Joshua 10:11 - Forerunner Commentary

Joshua 10:11

9 Joshua therefore came upon them suddenly, having marched all night from Gilgal.

10 So the Lord ^arouted them before Israel, killed them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, chased them along the road that goes ^bto Beth Horon, and struck them down as far as ^cAzekah and Makkedah.

11 And it happened, as they fled before Israel and were on the descent of Beth Horon, ^athat the Lord cast down large hailstones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died. There were more who died from the hailstones than the children of Israel killed with the sword.

12 Then Joshua spoke 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:
^a“Sun, stand still over Gibeon;
And Moon, in the Valley of ^bAijalon.”

13 So the sun stood still,
And the moon stopped,
Till the people had revenge
Upon their enemies. ^aIs this not written in the Book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day.

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Joshua 10:11

So God's weapon—the hailstones—did more damage than the swords of the Israelite soldiers. He was the one that took the foremost part of this attack on the Canaanites. He led the warriors down the line and down Beth Horon. And He was the one that dropped all the hailstones on the Amorites.

These two phrases in these two verses make the statement that the victory at Gibeon and along the road is overwhelmingly God's. Yes, the Israelites participated, but God did the damage. God did the fighting. I mean, Joshua may have led the warriors and the mighty men of valor, but God's presence and God's actions were the main source of victory.

Excerpted from Joshua's Four Miracles (Part Two)

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