Joshua - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 232

when you reside in the vicinity? However since you have deceived, and the result cannot be taken from you, you shell be hewers of wood and drawers of water to the House of the EvER—L1v1N<;. They, however, answered joshua.

Because it was clear to your servants that your EVER-L1v1NG GOD· had promised to His servant Moses to give all this country toyou, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you, we feared greatly for our lives in your presence, there· fore we did this. And now we are in your hand for good, do with us what is right in your eyes to d0.' So he showed kindness to them,

and protected them from the hands of the children of Israel, that they should not kill them. But joshua; gave them at the same time to be hewers of wood and drawers of water for the Parliament, and for the altar of the EVER-LIVING, to this day, at the place which might be chosen. (ac. 1451.) Qhnn-i—Zzhik, iiing nf 52ru¤u12m, farms an 2\1iiuncz in

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jerusalem, heard that joshua had captured Ai, and had burnt it, and as he had done to jeriko and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king, and that the inhabitants of Gibeon had made_peace with the children of Israel as they were approaching them, he feared much, for Gibeon was agreat city, like one of` the Capital Cities, because it was larger than Ai, and all its leaders were brave. ‘Adon—i—Zedik, the king of jerusalem, consequently sent to Hoham, king of Hebron, and to Pirarn, king of Yarmath, and to Yaphia, king of Lakish, and to Debir, Come to me and help me, and we will attack Gibeon, for it has made peace with joshua and the children of Israel. They assembled in consequence. And the five kings of the Amorites, the king of jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Yarmath, the king of Lakish, the king of Aglan, they, and all their forces, —·— en· camped against Gibeon, and made war upon it. But the men of Gibeon 6 sent to joshua at the camp in Gilgal, Drop not your hands from your servants. Come immediately to us, to save us, andrhelp us, for all the kings of the Amorites in the hills have collected against us; iushus enhances in utfazk §h¤n·i· Zzhik. So joshua ascended from Gilgai, 7 he and all the army with him, and all the generals of the forces. The Even-Lrvino also said to 8 Fear not for them, for I have given them into your hand. Not a man shall stand before. you! So joshua came upon them suddenly, g marching all night from Gi1ga1,a¤d 10 the Even - Lrvmo defeated them before Israel, and routed them with a great rout from Gibeon, and pur- sued them towards the ascent of Beth-—Horan, and defeated them at Azraka, and at Makdah. And as they fied before Israel in the plain of Beth-horon, the EVER-LIVING sent great stones upon them from the skies at Azrakah, and more were killed by the stones that hailed down, than the children of Israel slew with the sword. joshua also called to the EvER· LIVING on that day; ‘ ]EHOvAH! give the Amorites to the face of the children of Israel! and headded, ‘ Sunl in the eyes of Israel be still at Gibeon, And Moon ! in the valley of Ailan l ' And the sun and moon stood still, Till the nation had mastered its foes! Is not this recorded in the true

Record·s?l——that the sun stood still in the mid sky, and hastened not to set for about a full day? and there has not been such an event before it, or since it, for the EVER-LIVING to listen to the voice of a man. But the EVER-LIVING fought for Israel. II I2

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——that is, the National Archives. The last clause of verse 13, and all of verses 14 and 15, are an editorial note, of Isaiah or Ezra, his subsequent editor, upon the fact recorded in the National Archives, and quoted just above.—F. F. 232