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¹Yeruşalim Kralı Adonibezek, Yeşu'nun Gai'yi ele geçirip tamamen yok ettiğini, Eriha'ya ve kralına ne yaptılarsa Gai'ye ve kralına da aynısını yaptıklarını ve Gabaon sakinlerinin Yeşu ile İsrail'in tarafına sığındıklarını duyduğunda,

²onlardan çok korktular; çünkü Gabaon'un büyük bir kent, adeta başkentlerden biri gibi olduğunu ve oradaki tüm adamların güçlü olduğunu biliyordu.

³Bu yüzden Yeruşalim Kralı Adonibezek; Hebron Kralı Elam'a, Yerimut Kralı Phidon'a, Lakiş Kralı Yefta'ye ve Odollam Kralı Dabin'e şu haberi gönderdi:

⁴"Bana gelin, yukarı çıkın ve bana yardım edin; Gabaon'u savaşla ele geçirelim, çünkü onlar Yeşu'nun ve İsrail oğullarının tarafına sığındılar."

⁵Böylece beş Yevuslu kralı –Yeruşalim Kralı, Hebron Kralı, Yerimut Kralı, Lakiş Kralı ve Odollam Kralı– kendileri ve tüm ordularıyla birlikte yukarı çıkıp Gabaon'un karşısında ordugah kurdular ve onu kuşatma altında tuttular.

⁶Gabaon sakinleri, Galgala'daki İsrail ordugahında bulunan Yeşu'ya şu haberi gönderdi: "Hizmetkarlarından ellerini gevşetme; hemen bize gel, bize yardım et ve bizi kurtar! Çünkü dağlık bölgede yaşayan tüm Amorluların kralları bize karşı birleştiler."

⁷Bunun üzerine Yeşu, yanındaki bütün savaşçı halkla ve güç bakımından muktedir olan bütün yiğitlerle birlikte Galgala'dan yukarı çıktı.

⁸RAB Yeşu'ya, "Onlardan korkma," dedi, "çünkü onları senin eline teslim ettim; onlardan hiçbiri önünüzde sağ kalmayacak."

⁹Yeşu, Galgala'dan çıkıp bütün gece yol alarak üzerlerine ansızın vardı.

¹⁰RAB onları İsrail oğullarının önünde dehşete düşürdü ve RAB onları Gabaon'da büyük bir kırımla bozguna uğrattı; onları Oronin yokuşu boyunca kovaladılar ve Azeka ile Makeda'ya kadar vurup kırdılar.

¹¹Onlar İsrail oğullarının önünden kaçarken, Oronin inişinde RAB gökten üzerlerine Azeka'ya kadar büyük dolu taşları yağdırdı; dolu taşları yüzünden ölenler, İsrail oğullarının savaşta kılıçla öldürdüklerinden daha çoktu.

¹²Tanrı'nın Amorluları İsrail'in boyunduruğu altına teslim ettiği gün, Yeşu onları Gabaon'da bozguna uğrattığında ve onlar İsrail oğullarının önünde kırıldıklarında, Yeşu RAB'be seslendi ve şöyle dedi: "Dur, ey güneş, Gabaon üzerinde; ve sen, ey ay, Aylon vadisinde!"

¹³Güneş durdu ve ay hareketsiz kaldı, ta ki Tanrı düşmanlarından öcünü alıncaya dek. Güneş göğün ortasında durdu ve tam bir gün boyunca batmaya doğru ilerlemedi.

¹⁴Ne bundan önce ne de sonra, RAB'bin bir insanın sesini işittiği böyle bir gün olmamıştır; çünkü RAB, İsrail'in yanında savaştı.

¹⁶Bu beş kral ise kaçıp Makeda'daki mağaraya gizlendiler.

¹⁷Yeşu'ye, "Beş kral Makeda'daki mağarada gizlenmiş olarak bulundu" diye haber verildi.

¹⁸Yeşu, "Mağaranın ağzına büyük taşlar yuvarlayın ve onları beklemek üzere adamlar görevlendirin" dedi.

