Joshua 10 Clementine Vulgate
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1 Quæ cum audisset Adonisedec rex Jerusalem, quod scilicet cepisset Josue Hai, et subvertisset eam (sicut enim fecerat Jericho et regi ejus, sic fecit Hai et regi illius), et quod transfugissent Gabaonitæ ad Israël, et essent fœderati eorum,
1 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,
2 timuit valde. Urbs enim magna erat Gabaon, et una civitatum regalium, et major oppido Hai, omnesque bellatores ejus fortissimi.
2 they were very afraid, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
3 Misit ergo Adonisedec rex Jerusalem ad Oham regem Hebron, et ad Pharam regem Jerimoth, ad Japhia quoque regem Lachis, et ad Dabir regem Eglon, dicens:
3 Therefore Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,
4 Ad me ascendite, et ferte præsidium, ut expugnemus Gabaon, quare transfugerit ad Josue, et ad filios Israël.
4 “Come up to me and help me. Let’s strike Gibeon; for they have made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.”
5 Congregati igitur ascenderunt quinque reges Amorrhæorum: rex Jerusalem, rex Hebron, rex Jerimoth, rex Lachis, rex Eglon, simul cum exercitibus suis: et castrametati sunt circa Gabaon, oppugnantes eam.
5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together and went up, they and all their armies, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it.
6 Habitatores autem Gabaon urbis obsessæ miserunt ad Josue, qui tunc morabatur in castris apud Galgalam, et dixerunt ei: Ne retrahas manus tuas ab auxilio servorum tuorum: ascende cito, et libera nos, ferque præsidium: convenerunt enim adversum nos omnes reges Amorrhæorum, qui habitant in montanis.
6 The men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, saying, “Don’t abandon your servants! Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us; for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill country have gathered together against us.”
7 Ascenditque Josue de Galgalis, et omnis exercitus bellatorum cum eo, viri fortissimi.
7 So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and the whole army with him, including all the mighty men of valor.
8 Dixitque Dominus ad Josue: Ne timeas eos: in manus enim tuas tradidi illos: nullus ex eis tibi resistere poterit.
8 Yahweh said to Joshua, “Don’t fear them, for I have delivered them into your hands. Not a man of them will stand before you.”
9 Irruit itaque Josue super eos repente, tota nocte ascendens de Galgalis.
9 Joshua therefore came to them suddenly. He marched from Gilgal all night.
10 Et conturbavit eos Dominus a facie Israël: contrivitque plaga magna in Gabaon, ac persecutus est eos per viam ascensus Bethoron, et percussit usque Azeca et Maceda.
10 Yahweh confused them before Israel. He killed them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth Horon, and struck them to Azekah and to Makkedah.
11 Cumque fugerent filios Israël, et essent in descensu Bethoron, Dominus misit super eos lapides magnos de cælo usque ad Azeca: et mortui sunt multo plures lapidibus grandinis, quam quos gladio percusserant filii Israël.
11 As they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth Horon, Yahweh hurled down great stones from the sky on them to Azekah, and they died. There were more who died from the hailstones than those whom the children of Israel killed with the sword.
12 Tunc locutus est Josue Domino, in die qua tradidit Amorrhæum in conspectu filiorum Israël, dixitque coram eis: [Sol, contra Gabaon ne movearis, et luna contra vallem Ajalon.
12 Then Joshua spoke to Yahweh in the day when Yahweh delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel. He said in the sight of Israel, “Sun, stand still on Gibeon! You, moon, stop in the valley of Aijalon!”
13 Steteruntque sol et luna, donec ulcisceretur se gens de inimicis suis.] Nonne scriptum est hoc in libro justorum? Stetit itaque sol in medio cæli, et non festinavit occumbere spatio unius diei.
13 The sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Isn’t this written in the book of Jashar? The sun stayed in the middle of the sky, and didn’t hurry to go down about a whole day.
14 Non fuit antea nec postea tam longa dies, obediente Domino voci hominis, et pugnante pro Israël.
14 There was no day like that before it or after it, that Yahweh listened to the voice of a man; for Yahweh fought for Israel.
15 Reversusque est Josue cum omni Israël in castra Galgalæ.
15 Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.
