THE SUN STANDS STILL

 

 

 

 

          Then five of the kings of Canaan gathered their men together and encamped before Gibeon.

 

          And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua, saying, “Come up to us quickly and save us, for all the kinds that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.”

 

          The God said to Joshua, “Fear them not, for I have delivered them into thy hand.” So Joshua took all the men of war with him and went up by night.

 

          And Joshua came on them suddenly, and chased the five kings, and killed many of their men. And God rained hailstones on them, and more died with the hailstones than those killed by the sword.

 

          Then Joshua spake to God in that day and said, “Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.” And the sun stood still until the battle was ended.

 

          There was no day like that before or after it, that God listened to the voice of a man.

 

          And Joshua made war a long time with all the kinds of Canaan, until he had taken the whole land, according to all that God has said to Moses. And Joshua gave the land for an inheritance to the children of Israel.

 

 

                                                                                                  Josh. 10