Joshua 10:11-13

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹¹As they fled from the Israelites down the slope of Beth Horon toward Azekah, the Lord threw huge hailstones on them. More died from the hailstones than from Israelite swords.

¹²The day the Lord handed the Amorites over to the people of Israel, Joshua spoke to the Lord while Israel was watching,

“Sun, stand still over Gibeon,
and moon, stand still over the valley of Aijalon!”
¹³The sun stood still,
and the moon stopped
until a nation got revenge on its enemies.

Isn’t this recorded in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in the middle of the sky, and for nearly a day the sun was in no hurry to set.

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