jl&Joshua arose, and all the people

olis, to jo up against Ai: and Joshua

<ksb rat thirty thousand mighty men

K'h'ott, inn! sent thera away by night.

+ And he commanded them, saying,

StWd, ye shall lie in wait against the

9tJ, >vtt behind the city: go not very

* from the city, but be ye all ready:

.(And I, and all the people that are

lisix, will approach unto the city;

<ai it shall come to pass, when they come

wigaiiut us as at the first, that we will

fe before them,

S (For they will come out after us)

t2 *e Jure drawn them from the city j

feinsrrwill (ay, They flee before us, as

a the first: therefore we will flee before

1 Then ye sliall rife up from the amMi, and seize upon the city: for the Lots pur God will deliver it into your tend.

'And it (hall be, when ye have taken 'it city, that ye mall set the city on fire: warding to the commandment of the loiDflullye do. See, I have commanded you.

? Jostiua therefore sent them forth: ad they went to lie in ambustt, and wode between Beth-el and Ai, on the ""Slide of Ai: but Joshua lodged that Kfht among the people.

"And Joshua rose up early in the a«Ting)and numbered the people, and fsttup, he and the elders of Israel, bet's die people to Ai.

Ii And all the people, even the people y*Vtiax<were with him,went up,and us nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now 'Infwu a valley between them and Ai.

'»Add he took about five thousand •""t and set them to lie in ambush bet*ttn Beth-el and Ai, on the west side a the city.

'1 And when they had set the people, <ven all the host that was on the "wth of the city, and their liers in wait ,fl fae weft of the city, Joshua went that tt J« into the midst of the valley.

'♦And it came to pass, when the king "Ai saw it, that they halted ami rose starry, and the men of the city went ;«against Israel to battle, he and all * P«ple, at a time appointed, before [.^ plain j but hewist not that the re vuere w ambush against him behind the

v'sAnd Joshua and all Israel made as "they were beaten before them, and "Why the way of the wilderness. '• And all tj,e people that -were in

Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

17 And there was not a man left in Ai, or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they lest the city open, and pursued after Israel.

18 And the Lor D said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that it in thy hand toward Ai: for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.

19 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted, and set the city on fire.

20 And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they bad no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned.back upon the pursuers.

11 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.

22 And the other issued out os the city against them: so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.

23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.

24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, ivere twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

26 For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the Lor D which he commanded Joshua.

28 And Joshua burnt As, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.

29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide.' And as soon as the fun was down, Joshua commanded

O that

that they uiould take his carcase down from the tree, aad cast it at the entering of the gate of the cits, aad raise thereon a peat heap of stones, that rcmainetk uiito tins day.

jo fl Then Joiluia built an altar unto theLoRD God of Ifrael in mount Ebal,

31 As Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in die book of the law of Moles, .œ altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the Lord, and sacrificed peace offerings.

3z f And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moles, which he-wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.

33 «fl And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this fide the ark and on that fide, before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, as well the stranger as he that was born among them; Tialf of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of diem over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.

34. And afterward he read all thewords of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.

3 5 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Isirael, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.

C H A P. IX. 1 The kings combine against Israel. 3 The

Gibconites obtaining a league by craft,

16 are condemned to perpetual bondage.

AN D it came to pass, when all the kings whichitw* onthis sidejordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Ferizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;

% That they gathered themselves together to fight with Jolhua and with Israel, with one accord.

3 «J And when the inhabitants of Gioeon heard what Jolhua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,

4 They did work wilily, and went and mafle as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old,and rent .and bound up;

5 And old shoes and clouted uponthei feet, and old garments upon them; an< all the bread of their provision was dr and mouldy.

< And they went to Joshua unto th camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, am to the men of Israel, We be come fror. a far country-, now therefore make ye league with us.

7 And the men of Israel said unto th Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell amom us; and how shall we make a.leagu with you f

8 And they said unto Jolhua, We ar tbyservants. And Joihuasaiduntothein Who tare ye? and from whence come ye

9 And they laid unto him, From very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the Lord th; God: for we have heard the fame 0 him, and all that he did in Egypt,

10 And all that he did to the twi kings of the Amoiites that -were be yond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heuibon and to Og king of .Hainan, which tw at Astitaroth.

11 Wherefore our elders and all th inhabitants of our country spake to u; laying, Take victuals with you for th journey, and go to meet them, and fa unto them, We are your servants: there fore now make ye a league with us.

ii This our bread we took hotjor ou provision out of our houses on the da we cam* forth to go unto you; but now behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:

13 And tlide bottles of wine whic! we filled tvere new; and, behold, the; be rent: and these our garments an our (hoes are become old by reason 0 the very long journey.

14 And the men took of their vict'i als, and aiked not counsel at the mout of the Lord.

15 And Jolhua made peace with their and made a league with them, to le them live: and the princes of the con gregatioB sware unto them.

16 f And it came to pass at the en of three days after they had made league with them, that they heard ths they •were their neighbours, and tin they dwelt among them.

17 And the children of Israel journey ed, and came unto their cities on th third day. Nowtheircities"n>cnrGibeot and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kii jath-jeanm.

it And the children of Israel stnnl

them not, because the princes of th

congregation had sworn unto them b

theLoRD God of Israel. And all the cor

gregauo

gramanrarmured against the princes. liteiil the princei said unto all the carefjtion, We have sworn unto them h-dfloiDGodosllhiel: now thereto »t nuy not touch them. isTlis we will do to them; we will na Is than live, lest wrath be upon m, xassk of the oath which we i'ware cro riiCTi.

si And the princei said unto them, La Ami live; but let them be hewers a'«ood and drawers of water unto all ct emntgition; as the princes had praised them.

a And Joshua called for them, and fe spike onto them, saying, Wherefore kreKbcguiled us, saying, 'Weave very tarsim you; when ye dwell among us f »; Now therefore ye are curled, and fee iiuil none of you be freed from oaaj bondmen, and bewers of wood wd drawers of water for the house of By God.

