The Sun Stands Still

Joshua is saying: 'Sun stand still!'  And the sun does stand still.  It stays right there in the middle of the sky for a whole day. Jehovah makes it happen!  But let's see why Joshua wants the sun to keep shining.

When the five bad kings in the land of Ca'naan start to fight against the Gib'e-on-ites, , the Gib'e-on-ites send  a man to ask Joshua for help 'Come quickly!' he says.  "Save ys !  all the kings in the hill country have come  up to fight against your servants.'

Right away Joshua and all his fighting men go. All night long they march.  Whey come to Gib'e-on, the soldiers of the five kings are afraid and begin to run away.  Then Jehovah  makes large hailstones fall from the sky, and more soldiers die for being hit by the hailstones than are killed by Joshua's fighting men.

Next time: Conclusion of The Sun Stands Still

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