1 耶路撒冷王亚多尼．洗德听见约书亚占领了艾城， 把城完全毁灭， 约书亚怎样对待耶利哥和耶利哥的王， 也照样对待艾城和艾城的王； 又听见基遍的居民已经与以色列人议和， 并可以住在这地， 2 他们就非常惧怕。因为基遍是大城， 好像一座王城； 又因为基遍比艾城大， 城里所有的人都是勇士。 3 因此， 耶路撒冷王亚多尼．洗德派人到希伯仑王何咸、耶末王毗兰、拉吉王雅非亚和伊矶伦王底璧那里去， 对他们说： 4 "求你们上我这里来帮助我， 我们好攻打基遍， 因为基遍已经与约书亚和以色列人议和了。" 5 于是亚摩利人的那五个王， 就是耶路撒冷王、希伯仑王、耶末王、拉吉王和伊矶伦王， 联合起来， 带着他们所有的军队上去， 在基遍的对面安营， 攻打基遍。 6 基遍人就派人到吉甲营中约书亚那里去， 说： "不可丢弃你的仆人， 求你快快上我们这里来拯救我们、帮助我们； 因为住在山地的亚摩利人所有的王都集合起来攻击我们。" 7 于是约书亚和所有能作战的人， 以及所有英勇的战士， 都一起从吉甲上去。 8 耶和华对约书亚说： "你不要怕他们， 因为我已经把他们交在你手里了； 他们必没有一人能在你面前站立得住。" 9 于是约书亚乘夜从吉甲上去， 突然来到他们那里。 10 耶和华使他们在以色列人面前溃乱， 约书亚在基遍大大地击杀他们， 沿着伯．和仑的上坡路追赶他们， 击打他们， 直到亚西加和玛基大。 11 他们从以色列人面前逃跑， 正在下伯．和仑斜坡的时候， 耶和华从天上降大冰雹在他们身上， 一直到亚西加， 打死他们； 被冰雹打死的， 比以色列人用刀杀死的还多。 12 那时， 就是耶和华把亚摩利人交给以色列人的时候， 约书亚在以色列人面前对耶和华说： "太阳啊， 停在基遍； 月亮啊， 停在亚雅仑谷。" 13 于是太阳停住， 月亮站住， 直到以色列人在仇敌的身上报了仇。这事不是写在《雅煞珥书》上吗？太阳在天空中站住， 不急速下落， 约有一整天。 14 在这日以前或这日以后， 耶和华听人的祷告， 没有像这日一样的， 因为耶和华为以色列作战。 15 后来， 约书亚和众以色列人回到吉甲营那里去。 16 那五个王逃跑了， 躲藏在玛基大洞里。 17 有人告诉约书亚， 说： "那五个王已经找到了， 都躲藏在玛基大洞里。" 18 约书亚说： "你们把几块大石头辊到洞口那里去， 并派人到洞口去看守他们。 19 你们却不可站着， 要追赶你们的仇敌， 从后面击杀他们， 不可让他们逃进自己的城中， 因为耶和华你们的 神已经把他们交在你们的手里了。" 20 约书亚和以色列人把他们杀得惨败， 直到把他们灭绝为止， 那些逃脱的人都逃进设防的城里； 21 众以色列人都平平安安回到玛基大营中约书亚那里。没有人敢说话攻击以色列人。 22 约书亚说： "你们打开洞口， 把那五个王从洞里拉出来， 带到我这里来。" 23 众人就照着执行， 他们把那五个王， 就是耶路撒冷王、希伯仑王、耶末王、拉吉王和伊矶伦王， 从洞里拉出来， 带到约书亚那里去。 24 众人把那五个王带到约书亚那里去的时候， 约书亚把所有的以色列人都召了来， 对那些与他同去作战的军长说： "你们走前来， 把脚踏在这些王的颈项上。"他们就走前来， 把脚踏在那些王的颈项上。 25 约书亚对他们说： "你们不要惧怕， 不要惊慌； 总要坚强勇敢， 因为耶和华必这样对待你们要攻打的所有仇敌。" 26 随后， 约书亚把那五个王杀死， 悬在五棵树上； 他们就悬在树上， 直到晚上。 27 到了日落的时候， 约书亚吩咐人把他们从树上取下来， 丢在他们躲藏过的洞里， 把几块大石头放在洞口； 这些石头一直存到今日。 28 在那天， 约书亚占领了玛基大， 用刀击杀了那城的人和那城的王， 把城中所有的人完全毁灭， 不容一人逃脱； 他对待玛基大王就像对待耶利哥王一样。 29 约书亚和跟他在一起的众以色列人从玛基大往立拿去， 攻打立拿。 30 耶和华把立拿和立拿的王也交在以色列人手里， 约书亚用刀攻击那城， 杀了城里所有的人， 不容一人逃脱； 他对待立拿王就像对待耶利哥王一样。 31 约书亚和跟他在一起的众以色列人从立拿往拉吉去， 对着拉吉安营， 攻打这城。 32 耶和华把拉吉交在以色列人手里， 第二天约书亚就占领了拉吉， 用刀攻击那城， 杀了城中所有的人， 跟他对立拿所行的一切一样。 33 那时， 基色王荷兰上来帮助拉吉， 约书亚就把他和他的人民都击杀了， 没有留下一人。 34 约书亚和与他在一起的众以色列人从拉吉往伊矶伦去， 对着伊矶伦安营， 攻打这城。 35 那一天， 他们占领了这城， 用刀攻击那城， 杀了城中所有的人； 那一天约书亚把他们完全毁灭， 跟他对拉吉所行的一切一样。 36 约书亚和与他在一起的众以色列人从伊矶伦上希伯仑去， 攻打这城。 37 他们占领了这城， 用刀攻击这城， 杀了这城的王， 又攻击属于这城的城镇， 杀了城中所有的人， 不容一人逃脱， 跟他对伊矶伦所行的一切一样， 把这城和城中所有的人完全毁灭。 38 约书亚和与他在一起的众以色列人回到了底璧， 攻打这城。 39 约书亚占领了这城， 抓住这城的王， 又占领了属于这城的一切城镇； 以色列人用刀击杀他们， 把城中所有的人都毁灭了； 约书亚不容一人逃脱， 他怎样对待希伯仑， 也照样对待底璧和底璧的王； 也好像他对待立拿和立拿的王一样。 40 这样， 约书亚击杀了全地的人， 就是山地、南地、高原和山坡的人， 以及那些地方所有的王， 不容一人逃脱； 约书亚照着耶和华以色列的 神的吩咐， 把有气息的都完全毁灭了。 41 约书亚从加低斯．巴尼亚击杀他们， 直到迦萨， 又从歌珊全地击杀他们， 直到基遍。 42 约书亚在这一次战役中击败了这些王和占领了他们的地， 是因为耶和华以色列的 神为以色列作战。 43 于是约书亚和与他在一起的众以色列人回到吉甲营中。

1 And it cometh to pass, when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heareth that Joshua hath captured Ai, and doth devote it (as he had done to Jericho and to her king so he hath done to Ai and to her king), and that the inhabitants of Gibeon have made peace with Israel, and are in their midst, --2 that they are greatly afraid, because Gibeon [is] a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it [is] greater than Ai, and all its men -- heroes.3 And Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sendeth unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,4 `Come up unto me, and help me, and we smite Gibeon, for it hath made peace with Joshua, and with the sons of Israel.`5 And five kings of the Amorite (the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon) are gathered together, and go up, they and all their camps, and encamp against Gibeon, and fight against it.6 And the men of Gibeon send unto Joshua, unto the camp at Gilgal, saying, `Let not thy hand cease from thy servants; come up unto us [with] haste, and give safety to us, and help us; for all the kings of the Amorite, dwelling in the hill-country, have been assembled against us.`7 And Joshua goeth up from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, even all the mighty men of valour.8 And 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.`9 And Joshua cometh in unto them suddenly (all the night he hath gone up from Gilgal),10 and 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.11 And it cometh to pass, in their fleeing from the face of Israel -- they [are] in the descent of Beth-Horon -- and Jehovah hath cast upon them great stones out of the heavens, unto Azekah, and they die; more are they who have died by the hailstones than they whom the sons of Israel have slain by the sword.12 Then speaketh Joshua to Jehovah in the day of Jehovah`s giving up the Amorites before the sons of Israel, and he saith, before the eyes of Israel, `Sun -- in Gibeon stand still; and moon -- in the valley of Ajalon;`13 and the sun standeth still, and the moon hath stood -- till the nation taketh vengeance [on] its enemies; is it not written on the Book of the Upright, `and the sun standeth in the midst of the heavens, and hath not hasted to go in -- as a perfect day?`14 And there hath not been like that day before it or after it, for Jehovah`s hearkening to the voice of a man; for Jehovah is fighting for Israel.15 And Joshua turneth back, and all Israel with him, unto the camp at Gilgal.16 And these five kings flee, and are hidden in a cave at Makkedah,17 and it is declared to Joshua, saying, `The five kings have been found hidden in a cave at Makkedah.`18 And Joshua saith, `Roll great stones unto the mouth of the cave, and appoint over it men to watch them;19 and ye, stand not, pursue after your enemies, and ye have smitten the hindmost of them; suffer them not to go in unto their cities, for Jehovah your God hath given them into your hand.`20 And it cometh to pass, when Joshua and the sons of Israel finish to smite them -- a very great smiting, till they are consumed, and the remnant who have remained of them go in unto the fenced cities,21 that all the people turn back to the camp, unto Joshua, [at] Makkedah, in peace; none moved sharply his tongue against the sons of Israel.22 And Joshua saith, `Open ye the mouth of the cave, and bring out unto me these five kings from the cave;`23 and they do so, and bring out unto him these five kings from the cave: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon.24 And it cometh to pass, when they bring out these kings unto Joshua, that Joshua calleth unto every man of Israel, and saith unto the captains of the men of war, who have gone with him, `Draw near, set your feet on the necks of these kings;` and they draw near, and set their feet on their necks.25 And Joshua saith unto them, `Fear