7. So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and all the people of war with him and all the mighty men of valor.
8. Adonai said to Joshua, “Do not fear them, for I have given them into your hand. Not one of them will stand before you.”
9. So Joshua came upon them suddenly by marching all night from Gilgal.
10. Adonai threw them into confusion before Israel, defeated them with a crushing defeat at Gibeon, chased them by the road that goes up to Beth-horon, and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
11. While they were fleeing before Israel down the descent of Beth-horon, Adonai cast down great stones from heaven on them all the way to Azekah so they died—more of them died from the hailstones than those Bnei-Yisrael killed with the sword.
12. Then Joshua spoke to Adonai, on the day Adonai gave the Amorites over to Bnei-Yisrael, and said in the eyes of Israel: “Sun, stand still over Gibeon, Moon, over the Aijalon Valley!”
13. So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance on its enemies. (Is it not written in the Book of Jashar?) Thus the sun halted in the middle of the sky, and did not hurry to go down for about a full day.
14. There was no day like that before it or after it, when Adonai listened to the voice of a man. For Adonai fought for Israel.
15. Then Joshua and all Israel with him returned to the camp at Gilgal.
16. Now these five kings fled and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.
17. So it was reported to Joshua, “The five kings are found hidden in the cave at Makkedah.”
18. Joshua said, “Roll large stones onto the mouth of the cave, assign men over it to guard them,
19. but don’t stay there yourselves. Chase after your enemies and attack them at the rear. Don’t let them enter their cities, for Adonai your God has given them into your hand.”
20. So it was that Joshua and Bnei-Yisrael finished striking them with a very great slaughter until they were wiped out, though some of their survivors escaped into the fortified cities.
21. Then all the people returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah. No one dared sharpen his tongue against Bnei-Yisrael.
22. Then Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring out those five kings to me from the cave.”
23. So they did so, and brought out those five kings to him from the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and Eglon.