¹⁹"Ama siz durup kalmayın, düşmanlarınızı kovalayın, onların artçılarına saldırın ve kentlerine girmelerine izin vermeyin; çünkü Tanrımız RAB onları elimize teslim etti."

²⁰Yeşu ve bütün İsrail oğulları onları tamamen yok edene kadar çok büyük bir kırımla vurmayı bitirdiklerinde, onlardan sağ kurtulabilenler surlu kentlere sığındılar.

²¹Bütün halk esenlikle Makeda'daki Yeşu'nun yanına döndü; İsrail oğullarına karşı hiç kimse diliyle ses çıkarmaya bile cesaret edemedi.

²²Yeşu, "Mağaranın ağzını açın ve bu beş kralı mağaradan çıkarıp bana getirin" dedi.

²³Beş kralı mağaradan çıkardılar: Yeruşalim Kralı, Hebron Kralı, Yerimut Kralı, Lakiş Kralı ve Odollam Kralı.

²⁴Onları Yeşu'nun önüne çıkardıklarında, Yeşu bütün İsrail'i ve kendisiyle birlikte giden savaş önderlerini çağırıp onlara, "Yaklaşın, ayaklarınızı bu kralların boyunlarının üzerine koyun" dedi. Onlar da yaklaşıp ayaklarını kralların boyunları üzerine koydular.

²⁵Yeşu onlara, "Korkmayın, yılmayın; cesur ve güçlü olun! Çünkü RAB savaşacağınız tüm düşmanlarınıza aynısını yapacaktır" dedi.

²⁶Bundan sonra Yeşu onları öldürdü ve beş ağaca astı; akşama kadar ağaçlarda asılı kaldılar.

²⁷Gün batımında Yeşu'nun buyruğu üzerine onları ağaçlardan indirdiler, sığındıkları mağaraya attılar ve mağaranın ağzına büyük taşlar yığdılar; bu taşlar bugüne dek orada durmaktadır.

²⁸Yeşu o gün Makeda'yı ele geçirdi; kenti kılıçtan geçirdi ve içindeki her canlıyı tamamen yok etti. Orada sağ kurtulan ya da kaçabilen hiç kimseyi bırakmadı. Eriha kralına ne yaptıysa, Makeda kralına da aynısını yaptı.

²⁹Sonra Yeşu ve yanındaki bütün İsrail, Makeda'dan Lebna'ya geçip Lebna'yı kuşattı.

³⁰RAB orayı ve kralını da İsrail'in eline teslim etti; kenti ve içindeki her canlıyı kılıçtan geçirdiler, orada sağ kurtulan ya da kaçabilen hiç kimseyi bırakmadılar. Eriha kralına ne yaptıysa, onun kralına da aynısını yaptı.

³¹Yeşu ve yanındaki bütün İsrail, Lebna'dan Lakiş'e geçti, onun karşısında ordugah kurup kenti kuşattı.

³²RAB Lakiş'i İsrail'in eline teslim etti; Yeşu ikinci gün kenti ele geçirdi. Lebna'ya yaptıkları gibi, orayı da kılıçtan geçirip tamamen yok ettiler.

³³O sırada Gazer Kralı Elam, Lakiş'e yardım etmek için yukarı çıkmıştı; ama Yeşu onu ve halkını kılıçtan geçirdi, öyle ki onlardan sağ kurtulan ya da kaçabilen hiç kimseyi bırakmadı.

³⁴Yeşu ve yanındaki bütün İsrail, Lakiş'ten Odollam'a geçti, onun karşısında ordugah kurup kenti kuşattı.

³⁵RAB orayı İsrail'in eline teslim etti; o gün kenti ele geçirdiler ve kılıçtan geçirdiler. Lakiş'e yaptıkları gibi, içindeki her canlıyı öldürdüler.

³⁶Yeşu ve yanındaki bütün İsrail, oradan Hebron'a geçti ve onun karşısında ordugah kurdu.

