Joshua 10:12–14
The Sun Stands Still
During battle against the Amorites, Joshua commands the sun and moon to halt in the sky. The text records that the sun stopped in the middle of the heavens for nearly a full day — there had never been a day like it before or since — allowing Israel to complete the slaughter.
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The Sun Stands Still
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Joshua 10:12–14
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Now when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them,
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