10. The Lord made the enemy panic, and the Israelites started killing them right and left. They chased the Amorite troops up the road to Beth-Horon and kept on killing them, until they reached the towns of Azekah and Makkedah.
11. And while these troops were going down through Beth-Horon Pass, the Lord made huge hailstones fall on them all the way to Azekah. More of the enemy soldiers died from the hail than from the Israelite weapons.
12-13. The Lord was helping the Israelites defeat the Amorites that day. So about midday, Joshua prayed to the Lord loud enough for the Israelites to hear:“Our Lord, make the sun stopin the sky over Gibeon,and the moon stand stillover Aijalon Valley.”So the sun and the moonstopped and stood stilluntil Israel defeated its enemies.This poem can be found in The Book of Jashar. The sun stood still and didn't go down for about a whole day.
14. Never before and never since has the Lord done anything like that for someone who prayed. The Lord was really fighting for Israel.
15. After the battle, Joshua and the Israelites went back to their camp at Gilgal.
16. While the enemy soldiers were running from the Israelites, the five enemy kings ran away and hid in a cave near Makkedah.
17. Joshua's soldiers told him, “The five kings have been found in a cave near Makkedah.”
18. Joshua answered, “Roll some big stones over the mouth of the cave and leave a few soldiers to guard it.