Joshua Makes The Sun Stand Still

On the day the lord gave the amorites over to israel joshua said to the lord in the presence of israel.

Joshua makes the sun stand still.

Joshua 10 12 14 may just relate the most amazing miracle of all time the day the sun stood still. 10 now adoni zedek king of jerusalem heard that joshua had taken ai and totally destroyed it doing to ai and its king as he had done to jericho and its king and that the people of gibeon had made a treaty of peace with israel and had become their allies. Sun stand still dom upon gibeon. Is this not written in the book of jashar.

On the day the lord gave the israelites victory over the amorites joshua prayed to the lord in front of all the people of israel. The day the sun stood still 11 as they fled before israel along the descent from beth horon to azekah the lord cast down on them large hailstones from the sky and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the israelites. The passage is poetical and not to be understood literally. The sun stands still.

Joshua gave the command for the sun to stand still there have been a number of ways in which commentators have sought to understand what occurred. 12 on the day that the lord gave the amorites over to the israelites joshua spoke to the lord in the presence of israel. God answered his prayer. 2 he and his people were very much alarmed at this because gibeon was an important city like one of the royal.

The sun standing still refers to an eclipse of the sun. So joshua asked the lord to make the sun stand still. That s right the sun stood still and the moon stayed and hasted not to go down about a whole day joshua 10 12 13. O sun stand still.

And the sun stood still and the moon stayed until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. And the sun stayed in the midst of heaven and hasted not to go down about a whole day. Is not this written in the book of jashar. Joshua prayed for the sun to stand still in order to have time to complete the victory.

And he said in the sight of israel. The day the sun stood still 12 on the day that the lord gave the amorites over to the israelites joshua spoke to the lord in the presence of israel. Is it true that the sun stood still answer. Sun stand still over gibeon and you moon over the valley of aijalon so the sun stood still and the moon stopped.