«4And they answered Joshua, and aid, Because it was certainly told thy wfonts, how that the Lord thy God coanunded his servant Moses to give pa all the land, and to destroy all the •ouibitantsof the land from before you, tefbre we were fore afraid of our ites because of you, and have done this

»S And now, behold, we are in thine ^ad: is it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.

»S And fo did he unto them, and deI'WKdthem out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they flew them not.

'7 And Joshua made them that day kfwen of wood and drawers of water ■f the congregation, and for the altar » ^e Lo R n, even unto this day, in the f^wwhich he should choose.

C H A P. X. 'lot him ivar against Gil/eon. 6 Jo/h.

"hits; it. izThesun andmoonsta.

?& at the iverd of Jo/hua.

"°W it came to pass, when Adoniwdec king of Jerusalem had -•fd how Joshua had taken Ai, and had '*»ly destroyed it; as he had done to "Ktw and her king, so he had done f°Ai and her king; and how the in°*Wints of Giheon had made peace ** Israel, and were among them;

: sMt they seared greatly.'becaufeGi■fo« -4«u a great city, as one of the royal '**•, and because it -was greater than ■v,>ndal| chemen thereof were mighty.

5 Wherefore Adoni-zedec king of £TMitmsentuntoHonarn king of Hebm> *>d unto Piram king of Jarrauth,

nstand

and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, laying,

4 Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gioeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.

5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites,the kingofJerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king os Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped betore Gibeon, and made war against it.

6 And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants j come up to us quickly, and (ave us, and help us: for all the kings of the Araorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.

7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour.

8 And the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.

9 Joshua therefore came u nto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night.

io And the Lord discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth, horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.

Ii And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and-were in the going down to Beth-horon, that the Lord cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they •were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.

i a fl Then spake Joshua to the Lo R D in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.

13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jaslier f lb the fun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

1+ Ana there was no day like that, before it, or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the Lord fought for Israel.

15 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. Oz 16 But

1?!! God of Israel fought for Israel. « And Joshuareturned, and all Ili.«.-1 «z£aim, unto the camp to Gilgal.

CHAP. XI. iDkm kxgi overcome el the ivattn of Mtnm. to Hazer is taken, and burned. 11 Va Anakims cut off.

AND it came to pass, when Jabin Jriae of Hazor hadheard Mo/> M Jȣ/,

'iai fcs sent to Jobab king of Madon, "d to the king of Shimron, and to the %ofAchshaph,

i And to the kings that were on the fcrti of the mountains, andof the plains Satiof Chinneroth, and in the valley, id in the borders of Dor on the west,

; isJts the Canaanite on the cast and «fewest, and to the Amorite, and the toitc.ind tlie Perizzite, and the Jebu*tt in the mountains, and to the Hivite ttitrHermon, in the land of Mizpeh.

+ Aid they went out, they and all &ir fcoftj with them, much people, "*» a the sand that it upon the lea *"i in multitude, with horses and chaws ytry many.

i And when all these kings were met tether, they came, and pitched toge** at the waters of Jvserom, to fight sfaaft Israel.

I And the Lo R D said unto Joshua, Be 5« oiraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them •Ml stain before Israel: thou (halt Kra|h their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.

.7 So Joshua came, and all the people w *» with him, against them by the *»wi of Merom suddenly; and they tel upon them.

'And the Lou n delivered them into TM hind of Israel, who smote them, ana chased them unto great Zidon, and ««o MUrtphoth-maim, and unto the "% of Mizpeh eastward; and they Mote them until they left them none :;r3aining.

9 And Joshua did unto them as the lo»Bbadehim:he houghed their horses, tta burnt their chariots with fire.

'»? And Joshua at that time turned W*i and took Hazor, and smote the N; thereof with the sword: for Hazor foorc time was the head of all those "■HSdonu.

"And they smote all the fouls that ^fr' therein with the edge of the sword, ««rly destroying them: there was not *>? left to breathe: and he burnt Ha "i with fire.

,.'iAnd all the cities of thosekings, and mW kings of them did Joshua take,

and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the fen aut of the Lord commanded.

i j But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned uone of them, save Hazor only; that did Jolhua burn.

14 And all the spoil of these cities and t!ie cattle the children of Ilrael took for a prey unto themselves: but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.

15 As the Lo R D commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua: lie left nothing undone of all that the Lor D commanded Moses.

16 So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Golhcn, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the lame;

17 Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad, in the valley of Lebanon, under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and (lew them.

18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.

19 There was not a city that made peace with the children ot Ilrael, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle.

2© For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might haveno favour, but that he might destroy them, as the Lor D commanded Moles.

a 1 And at that time came Joshua and cutoff the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountai ns of J udali, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.

ix There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, iu Gath, and in Alhdod, tlitre remained.

23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses; and Jolhua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel, according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.

CHAP. XII. 1 The ttuo kings isihose countries Moses took

and diftofed of. 7 The one and thirty

kings on the ethtr Jide Jordan itihich

Jo/huasmUe.
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