16 Fugerant enim quinque reges et se absconderant in spelunca urbis Maceda.
16 These five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.
17 Nuntiatumque est Josue quod inventi essent quinque reges latentes in spelunca urbis Maceda.
17 Joshua was told, saying, “The five kings have been found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.”
18 Qui præcepit sociis, et ait: Volvite saxa ingentia ad os speluncæ, et ponite viros industrios, qui clausos custodiant:
18 Joshua said, “Roll large stones to cover the cave’s entrance, and set men by it to guard them;
19 vos autem nolite stare, sed persequimini hostes, et extremos quosque fugientium cædite: nec dimittatis eos urbium suarum intrare præsidia, quos tradidit Dominus Deus in manus vestras.
19 but don’t stay there. Pursue your enemies, and attack them from the rear. Don’t allow them to enter into their cities; for Yahweh your God has delivered them into your hand.”
20 Cæsis ergo adversariis plaga magna, et usque ad internecionem pene consumptis, hi qui Israël effugere potuerunt, ingressi sunt civitates munitas.
20 When Joshua and the children of Israel had finished killing them with a very great slaughter until they were consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the fortified cities,
21 Reversusque est omnis exercitus ad Josue in Maceda, ubi tunc erant castra, sani et integro numero: nullusque contra filios Israël mutire ausus est.
21 all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace. None moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
22 Præcepitque Josue, dicens: Aperite os speluncæ, et producite ad me quinque reges, qui in ea latitant.
22 Then Joshua said, “Open the cave entrance, and bring those five kings out of the cave to me.”
23 Feceruntque ministri ut sibi fuerat imperatum: et eduxerunt ad eum quinque reges de spelunca, regem Jerusalem, regem Hebron, regem Jerimoth, regem Lachis, regem Eglon.
23 They did so, and brought those five kings out of the cave to him: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.
24 Cumque educti essent ad eum, vocavit omnes viros Israël, et ait ad principes exercitus qui secum erant: Ite, et ponite pedes super colla regum istorum. Qui cum perrexissent, et subjectorum colla pedibus calcarent,
24 When they brought those kings out to Joshua, Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who went with him, “Come near. Put your feet on the necks of these kings.” They came near, and put their feet on their necks.
25 rursum ait ad eos: Nolite timere, nec paveatis: confortamini, et estote robusti: sic enim faciet Dominus cunctis hostibus vestris, adversum quos dimicatis.
25 Joshua said to them, “Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Be strong and courageous, for Yahweh will do this to all your enemies against whom you fight.”
26 Percussitque Josue, et interfecit eos, atque suspendit super quinque stipites: fueruntque suspensi usque ad vesperum.
26 Afterward Joshua struck them, put them to death, and hanged them on five trees. They were hanging on the trees until the evening.
27 Cumque occumberet sol, præcepit sociis ut deponerent eos de patibulis. Qui depositos projecerunt in speluncam in qua latuerant, et posuerunt super os ejus saxa ingentia, quæ permanent usque in præsens.
27 At the time of the going down of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and threw them into the cave in which they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, which remain to this very day.
28 Eodem quoque die, Macedam cepit Josue, et percussit eam in ore gladii, regemque illius interfecit, et omnes habitatores ejus: non dimisit in ea saltem parvas reliquias. Fecitque regi Maceda sicut fecerat regi Jericho.
28 Joshua took Makkedah on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, with its king. He utterly destroyed it and all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining. He did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
29 Transivit autem cum omni Israël de Maceda in Lebna, et pugnabat contra eam:
29 Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
30 quam tradidit Dominus cum rege suo in manus Israël: percusseruntque urbem in ore gladii, et omnes habitatores ejus: non dimiserunt in ea ullas reliquias. Feceruntque regi Lebna sicut fecerant regi Jericho.
30 Yahweh delivered it also, with its king, into the hand of Israel. He struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining in it. He did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.
31 De Lebna transivit in Lachis cum omni Israël: et exercitu per gyrum disposito, oppugnabat eam.
31 Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it.
32 Tradiditque Dominus Lachis in manus Israël, et cepit eam die altero, atque percussit in ore gladii, omnemque animam quæ fuerat in ea, sicut fecerat Lebna.
32 Yahweh delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel. He took it on the second day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, with all the souls who were in it, according to all that he had done to Libnah.
