thereon a great heape of stones that remaineth vnto this day. 30 ¶ Then Ioshua built an Altar vnto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal, 31 As Moses the seruant of the LORD commaunded the *Exod. 20. children of Israel, as it is written in the *booke of the Law 25. deut. 27.5. of Moses, an Altar of whole stones, ouer which no man hath lift vp any yron: and they offred theron burnt offerings vnto the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings. 32¶ And he wrote there vpon the stones a copie of the Lawe of Moses, which hee wrote in the presence of the children of Israel. 33 And all Israel, and their Elders, and Officers, and their Iudges, stood on this side the Arke, and on that side, before the Priests the Leuites, which bare the Arke of the Couenant of the LORD, aswell the stranger, as he that was borne among them: halfe of them ouer against mount Gerizim, *Deut. 11. and halfe of them ouer against mount Ebal, *as Moses the 29. & 27. seruant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should blesse the people of Israel. 12 34 And afterward hee read all the words of the Law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the booke of the Law. 35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, *Deut. 31. which Joshua read not before all the Congregation of Israel, *with the women and the litle ones, and the strangers that †were conuersant among them. 12. + Hebr. walked. + Heb. mouth CHAP. IX. 1 The kings combine against Israel. 3 The Gibeonites by craft obtaine a League. 16 For which they are condemned to perpetual bondage. ANd Nd it came to passe when all the kings which were on this side Iordan in the hilles, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea, ouer against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hiuite, and the Iebusite heard thereof: 2 That they gathered themselues together to fight with Ioshua, and with Israel, with one accord. 3¶ And when the inhabitants of Chap. ix. Gibeonites craft. Gibeon heard what Ioshua had done vnto Iericho, and to Ai, 4 They did worke wilily, and went and made as if they had beene embassadours, and tooke old sackes vpon their asses, and wine-bottels, old, and rent, and bound vp, 5 Ánd old shooes and clowted vpon their feet, & olde garments vpon them, and all the bread of their prouision was drie and mouldie. 6 And they went to Ioshua vnto the campe at Gilgal, and said vnto him, and to the men of Israel, Wee be come from a farre countrey: Now therefore make ye a league with vs. 7 And the men of Israel said vnto the Hiuites, Peraduenture yee dwell among vs, and how shall wee make a league with you? 8 And they said vnto Ioshua, Wee are thy seruants. And Ioshua said vnto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye? 9 And they said vnto him, From a very farre countrey thy seruants are come, because of the Name of the LORD thy God: for wee haue heard the fame of him, and all that hee did in Egypt, 10 And all that hee did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Iordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth. II Wherefore our Elders and all the inhabitants of our countrey, spake to vs, saying, Take victuals with you for +Hebr. in the iourney, and goe to meete them, and say vnto them, your hand. Wee are your seruants: therefore now make ye a league with vs. 12 This our bread, wee tooke hote for our prouision out of our houses, on the day we came forth to goe vnto you: but now behold, it is dry, & it is mouldy. 13 And these bottels of wine which we filled, were new, and behold, they be rent: and these our garments, and our shooes are become old, by reason of the very long iourney. 14 And the men tooke of their victuals, and asked not counsell at the mouth of the LORD. Or, they received the men by 15 And Ioshua made peace with them, and made a league reason of with them, to let them liue: and the princes of the Congre- their gation sware vnto them. 16¶ And it came to passe at the end X of victuals. of three dayes, after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them. 17 And the children of Israel iourneyed, and came vnto their cities on the third day: now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kiriath-iearim. 18 And the children of Israel smote them not, because the Princes of the Congregation had sworne vnto them by the LORD God of Israel: And all the Congregation murmured against the Princes. 