Joshua 10:11

And when they were fleeing from the children of Israel, and were in the descent of Beth-horon, the Lord cast down upon them great stones from heaven as far as Azeca: and many more were killed with the hailstones than were slain by the swords of the children of Israel.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth-horon, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.

In Context

10And the Lord troubled them at the sight of Israel: and he slew them with a great slaughter in Gabaon, and pursued them by the way of the ascent to Beth-horon, and cut them off all the way to Azeca and Maceda.

12Then Josue spoke to the Lord, in the day that he delivered the Amorrhite in the sight of the children of Israel, and he said before them: Move not, O sun, toward Gabaon, nor thou, O moon, toward the valley of Ajalon.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:24And the Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrha brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.

Exodus 9:25And the hail destroyed through all the land of Egypt all things that were in the fields, both man and beast: and the hail smote every herb of the field, and it broke every tree of the country.

Judges 5:20War from heaven was made against them, the stars remaining in their order and courses fought against Sisara.

Job 38:23Which I have prepared for the time of the enemy, against the day of battle and war?

Psalms 18:12And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.

Psalms 77:17The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee: and they were afraid, and the depths were troubled.

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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