33 Eo tempore ascendit Horam rex Gazer, ut auxiliaretur Lachis: quem percussit Josue cum omni populo ejus usque ad internecionem.
33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua struck him and his people, until he had left him no one remaining.
34 Transivitque de Lachis in Eglon, et circumdedit,
34 Joshua passed from Lachish, and all Israel with him, to Eglon; and they encamped against it and fought against it.
35 atque expugnavit eam eadem die: percussitque in ore gladii omnes animas quæ erant in ea, juxta omnia quæ fecerat Lachis.
35 They took it on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword. He utterly destroyed all the souls who were in it that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
36 Ascendit quoque cum omni Israël de Eglon in Hebron, et pugnavit contra eam:
36 Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to Hebron; and they fought against it.
37 cepit eam, et percussit in ore gladii, regem quoque ejus, et omnia oppida regionis illius, universasque animas quæ in ea fuerant commoratæ: non reliquit in ea ullas reliquias: sicut fecerat Eglon, sic fecit et Hebron, cuncta quæ in ea reperit consumens gladio.
37 They took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, with its king and all its cities, and all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it, and all the souls who were in it.
38 Inde reversus in Dabir,
38 Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fought against it.
39 cepit eam atque vastavit: regem quoque ejus atque omnia per circuitum oppida percussit in ore gladii: non dimisit in ea ullas reliquias: sicut fecerat Hebron et Lebna et regibus earum, sic fecit Dabir et regi illius.
39 He took it, with its king and all its cities. They struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining. As he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to its king; as he had done also to Libnah, and to its king.
40 Percussit itaque Josue omnem terram montanam et meridianam atque campestrem, et Asedoth, cum regibus suis: non dimisit in ea ullas reliquias, sed omne quod spirare poterat interfecit, sicut præceperat ei Dominus Deus Israël,
40 So Joshua struck all the land, the hill country, the South, the lowland, the slopes, and all their kings. He left no one remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded.
41 a Cadesbarne usque Gazam. Omnem terram Gosen usque Gabaon,
41 Joshua struck them from Kadesh Barnea even to Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even to Gibeon.
42 universosque reges, et regiones eorum uno impetu cepit atque vastavit: Dominus enim Deus Israël pugnavit pro eo.
42 Joshua took all these kings and their land at one time because Yahweh, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.
43 Reversusque est cum omni Israël ad locum castrorum in Galgala.
43 Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.
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Adoni-zedek
Amorite king of Jerusalem who led the five-king coalition against Gibeon after it made peace with Israel, and whom Joshua defeated at Gibeon and executed after the kings were…
Cited in the guide: Joshua 10:1; Joshua 10:3
Debir
Amorite king of Eglon who joined Adoni-zedek's alliance against Gibeon and was one of the five kings Joshua struck down.
Cited in the guide: Joshua 10:3
Hoham
Amorite king of Hebron who joined Adoni-zedek's alliance against Gibeon and was one of the five kings Joshua struck down.
Cited in the guide: Joshua 10:3
Horam
King of Gezer who came to help Lachish and was struck down by Joshua along with his people.
Cited in the guide: Joshua 10:33
Japhia
Amorite king of Lachish who joined Adoni-zedek's alliance against Gibeon and was one of the five kings Joshua struck down.
Cited in the guide: Joshua 10:3
Piram
Amorite king of Jarmuth who joined Adoni-zedek's alliance against Gibeon and was one of the five kings Joshua struck down.