³⁷Kenti kılıçtan geçirdiler; içindeki her canlıyı öldürdüler, sağ kurtulan hiç kimseyi bırakmadılar. Odollam'a yaptıkları gibi, kenti ve içindeki her şeyi tamamen yok ettiler.

³⁸Sonra Yeşu ve yanındaki bütün İsrail, Dabir'e döndü ve onun karşısında ordugah kurup,

³⁹kenti, kralını ve çevre köylerini ele geçirdiler. Onları kılıçtan geçirip içindeki her canlıyı tamamen yok ettiler; sağ kurtulan hiç kimseyi bırakmadılar. Hebron'a ve kralına ne yaptılarsa, Dabir'e ve kralına da aynısını yaptı.

⁴⁰Böylece Yeşu bütün dağlık bölgeyi, Nageb'i, ova ülkesini, Asedoth'u ve buraların krallarını bozguna uğrattı; onlardan sağ kurtulan hiç kimseyi bırakmadı. İsrail'in Tanrısı RAB'bin buyurduğu gibi, nefes alan her canlıyı tamamen yok etti; Kades-Barnea'dan Gazze'ye kadar, bütün Gosom bölgesini Gabaon'a kadar ele geçirdi.

⁴²Yeşu bütün bu kralları ve topraklarını tek bir seferde ele geçirdi; çünkü İsrail'in Tanrısı RAB, İsrail'in yanında savaşıyordu.

¹ΩΣ δὲ ἤκουσεν ᾿Αδωνιβεζὲκ βασιλεὺς ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ ὅτι ἔλαβεν ᾿Ιησοῦς τὴν Γαὶ καὶ ἐξωλόθρευσεν αὐτήν, ὃν τρόπον ἐποίησαν τὴν ῾Ιεριχὼ καὶ τὸν βασιλέα αὐτῆς, οὕτως ἐποίησαν καὶ τὴν Γαὶ καὶ τὸν βασιλέα αὐτῆς, καὶ ὅτι ηὐτομόλησαν οἱ κατοικοῦντες Γαβαὼν πρὸς ᾿Ιησοῦν καὶ πρὸς ᾿Ισραήλ,

²καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν ἀπ’ αὐτῶν σφόδρα· ἤδει γὰρ ὅτι πόλις μεγάλη Γαβαών, ὡσεὶ μία τῶν μητροπόλεων, καὶ πάντες οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτῆς ἰσχυροί·

³καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ᾿Αδωνιβεζὲκ βασιλεὺς ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ πρὸς ᾿Ελὰμ βασιλέα Χεβρὼν καὶ πρὸς Φιδὼν βασιλέα ῾Ιεριμοὺθ καὶ πρὸς ᾿Ιεφθὰ βασιλέα Λαχὶς καὶ πρὸς Δαβὶν βασιλέα ᾿Οδολλὰμ λέγων·

⁴δεῦτε, ἀνάβητε πρός με καὶ βοηθήσατέ μοι, καὶ ἐκπολεμήσωμεν Γαβαών· ηὐτομόλησαν γὰρ πρὸς ᾿Ιησοῦν καὶ πρὸς τοὺς υἱοὺς ᾿Ισραήλ.

⁵καὶ ἀνέβησαν οἱ πέντε βασιλεῖς τῶν ᾿Ιεβουσαίων, βασιλεὺς ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ βασιλεὺς Χεβρὼν καὶ βασιλεὺς ῾Ιεριμοὺθ καὶ βασιλεὺς Λαχὶς καὶ βασιλεὺς ᾿Οδολλάμ, αὐτοὶ καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς αὐτῶν καὶ περιεκάθισαν τὴν Γαβαὼν καὶ ἐξεπολιόρκουν αὐτήν.

⁶καὶ ἀπέστειλαν οἱ κατοικοῦντες Γαβαὼν πρὸς ᾿Ιησοῦν εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν ᾿Ισραὴλ εἰς Γάλγαλα λέγοντες· μὴ ἐκλύσῃς τὰς χεῖράς σου ἀπὸ τῶν παίδων σου· ἀνάβηθι πρὸς ἡμᾶς τὸ τάχος καὶ βοήθησον ἡμῖν καὶ ἐξελοῦ ἡμᾶς· ὅτι συνηγμένοι εἰσὶν ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς πάντες οἱ βασιλεῖς τῶν ᾿Αμορραίων, οἱ κατοικοῦντες τὴν ὀρεινήν.

⁷καὶ ἀνέβη ᾿Ιησοῦς ἐκ Γαλγάλων, αὐτὸς καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ὁ πολεμιστὴς μετ’ αὐτοῦ, πᾶς δυνατὸς ἐν ἰσχύϊ.

⁸καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς ᾿Ιησοῦν· μὴ φοβηθῇς αὐτούς, εἰς γὰρ τὰς χεῖράς σου παραδέδωκα αὐτούς, οὐχ ὑπολειφθήσεται ἐξ αὐτῶν οὐδεὶς ἐνώπιον ὑμῶν.

⁹καὶ ἐπεὶ παρεγένετο ᾿Ιησοῦς ἐπ’ αὐτοὺςἄφνω, ὅλην τὴν νύκτα εἰσεπορεύθη ἐκ Γαλγάλων.

¹⁰καὶ ἐξέστησεν αὐτοὺς Κύριος ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ συνέτριψεν αὐτοὺς Κύριος συντρίψει μεγάλῃ ἐν Γαβαών, καὶ κατεδίωξαν αὐτοὺς ὁδὸν ἀναβάσεως ᾿Ωρωνὶν καὶ κατέκοπτον αὐτοὺς ἕως ᾿Αζηκὰ καὶ ἕως Μακηδά.

¹¹ἐν δὲ τῷ φεύγειν αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐπὶ τῆς καταβάσεως ᾿Ωρωνὶν καὶ Κύριος ἐπέρριψεν αὐτοῖς λίθους χαλάζης ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἕως ᾿Αζηκά, καὶ ἐγένοντο πλείους οἱ ἀποθανόντες διὰ τοὺς λίθους τῆς χαλάζης ἢ οὓς ἀπέκτειναν οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ μαχαίρᾳ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ.

¹²Τότε ἐλάλησεν ᾿Ιησοῦς πρὸς Κύριον, ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ παρέδωκεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν ᾿Αμορραῖον ὑποχείριον ᾿Ισραήλ, ἡνίκα συνέτριψεν αὐτοὺς ἐν Γαβαὼν καὶ συνετρίβησαν ἀπὸ προσώπου υἱῶν ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ιησοῦς· στήτω ὁ ἥλιος κατὰ Γαβαὼν καὶ ἡ σελήνη κατὰ φάραγγα Αἰλών.

¹³καὶ ἔστη ὁ ἥλιος καὶ ἡ σελήνη ἐν στάσει, ἕως ἠμύνατο ὁ Θεὸς τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτῶν. καὶ ἔστη ὁ ἥλιος κατὰ μέσον τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, οὐ προεπορεύετο εἰς δυσμὰς εἰς τέλος ἡμέρας μιᾶς.

¹⁴καὶ οὐκ ἐγένετο ἡμέρα τοιαύτη οὐδὲ τὸ πρότερον οὐδὲ τὸ ἔσχατον, ὥστε ἐπακοῦσαι Θεὸν ἀνθρώπου, ὅτι Κύριος συνεξεπολέμησε τῷ ᾿Ισραήλ.

¹⁶Καὶ ἔφυγον οἱ πέντε βασιλεῖς οὗτοι καὶ κατεκρύβησαν εἰς τὸ σπήλαιον τὸ ἐν Μακηδά.

¹⁷καὶ ἀπηγγέλη τῷ ᾿Ιησοῦ λέγοντες· εὕρηνται οἱ πέντε βασιλεῖς κεκρυμμένοι ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ τῷ ἐν Μακηδά.

