4. “Come to my aid so we can attack Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”
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.
6. The men of Gibeon sent this message to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, “Do not abandon your subjects! Rescue us! Help us! For all the Amorite kings living in the hill country are attacking us.”
7. So Joshua and his whole army, including the bravest warriors, marched up from Gilgal.
8. The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for I am handing them over to you. Not one of them can resist you.”
9. Joshua attacked them by surprise after marching all night from Gilgal.
10. The Lord routed them before Israel. Israel thoroughly defeated them at Gibeon. They chased them up the road to the pass of Beth Horon and struck them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.
11. As they fled from Israel on the slope leading down from Beth Horon, the Lord threw down on them large hailstones from the sky, all the way to Azekah. They died – in fact, more died from the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword.