The southern campaign; the sun stands still at Gibeon
Defending the Gibeonites, Joshua marched all night, hailstones fell on the fleeing kings, and at Joshua's word the sun stood still at Gibeon and the moon in the Valley of Aijalon; there has been no day like it (Joshua 10:12-14).
1Now Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and devoted it to destruction—doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king—and that the people of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living near them. 2So Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were mighty. 3Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,