¹⁸καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ιησοῦς· κυλίσατε λίθους ἐπὶ τὸ στόμα τοῦ σπηλαίου καὶ καταστήσατε ἄνδρας φυλάσσειν ἐπ’ αὐτούς,

¹⁹ὑμεῖς δὲ μὴ ἑστήκατε καταδιώκοντες ὀπίσω τῶν ἐχθρῶν ὑμῶν καὶ καταλάβετε τὴν οὐραγίαν αὐτῶν καὶ μὴ ἀφῆτε εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὰς πόλεις αὐτῶν· παρέδωκε γὰρ αὐτοὺς Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν εἰς τὰς χεῖρας ἡμῶν.

²⁰καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς κατέπαυσεν ᾿Ιησοῦς καὶ πᾶς υἱὸς ᾿Ισραὴλ κόπτοντες αὐτοὺς κοπὴν μεγάλην σφόδρα ἕως εἰς τέλος, καὶ οἱ διασῳζόμενοι διεσώθησαν εἰς τὰς πόλεις τὰς ὀχυράς,

²¹καὶ ἀπεστράφη πᾶς ὁ λαὸς πρὸς ᾿Ιησοῦν εἰς Μακηδὰ ὑγιεῖς, καὶ οὐκ ἔγρυξεν οὐδεὶς τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραὴλ τῇ γλώσσῃ αὐτοῦ.

²²καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ιησοῦς· ἀνοίξατε τὸ σπήλαιον καὶ ἐξαγάγετε τοὺς πέντε βασιλεῖς τούτους ἐκ τοῦ σπηλαίου.

²³καὶ ἐξηγάγοσαν τοὺς πέντε βασιλεῖς ἐκ τοῦ σπηλαίου, τὸν βασιλέα ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ τὸν βασιλέα Χεβρὼν καὶ τὸν βασιλέα ῾Ιεριμοὺθ καὶ τὸν βασιλέα Λαχὶς καὶ τὸν βασιλέα ᾿Οδολλάμ.

²⁴καὶ ἐπεὶ ἐξήγαγον αὐτοὺς πρὸς ᾿Ιησοῦν, καὶ συνεκάλεσεν ᾿Ιησοῦς πάντα ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ τοὺς ἐναρχομένους τοῦ πολέμου τοὺς συμπορευομένους αὐτῷ, λέγων αὐτοῖς· προπορεύεσθε καὶ ἐπίθετε τοὺς πόδας ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τοὺς τραχήλους αὐτῶν. καὶ προσελθόντες ἐπέθηκαν τοὺς πόδας αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τοὺς τραχήλους αὐτῶν.

²⁵καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ιησοῦς πρὸς αὐτούς· μὴ φοβηθῆτε αὐτοὺς μηδὲ δειλιάσητε· ἀνδρίζεσθε καὶ ἰσχύετε, ὅτι οὕτω ποιήσει Κύριος πᾶσι τοῖς ἐχθροῖς ὑμῶν, οὓς ὑμεῖς καταπολεμεῖτε αὐτούς.

²⁶καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτοὺς ᾿Ιησοῦς καὶ ἐκρέμασεν αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ πέντε ξύλων, καὶ ἦσαν κρεμάμενοι ἐπὶ τῶν ξύλων ἕως ἑσπέρας.

²⁷καὶ ἐγενήθη πρὸς ἡλίου δυσμὰς ἐνετείλατο ᾿Ιησοῦς καὶ καθεῖλον αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ τῶν ξύλων καὶ ἔρριψαν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ σπήλαιον, εἰς ὃ κατεφύγοσαν ἐκεῖ, καὶ ἐπεκύλισαν λίθους ἐπὶ τὸ σπήλαιον ἕως τῆς σήμερον ἡμέρας.

