Home› Bible› Joshua› Chapter 10

Joshua 10

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 10 of 24

1 And it happened, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai, and had destroyed it (as he had done to Jericho and to its king, so he had done to Ai and to her king) and that the ones living in Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were in their midst,

2 they were greatly afraid because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.

3 And Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, and to Piram king of Jarmuth, and to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying,

Read full chapter in the Bible Reader

Chapter Summary

Five kings war against Gibeon. 10 God fights against them with hailstones. 12 The sun and moon stand still at the word of Joshua. 16 The five kings flee to a cave and are brought out and hanged. 28 Seven kings more are conquered.

Key Hebrew Words

שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ sun (stood still) H8121 · TWOT 2417a
יָרֵחַ moon (stood still) H3394 · TWOT 913a
בָּרָד hailstones H1259 · TWOT 280a
לָחַם Jehovah fought H3898 · TWOT 1104
נָתַן give into your hand H5414 · TWOT 1443
חָרַם utterly destroy H2763 · TWOT 745

People & Context

Joshua

Israel's commander; marches all night from Gilgal, prays sun and moon to stand still, captures the southern cities

Adoni-zedek

King of Jerusalem who, fearing Israel, rallies the five-king Amorite coalition against Gibeon

Hoham

King of Hebron, one of the five Amorite kings; hides in the Makkedah cave and is executed

Piram

King of Jarmuth, member of the five-king coalition routed and hanged by Joshua

Japhia

King of Lachish, one of the five allied kings defeated and put to death at Makkedah

Horam

King of Gezer who comes to aid Lachish and is struck down with all his people

Timeline

Adoni-zedek Forms Amorite Coalition

Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem hears of Ai, Jericho, and Gibeon's treaty. He summons the kings of Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon to strike Gibeon.

Joshua 10:1-5
Gibeon Requests Help

The men of Gibeon send a message to Joshua at the Gilgal camp, begging him to quickly come up and save them from the Amorite kings.

Joshua 10:6
Joshua Marches from Gilgal

Joshua and all the men of war, the mighty ones of strength, march up from Gilgal, traveling all night.

Joshua 10:7-9

Read Joshua 10 in the KJ3 Reader

Word-for-word literal translation with Hebrew interlinear, Strong's numbers, and audio.

Open in Bible Reader
Joshua 9JoshuaJoshua 11