Cited in the guide: Joshua 10:3
Cross references (39)
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- 1 Joshua 11:19–20; Joshua 9:15–27; Joshua 6:21; Genesis 14:18; Hebrews 7:1
- 2 Deuteronomy 11:25; Joshua 2:24; Exodus 15:14–16; Psalm 48:4–6; 2 Samuel 12:26
- 3 2 Chronicles 11:9; Micah 1:13; Genesis 37:14; 2 Samuel 2:11; Joshua 18:28
- 4 Joshua 9:15; Joshua 10:1; Isaiah 8:9–10; Isaiah 41:5–7; John 16:2–3
- 5 Joshua 9:1–2; Numbers 13:29; Genesis 15:16; Isaiah 8:9–10; Joshua 10:6
- 6 Joshua 9:6; Joshua 5:10; Psalm 125:2; 2 Kings 4:24; Joshua 9:15
- 7 Joshua 8:1; Isaiah 8:14; Isaiah 8:12
- 8 Romans 8:31; Joshua 11:6; Deuteronomy 3:2; Judges 4:14–15; Psalm 27:1–2
- 9 Ecclesiastes 9:10; Proverbs 24:11–12; Proverbs 22:29; 2 Timothy 2:3; 1 Samuel 11:9–11
- 10 Psalm 18:14; Joshua 16:3; Joshua 16:5; Isaiah 28:21; 1 Samuel 7:10–12
- 11 Isaiah 28:2; Psalm 18:12–14; Exodus 9:22–26; Judges 5:20; Psalm 77:17–18
- 12 Habakkuk 3:11; Isaiah 38:8; Isaiah 60:20; Joshua 10:13; Isaiah 28:21
- 13 Habakkuk 3:11; Isaiah 38:8; Joshua 10:14; Judges 16:28; 2 Samuel 1:18
- 14 Deuteronomy 1:30; Exodus 14:14; Joshua 10:42; Joshua 23:3; Luke 17:6
- 15 Joshua 10:43; Joshua 10:6
- 16 Revelation 6:15; Isaiah 2:10–12; Micah 7:17; Isaiah 24:21–22; Isaiah 2:19–22
- 18 Matthew 27:66; Amos 9:1; Job 21:30; Amos 5:19; Joshua 10:22
- 19 Psalm 18:37–41; Isaiah 9:14–15; Joshua 10:20; 2 Samuel 20:6; Jeremiah 48:10
- 20 Joshua 8:24; 2 Samuel 20:6; Joshua 10:10; Deuteronomy 20:16; 2 Chronicles 13:17
- 21 Exodus 11:7; Isaiah 54:17; Isaiah 57:4
- 22 1 Samuel 15:32
- 23 Joshua 10:3; Joshua 10:1; Joshua 10:5
- 24 Malachi 4:3; Romans 16:20; Revelation 2:26–27; Psalm 107:40; Psalm 149:8–9
- 25 Joshua 1:9; 2 Corinthians 1:10; Ephesians 6:10; 1 Samuel 17:37; Deuteronomy 7:19
- 26 Joshua 8:29; Matthew 27:25; Galatians 3:13; 2 Samuel 21:9; Deuteronomy 21:22–23
- 27 Joshua 8:29; Deuteronomy 21:22–23; 2 Samuel 18:17; Joshua 7:26; Joshua 4:9
- 28 Joshua 6:21; Deuteronomy 7:2; Deuteronomy 20:16–17; 1 Corinthians 15:25; Joshua 10:30
- 29 Joshua 21:13; Joshua 15:42; Numbers 33:20; Joshua 10:28; 2 Kings 19:8
- 31 Joshua 10:3; 2 Chronicles 11:9; 2 Kings 19:8; Isaiah 37:8; Joshua 12:11
- 33 Joshua 16:10; Judges 1:29; Joshua 16:3; 1 Kings 9:15–17; 1 Chronicles 20:4
- 34 Joshua 10:3; Joshua 15:39; Joshua 12:12
- 35 Leviticus 26:44; Job 19:10; Joshua 10:37
- 36 Judges 1:10; Joshua 15:13; Numbers 13:22; Joshua 14:13–14; 1 Chronicles 12:28
- 38 Joshua 15:15; Joshua 12:13; Joshua 15:49; Judges 1:11–15; Joshua 21:15
- 39 Deuteronomy 3:3; Joshua 10:37; 2 Kings 10:11; Joshua 10:33; Obadiah 18
- 40 Deuteronomy 7:2–16; Exodus 23:31–33; 2 Thessalonians 1:7–9; Joshua 8:2; Joshua 10:37
- 41 Joshua 11:16; Joshua 15:51; Genesis 10:19; Deuteronomy 9:23; Numbers 34:4
- 42 Joshua 10:14; Psalm 46:7; Psalm 80:3; Exodus 14:25; Exodus 14:14
- 43 Joshua 10:15; 1 Samuel 11:14; Joshua 4:19
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The ephod and the breastplate, and other sacerdotal vestments, were formed out of five materials; for they combined in themselves gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. And there were five kings of the Amorites, whom Joshua the son of Nun shut up in a cave, and directed the people to trample upon their heads.