²⁸Καὶ τὴν Μακηδὰ ἐλάβοσαν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ καὶ ἐφόνευσαν αὐτὴν ἐν στόματι ξίφους καὶ ἐξωλόθρευσαν πᾶν ἐμπνέον, ὃ ἦν ἐν αὐτῇ, καὶ οὐ κατελείφθη οὐδεὶς ἐν αὐτῇ διασεσωσμένος καὶ διαπεφευγώς· καὶ ἐποίησαν τῷ βασιλεῖ Μακηδὰ ὃν τρόπον ἐποίησαν τῷ βασιλεῖ ῾Ιεριχώ.

²⁹καὶ ἀπῆλθεν ᾿Ιησοῦς καὶ πᾶς ᾿Ισραὴλ μετ’ αὐτοῦ ἐκ Μακηδὰ εἰς Λεβνὰ καὶ ἐπολιόρκει Λεβνά.

³⁰καὶ παρέδωκεν αὐτὴν Κύριος εἰς χεῖρας ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ ἔλαβον αὐτὴν καὶ τὸν βασιλέα αὐτῆς καὶ ἐφόνευσαν αὐτὴν ἐν στόματι ξίφους καὶ πᾶν ἐμπνέον ἐν αὐτῇ, καὶ οὐ κατελείφθη ἐν αὐτῇ διασεσωσμένος καὶ διαπεφευγώς· καὶ ἐποίησαν τῷ βασιλεῖ αὐτῆς ὃν τρόπον ἐποίησαν τῷ βασιλεῖ ῾Ιεριχώ.

³¹καὶ ἀπῆλθεν ᾿Ιησοῦς καὶ πᾶς ᾿Ισραὴλ μετ’ αὐτοῦ ἐκ Λεβνὰ εἰς Λαχὶς καὶ περιεκάθισεν αὐτὴν καὶ ἐπολιόρκει αὐτήν.

³²καὶ παρέδωκε Κύριος τὴν Λαχὶς εἰς τὰς χεῖρας ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ ἔλαβεν αὐτὴν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ δευτέρᾳ καὶ ἐφόνευσαν αὐτὴν ἐν στόματι ξίφους καὶ ἐξωλόθρευσαν αὐτήν, ὃν τρόπον ἐποίησαν τὴν Λεβνά.

³³τότε ἀνέβη ᾿Ελὰμ βασιλεὺς Γαζὲρ βοηθήσων τῇ Λαχίς, καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὸν ᾿Ιησοῦς ἐν στόματι ξίφους καὶ τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ἕως τοῦ μὴ καταλειφθῆναι αὐτῶν σεσωσμένον καὶ διαπεφευγότα.

³⁴καὶ ἀπῆλθεν ᾿Ιησοῦς καὶ πᾶς ᾿Ισραὴλ μετ’ αὐτοῦ ἐκ Λαχὶς εἰς ᾿Οδολλὰμ καὶ περιεκάθισεν αὐτὴν καὶ ἐξεπολιόρκησεν αὐτήν.

³⁵καὶ παρέδωκεν αὐτὴν Κύριος ἐν χειρὶ ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ ἔλαβεν αὐτὴν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ καὶ ἐφόνευσεν αὐτὴν ἐν στόματι ξίφους, καὶ πᾶν ἐμπνέον ἐν αὐτῇ ἐφόνευσαν, ὃν τρόπον ἐποίησαν τῇ Λαχίς.

³⁶καὶ ἀπῆλθεν ᾿Ιησοῦς καὶ πᾶς ᾿Ισραὴλ μετ’ αὐτοῦ εἰς Χεβρὼν καὶ περιεκάθισεν αὐτήν.

³⁷καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὴν ἐν στόματι ξίφους καὶ πᾶν τὸ ἐμπνέον, ὅσα ἦν ἐν αὐτῇ, οὐκ ἦν διασεσωσμένος· ὃν τρόπον ἐποίησαν τὴν ᾿Οδολλάμ, ἐξωλόθρευσαν αὐτὴν καὶ ὅσα ἦν ἐν αὐτῇ.

