Joshua 10:11-13

Contemporary English Version

¹¹And while these troops were going down through Beth-Horon Pass,^[a] the Lord made huge hailstones fall on them all the way to Azekah. More of the enemy soldiers died from the hail than from the Israelite weapons.

^12-13^(A) The Lord was helping the Israelites defeat the Amorites that day. So about noon, Joshua prayed to the Lord loud enough for the Israelites to hear:

“Our Lord, make the sun stop
    in the sky over Gibeon,
and the moon stand still
    over Aijalon Valley.”^[b]
So the sun and the moon
    stopped and stood still
until Israel defeated its enemies.

This poem can be found in The Book of Jashar.^[c] The sun stood still and didn't go down for about a whole day.

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Footnotes

10.11 Beth-Horon Pass: A three-kilometer long, steeply-sloping valley between the towns of Upper Beth-Horon and Lower Beth-Horon.
10.12,13 Aijalon Valley: A valley southwest of Beth-Horon Pass.
10.12,13 Book of Jashar: This book may have been a collection of ancient war songs.