Joshua 10:9

And Joshua cometh in unto them suddenly (all the night he hath gone up from Gilgal),

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, 'Be not afraid of them, for into thy hand I have given them, there doth not stand a man of them in thy presence.'

10and Jehovah doth crush them before Israel, and it smiteth them — a great smiting — at Gibeon, and pursueth them the way of the ascent of Beth-Horon, and smiteth them unto Azekah, and unto Makkedah.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 11:9And they say to the messengers who are coming, 'Thus do ye say to the men of Jabesh-Gilead: To-morrow ye have safety — by the heat of the sun;' and the messengers come and declare to the men of Jabesh, and they rejoice;

Proverbs 24:11If [from] delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter — thou keepest back.

2 Timothy 2:3thou, therefore, suffer evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ;

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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