Joshua 10:11

And when they fled from the face of the children of Israel at the descent of Horon, then the Lord cast upon them hailstones from heaven to Azekah; and they were more that died by the hailstones, than those whom the children of Israel slew with the sword in the battle.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 struck them with terror before the children of Israel; and the Lord destroyed them with a great slaughter at Gibeon; and they pursued them by the way of the going up of Horon, and they smote them to Azekah and to Makkedah.

12Then Joshua spoke to the Lord, in the day in which the Lord delivered the Amorite into the power of Israel, when he destroyed them in Gibeon, and they were destroyed from before the children of Israel: and Joshua said, 1 Let the sun stand over against Gibeon, 1 And the moon over against the Valley of Aijalon. 1

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Cross References

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

Exodus 9:25And the hail smote in all the land of Egypt both man and beast, and the hail smote all the grass in the field, and the hail broke in pieces all the trees in the field.

Judges 5:20The stars from heaven set themselves in array, 1 They set themselves to fight with Sisera out of their paths. 1

Job 38:23And is there a store of them, 1 For thee against the time of thine enemies, 1 For the day of wars and battle? 1

Psalms 18:12For thy servant keeps to them: 1 In the keeping of them there is great reward. 1

Psalms 77:17And they sinned yet more against him; 1 They provoked the Most High in the wilderness. 1

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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