Yosua 10:5-10

10:5 So the five Amorite kings (the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon) and all their troops gathered together and advanced. They deployed their troops and fought against Gibeon. ¹ 

10:6 The men of Gibeon sent this message to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, “Do not abandon ²  your subjects! ³  Rescue us! Help us! For all the Amorite kings living in the hill country are attacking us.” ⁴  10:7 So Joshua and his whole army, including the bravest warriors, marched up from Gilgal. ⁵  10:8 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for I am handing them over to you. ⁶  Not one of them can resist you.” ⁷  10:9 Joshua attacked them by surprise after marching all night from Gilgal. ⁸  10:10 The Lord routed ⁹  them before Israel. Israel ¹⁰  thoroughly defeated them ¹¹  at Gibeon. They chased them up the road to the pass ¹²  of Beth Horon and struck them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.

[10:5]  ¹ tn Heb “and they camped against Gibeon and fought against it.”

[10:6]  ² tn Heb “do not let your hand drop from us.”

[10:6]  ³ tn Heb “your servants!”

[10:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “have gathered against us.”

[10:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “And Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and all the people of war with him, and all the brave warriors.”

[10:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “I have given them into your hand.” The verbal form is a perfect of certitude, emphasizing the certainty of the action.

[10:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “and not a man [or “one”] of them will stand before you.”

[10:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “Joshua came upon them suddenly, all the night he went up from Gilgal.”

[10:10]  ⁹ tn Or “caused to panic.”

[10:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he.” The referent is probably Israel (mentioned at the end of the previous sentence in the verse; cf. NIV, NRSV), but it is also possible that the Lord should be understood as the referent (cf. NASB “and He slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon”), or even Joshua (cf. NEB “and Joshua defeated them utterly in Gibeon”).

[10:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “struck them down with a great striking down.”

[10:10]  ¹² tn Or “ascent.”