³⁸καὶ ἀπέστρεψεν ᾿Ιησοῦς καὶ πᾶς ᾿Ισραὴλ εἰς Δαβὶρ καὶ περικαθίσαντες αὐτὴν

³⁹ἔλαβον αὐτὴν καὶ τὸν βασιλέα αὐτῆς καὶ τὰς κώμας αὐτῆς καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὴν ἐν στόματι ξίφους καὶ ἐξωλόθρευσαν αὐτὴν καὶ πᾶν ἐμπνέον ἐν αὐτῇ καὶ οὐ κατέλιπον αὐτῇ οὐδένα διασεσωσμένον· ὃν τρόπον ἐποίησαν τῇ Χεβρὼν καὶ τῷ βασιλεῖ αὐτῆς, οὕτως ἐποίησαν τῇ Δαβὶρ καὶ τῷ βασιλεῖ αὐτῆς.

⁴⁰καὶ ἐπάταξεν ᾿Ιησοῦς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν τῆς ὀρεινῆς καὶ τὴν Ναγὲβ καὶ τὴν πεδινὴν καὶ τὴν ᾿Ασηδὼθ καὶ τοὺς βασιλεῖς αὐτῆς, οὐ κατέλιπον αὐτῶν σεσωσμένον· καὶ πᾶν ἐμπνέον ζωῆς ἐξωλόθρευσεν, ὃν τρόπον ἐνετείλατο Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ᾿Ισραήλ, 41ἀπὸ Κάδης Βαρνῆ ἕως Γάζης, πᾶσαν τὴν Γοσὸμ ἕως τῆς Γαβαών,

⁴²καὶ πάντας τοὺς βασιλεῖς αὐτῶν καὶ τὴν γῆν αὐτῶν ἐπάταξεν ᾿Ιησοῦς εἰσάπαξ, ὅτι Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ᾿Ισραὴλ συνεπολέμει τῷ ᾿Ισραήλ.

¹And when Adoni-bezec king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had taken Gai, and had destroyed it, as he did to Jericho and its king, even so they did to Gai and its king, and that the inhabitants of Gabaon had gone over to Joshua and Israel;

²then they were greatly terrified by them, for [the king] knew that Gabaon [was] a great city, as one of the chief cities, and all its men [were] mighty.

³So Adoni-bezec king of Jerusalem sent to Elam king of Hebron, and to Phidon king of Jerimuth, and to Jephtha king of Lachis, and to Dabin king of Odollam, saying,

⁴Come up hither to me, and help me, and let us take Gabaon; for the Gabaonites have gone over to Joshua and to the children of Israel.

⁵And the five kings of the Jebusites went up, the king of Jerusalem, and the king of Chebron, and the king of Jerimuth, and the king of Lachis, and the king of Odollam, they and all their people; and encamped around Gabaon, and besieged it.

⁶And the inhabitants of Gabaon sent to Joshua into the camp to Galgala, saying, Slack not thy hands from thy servants: come up quickly to us, and help us, and rescue us; for all the kings of the Amorites who dwell in the hill country are gathered together against us.

⁷And Joshua went up from Galgala, he and all the people of war with him, every one mighty in strength.

⁸And the Lord said to Joshua, Fear them not, for I have delivered them into thy hands; there shall not one of them be left before you.

⁹And when Joshua came suddenly upon them, he [had] advanced all the night out of Galgala.

¹⁰And the Lord struck them with terror before the children of Israel; and the Lord destroyed them with a great slaughter at Gabaon; and they pursued them by the way of the going up of Oronin, and they smote them to Azeca and to Makeda.

¹¹And when they fled from the face of the children of Israel at the descent of Oronin, then the Lord cast upon them hailstones from heaven to Azeca; and they were more that died by the hailstones, than those whom the children of Israel slew with the sword in the battle.

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 Gabaon, and they were destroyed from before the children of Israel: and Joshua said, Let the sun stand over against Gabaon, and the moon over against the valley of Aelon.