19 But all the Princes said vnto all the Congregation, We haue sworne vnto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them. 20 This we will doe to them; wee will euen let them liue, lest wrath be vpon vs, because of the oath which wee sware vnto them. 21 And the Princes said vnto them, Let them liue, (but let them bee hewers of wood, and drawers of water, *Verse 15. vnto all the Congregation,) as the Princes had *promised them. 22 ¶ And Ioshua called for them, and he spake vnto them, saying, Wherefore haue ye beguiled vs, saying, We are very farre from you? when ye dwell among vs. +Hebr. not 23 Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of be cut off you bee freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood, from you. and drawers of water, for the house of my God. * Deut. 7. I. * 24 And they answered Ioshua, and said, Because it was certainely told thy seruants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his seruant Moses to giue you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our liues because of you, and haue done this thing. 25 And now behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right vnto thee to doe vnto vs, doe. 26 And so did he vnto them, and deliuered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not. 27 And Ioshua made them that day, hewers of wood, and drawers of water for the Congregation, and for the Altar of the LORD, euen vnto this day, in the place which he should choose. Chap. x. Gibeon besieged. CHAP. X. I 10 God 1 Fiue Kings warre against Gibeon. 6 Ioshua rescueth it. Ow it came to passe when Adoni-zedek King of Ierusalem, had heard how Ioshua had taken Ai, and had vtterly destroyed it, (*as he had done to Iericho, and *Chap. 6. her King, so hee had done to *Ai, and her King) and how 15: the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and 3. were among them, *Chap. 8. 2 That they feared greatly because Gibeon was a great citie, as one of the royall cities, and because it was greater + Hebr. cities of the then Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty. kingdome. 3 Wherefore Adoni-zedek King of Ierusalem, sent vnto Hoham King of Hebron, and vnto Piram, king of Iarmuth, and vnto Iaphia king of Lachish, and vnto Debir king of Eglon, saying, 4 Come vp vnto me, and helpe me, that we may smite Gibeon for it hath made peace with Ioshua, and with the children of Israel. 5 Therefore the fiue Kings of the Amorites, the king of Ierusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Iarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselues together, and went vp, they, and all their hostes, and encamped before Gibeon, and made warre against it. 6 And the men of Gibeon sent vnto Ioshua to the campe to Gilgal, saying, Slacke not thy hand from thy seruants, come vp to vs quickly, and saue vs, and helpe vs: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountaines, are gathered together against vs. 7 So Ioshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of warre with him, and all the mighty men of valour. 8¶ And the LORD said vnto Ioshua, Feare them not: for I haue deliuered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee. suddenly, and went vp from Gilgal all night. 10 And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slewe them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth vp to Bethoron, and smote them to Azekah and vnto Makkedah. 11 And it came to passe as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going downe to Bethoron, that the LORD cast downe great stones from heauen vpon them, vnto Azekah, and they died: they were moe which died with hailestones, then they whome the children of Israel slew with the sword. 12 Then spake Ioshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD deliuered vp the Amorites before the children of Israel, *Esa. 28. and hee said in the sight of Israel, *Sunne, †stand thou still vpon Gibeon, and thou Moone in the valley of Aialon. 21 ecclus. 46. 4 + Heb. bee silent. 13 And the Sunne stood still, and the Moone stayed, vntill the people had auenged themselues vpō their enemies. Is ||Or, the not this written in the booke of || Iasher? So the Sunne vpright? stood still in the midst of heauen, and hasted not to goe downe, about a whole day. +Heb. cut off the taile. 14 And there was no day like that, before it, or after it, that the LORD hearkened vnto the voyce of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel. 15 ¶ And Ioshua returned, and all Israel with him, vnto the campe to Gilgal. 16 But these fiue kings fled, and hid themselues in a caue at Makkedah. 17 And it was told Ioshua, saying, The fiue kings are found hid in a caue at Makkedah. 18 And Ioshua said, Roule great stones vpon the mouth of the caue, and set men by it, for to keepe them. 19 And stay you not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them, suffer them not to enter into their cities for the LORD your God hath deliuered them into your hand. 20 And it came to passe when Ioshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them, entred into fenced cities. 21 And all the people returned to the campe to Ioshua at Makkedah in peace: none mooued his tongue against |