Joshua 10:9

So Joshua, having come up from Gilgal all night, made a sudden attack on them.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night.

In Context

8And 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.

10And 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

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Cross References

1 Samuel 11:9Then he said to the representatives who had come, Say to the men of Jabesh-gilead, Tomorrow, by the time the sun is high, you will be made safe. And the representatives came and gave the news to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

Proverbs 24:11Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction.

2 Timothy 2:3Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 10:8-15

The Sun and Moon Stand Still. ( b. c. 1450.) 7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour. 8 And the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee. 9 Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night. 10 And the Lord discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to… Read the whole commentary →

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