¹³And the sun and the moon stood still, until God executed vengeance on their enemies; and the sun stood still in the midst of heaven; it did not proceed to set till the end of one day.

¹⁴And there was not such a day either before or after, so that God should hearken to a man, because the Lord fought on the side of Israel.

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¹⁶And these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave that is in Makeda.

¹⁷And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings have been found hid in the cave that is in Makeda.

¹⁸And Joshua said, Roll stones to the mouth of the cave, and set men to watch over them.

¹⁹But do not ye stand, but pursue after your enemies, and attack the rear of them, and do not suffer them to enter into their cities; for the Lord our God has delivered them into our hands.

²⁰And it came to pass when Joshua and all Israel ceased destroying them utterly with a very great slaughter, that they that escaped took refuge in the strong cities.

²¹And all the people returned safe to Joshua to Makeda; and no one of the children of Israel murmured with his tongue.

²²And Joshua said, Open the cave, and bring out these five kings out of the cave.

²³And they brought out the five kings out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, and the king of Chebron, and the king of Jerimuth, and the king of Lachis, and the king of Odollam.

²⁴And when they brought them out to Joshua, then Joshua called together all Israel, and the chiefs of the army that went with him, saying to them, Come forward and set your feet on their necks; and they came and set their feet on their necks.

²⁵And Joshua said to them, Do not fear them, neither be cowardly; be courageous and strong, for thus the Lord will do to all your enemies, against whom ye fight.

²⁶And Joshua slew them, and hanged them on five trees; and they hung upon the trees until the evening.

²⁷And it came to pass toward the setting of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees, and cast them into the cave into which they [had] fled for refuge, and rolled stones to the cave, [which remain] till this day.

²⁸And they took Makeda on that day, and slew the inhabitants with the edge of the sword, and they utterly destroyed every living thing that was in it; and there was none left in it that was preserved and had escaped; and they did to the king of Makeda, as they did to the king of Jericho.

²⁹And Joshua and all Israel with him departed out of Makeda to Lebna, and besieged Lebna.

³⁰And the Lord delivered it into the hands of Israel: and they took it, and its king, and slew the inhabitants with the edge of the sword, and every thing breathing in it; and there was not left in it any that survived and escaped; and they did to its king, as they did to the king of Jericho.

³¹And Joshua and all Israel with him departed from Lebna to Lachis, and he encamped about it, and besieged it.

³²And the Lord delivered Lachis into the hands of Israel; and they took it on the second day, and they put the inhabitants to death with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed it, as they had done to Lebna.

³³Then Elam the king of Gazer went up to help Lachis; and Joshua smote him and his people with the edge of the sword, until there was not left to him one that was preserved and escaped.

³⁴And Joshua and all Israel with him departed from Lachis to Odollam, and he besieged it and took it.

³⁵And the Lord delivered it into the hand of Israel; and he took it on that day, and slew the inhabitants with the edge of the sword, and slew every thing breathing in it, as they did to Lachis.

³⁶And Joshua and all Israel with him departed to Chebron, and encamped about it.

³⁷And he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the living creatures that were in it; there was no one preserved: they destroyed it and all things in it, as they did to Odollam.

³⁸And Joshua and all Israel returned to Dabir; and they encamped about it;

³⁹and they took it, and its king, and its villages: and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and they destroyed it, and every thing breathing in it; and they did not leave in it any one that was preserved: as they did to Chebron and her king, so they did to Dabir and her king.

⁴⁰And Joshua smote all the land of the hill country, and Nageb and the plain country, and Asedoth, and her kings, they did not leave of them one that was saved: and they utterly destroyed every thing that had the breath of life, as the Lord God of Israel commanded,

⁴¹from Cades Barne to Gaza, all Gosom, as far as Gabaon.

⁴²And Joshua smote, once for all, all their kings, and their land, because the Lord God of Israel fought on the side of Israel.