not, nor be affrighted; be strong and courageous; for thus doth Jehovah do to all your enemies with whom ye are fighting;`26 and Joshua smiteth them afterwards, and putteth them to death, and hangeth them on five trees; and they are hanging on the trees till the evening.27 And it cometh to pass, at the time of the going in of the sun, Joshua hath commanded, and they take them down from off the trees, and cast them unto the cave where they had been hid, and put great stones on the mouth of the cave till this very day.28 And Makkedah hath Joshua captured on that day, and he smiteth it by the mouth of the sword, and its king he hath devoted, them and every person who [is] in it -- he hath not left a remnant; and he doth to the king of Makkedah as he did to the king of Jericho.29 And Joshua passeth over, and all Israel with him, from Makkedah [to] Libnah, and fighteth with Libnah;30 and Jehovah giveth also it into the hand of Israel, and its king, and it smiteth it by the mouth of the sword, and every person who [is] in it -- it left not in it a remnant; and it doth to its king as it did to the king of Jericho.31 And Joshua passeth over, and all Israel with him, from Libnah to Lachish, and encampeth against it, and fighteth against it;32 And Jehovah giveth Lachish into the hand of Israel, and it captureth it on the second day, and smiteth it by the mouth of the sword, and every person who [is] in it, according to all that it did to Libnah.33 Than hath Horam king of Gezer come up to help Lachish, and Joshua smiteth him and his people, till he hath not left to him a remnant.34 And Joshua passeth over, and all Israel with him, from Lachish to Eglon, and they encamp against it, and fight against it,35 and capture it on that day, and smite it by the mouth of the sword, and every person who [is] in it on that day he hath devoted, according to all that he did to Lachish.36 And Joshua goeth up, and all Israel with him, from Eglon to Hebron, and they fight against it,37 and capture it, and smite it by the mouth of the sword, and its king, and all its cities, and every person who [is] in it -- he hath not left a remnant -- according to all that he did to Eglon -- and doth devote it, and every person who [is] in it.38 And Joshua turneth back, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fighteth against it,39 and captureth it, and its king, and all its cities, and they smite them by the mouth of the sword, and devote every person who [is] in it -- he hath not left a remnant; as he did to Hebron so he did to Debir, and to its king, and as he did to Libnah, and to its king.40 And Joshua smiteth all the land of the hill-country, and of the south, and of the low-country, and of the springs, and all their kings -- he hath not left a remnant, and all that doth breathe he hath devoted, as Jehovah, God of Israel, commanded.41 And Joshua smiteth them from Kadesh-Barnea, even unto Gaza, and all the land of Goshen, even unto Gibeon;42 and all these kings and their land hath Joshua captured [at] one time, for Jehovah, God of Israel, is fighting for Israel.43 and Joshua turneth back, and all Israel with him, unto the camp at Gilgal.