From an event that highlighted mistakes and human duplicity we come to a quite amazing event.
Adoni-Zedek, the king of Jerusalem, sought the help of several other kings to go and attack Gibeon. So the five kings made plans and took up positions against Gibeon.
The Gibeonites then sent a call for help to Joshua. Israel was now obliged to help Gibeon because of the treaty she had made with Gibeon. So Joshua marched out to help the Gibeonites. The Lord assured him that He would be with him. Now if Joshua had reneged on his promise to Gibeon, because it was made as a result of deception, he would not have known the Lord's blessing. So this stresses further the importance of keeping our word.
The Israelite army took the enemy by surprise and completely routed them.
After this Joshua said to God in the presence of the Israelites "Sun stand still over Gibeon", and the sun did stand still. This is quite amazing. First that Joshua said this in the presence of Israel, and that the Lord answered Him.
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