12 then spake joshua to the lord in the day when the lord delivered up the amorites before the children of israel and he said in the sight of israel sun stand thou still upon gibeon.
Sun stand still verse.
The sun stands still.
The day the sun stood still 11 as they fled before israel along the descent from beth horon to azekah the lord cast down on them large hailstones from the sky and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the israelites.
2 he and his people were very much alarmed at this because gibeon was an important city like one of the royal.
Is this not written in the book of jashar.
For the book of jasher from which it is apparently a quotation see introduction sec.
Sun stand thou still.
Joshua prayed for the sun to stand still in order to have time to complete the victory.
And thou moon in the valley of ajalon.
Sun stand still over gibeon and you moon over the valley of aijalon so the sun stood still and the moon stopped.
And the sun stayed in the midst of heaven and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
The poetic form of this passage is clear to every one who has the smallest acquaintance with the laws of hebrew poetry.
The day the sun stood still 12 on the day that the lord gave the amorites over to the israelites joshua spoke to the lord in the presence of israel.
13 and the sun stood still and the moon stayed until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies.
12 on the day that the lord gave the amorites over to the israelites joshua spoke to the lord in the presence of israel.
Is not this written in the book of jashar.
On the day the lord gave the amorites over to israel joshua said to the lord in the presence of israel.
God answered his prayer.
Joshua 10 12 14 may just relate the most amazing miracle of all time the day the sun stood still.
O sun stand still over gibeon o moon over the valley of aijalon 13 so the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies.
And the sun stood still and the moon stayed until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies.
This is not the literal rendering of the original.