte se ke mně, a pomozte mi, abychom dobyli Gabaon, proto že pokoj učinili s Jozue a s syny Izraelskými.
5 I shromáždilo se a vytáhlo pět králů Amorejských, král Jeruzalémský, král Hebron, král Jarmut, král Lachis, král Eglon, oni i všecka vojska jejich, a položivše se u Gabaon, dobývali ho.
6 Tedy poslali muži Gabaon k Jozue do ležení v Galgala, řkouce: Neodjímejž ruky své od služebníků svých; přitáhni rychle k nám, zachovej nás a spomoz nám; nebo sebrali se proti nám všickni králové Amorejští bydlící na horách.
7 I táhl Jozue z Galgala, on i všecken lid bojovný s ním, všickni muži udatní.
8 (Nebo byl řekl Hospodin k Jozue: Neboj se jich, v ruce tvé zajisté dal jsem je, neostojíť žádný z nich před oblíčejem tvým.)
9 I připadl na ně Jozue v náhle, nebo celou noc táhl z Galgala.
10 A potřel je Hospodin před Izraelem, kterýžto pobil je ranou velikou u Gabaon, a honil je cestou, kudy se jde k Betoron, a bil je až do Azeka a až do Maceda.
11 I stalo se, když utíkali před tváří Izraele, sstupujíce do Betoron, že Hospodin metal na ně kamení veliké s nebe, až k Azeku, a mřeli. Více jich zemřelo od krupobití kamenného, než jich pobili synové Izraelští mečem.
12 Tedy mluvil Jozue k Hospodinu v den, v kterýž dal Hospodin Amorejského v moc synům Izraelským, a řekl před syny Izraelskými: Slunce v Gabaon zastav se, a měsíc v údolí Aialon.
13 I zastavilo se slunce, a stál měsíc, dokudž nepomstil se lid nad nepřátely svými. Zdali není toho napsáno v knize Upřímého? Tedy stálo slunce u prostřed nebe, a nepospíchalo k západu, jako za jeden celý den.
14 Nebylo dne takového prvé ani potom, jako když vyslyšel Hospodin hlas člověka; nebo Hospodin bojoval za Izraele.
15 I navracel se Jozue i všecken Izrael s ním do táboru v Galgala.
16 Uteklo pak bylo těch králů pět, a skryli se v jeskyni při Maceda.
17 I oznámeno bylo Jozue těmi slovy: Nalezeno jest pět králů, kteříž se skryli v jeskyni při Maceda.
18 I řekl Jozue: Přivalte kamení veliké k díře té jeskyně, a osaďte ji muži, aby ostříhali jich.
19 Vy pak nezastavujte se, hoňte nepřátely své, a bíte je po zadu, a nedejte jim vjíti do měst jejich, nebo dal je Hospodin Bůh váš v ruku vaši.
20 Když pak přestali Jozue a synové Izraelští bíti jich porážkou velikou velmi, až i zahlazeni byli; a kteříž živi pozůstali z nich, utekli do měst hrazených:
21 Navrátil se všecken lid do ležení k Jozue do Maceda ve zdraví; nepohnul proti synům Izraelským žádný jazykem svým.
22 Potom řekl Jozue: Odhraďte díru u jeskyně, a vyveďte ke mně pět králů těch z jeskyně.
23 I učinili tak, a vyvedli k němu pět králů těch z jeskyně, krále Jeruzalémského, krále Hebron, krále Jarmut, krále Lachis, krále Eglon.
24 A když vyvedli ty krále k Jozue, svolav všecky muže Izraelské, řekl vývodám mužů bojovných, kteříž s ním v tažení tom byli: Přistupte sem, a šlapejte nohama svýma na hrdla těch králů. Kteřížto přistoupivše, šlapali nohama svýma na hrdla jejich.
25 I řekl jim Jozue: Nebojte se ani strachujte, posilňte se a buďte zmužilí, nebo tak učiní Hospodin všechněm nepřátelům vašim, proti nimž bojujete.
26 Potom bil je Jozue a zmordoval, a pověsil je na pěti dřevích; a viseli na dřevích až do večera.
27 Když pak zapadlo slunce, k rozkazu Jozue složili je s dřev, a uvrhli je do jeskyně, v kteréž se byli skryli, a přivalili kamení veliké k díře jeskyně, kteréž jest tu až do tohoto dne.
28 Téhož dne také dobyl Jozue Maceda, a pohubil je mečem, i krále jejich pobil spolu s nimi, a všecky lidi, kteříž byli v něm. Neživil žádného, ale učinil králi Maceda, jako učinil králi Jericha.
29 Táhl potom Jozue a všecken Izrael s ním z Maceda k Lebnu, a dobýval Lebna.
30 I vydal je také Hospodin v ruku Izraelovi i krále jeho, a pobil je mečem, a všecky duše, kteréž byly v něm; nenechal tam žádného živého, a učinil králi jeho, jako učinil králi Jericha.
31 Táhl také Jozue a všecken Izrael s ním z Lebna do Lachis, a položivše se u něho, dobývali ho.
32 I dal Hospodin Lachis v ruku Izraele, a dobyl ho druhého dne, a pohubil je mečem i všecky lidi, kteříž byli v něm, rovně tak, jakž učinil Lebnu.
33 Tehdy přitáhl Horam, král Gázer, aby pomoc dal Lachis. I porazil jej Jozue i lid jeho, tak že nepozůstavil žádného živého.
34 Táhl potom Jozue a všecken Izrael s ním z Lachis do Eglon, a položivše se naproti, bojovali proti němu.
35 A vzali je toho dne, a pobili je mečem, a všecky duše, kteréž byly v něm, dne toho pomordovali, rovně tak, jakž učinili Lachis.
36 Vstoupil pak Jozue a všecken Izrael s ním z Eglon do Hebron, a dobývali ho.
37 I vzali je a zhubili mečem i krále jeho, i všecka města jeho, i každého člověka, kterýž byl v něm; nepozůstavil žádného živého, podobně tak, jakož učinil Eglon. I zahladil je i všelikou duši, kteráž byla v něm.
38 Potom navracuje se Jozue a všecken Izrael s ním, přišli do Dabir, a dobýval ho.
39 I vzal je a krále jeho i všecka města jeho, a pohubili je mečem, a všelikou duši, kteráž byla v něm, jako proklaté vyhladili. Nepozůstavili žádného živého; jakož učinil Hebron, tak učinil Dabir i králi jeho, a jakož učinil Lebnu a králi jeho.
40 A tak pohubil Jozue všecku zemi po horách, i polední stranu, i roviny a údolí, i všecky krále jejich. Nepozůstavil žádného živého, ale všelikou duši vyhladil, jakož přikázal Hospodin Bůh Izraelský.
41 Pohubil tedy Jozue všecko od Kádesbarne až do Gázy, a všecku zemi Gosen až do Gabaon.
42 A všecky krále ty a zemi jejich vzal Jozue pojednou, nebo Hospodin Bůh Izraelský bojoval za Izraele.
43 Potom navrátil se Jozue a všecken Izrael s ním do ležení, kteréž bylo v Galgala.