H9001–/וַ–v

And the men took some of their food, without requesting directions from the Lord.

וַיִּקְח֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

So Joshua made peace with them, and made an agreement with them that they were not to be put to death: and the chiefs of the people took an oath to them.

וַיַּ֨עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּכְרֹ֥ת (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשָּׁבְע֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

Now three days after, when they had made this agreement with them, they had word that these men were their neighbours, living near them.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֗וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the children of Israel went forward on their journey, and on the third day came to their towns. Now their towns were Gibeon and Chephirah and Beeroth and Kiriath-jearim.

וַיִּסְע֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֛אוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Israel did not put them to death, because the chiefs of the people had taken an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel. And all the people made an outcry against the chiefs.

וַיִּלֹּ֥נוּ (וַ) va “and”

But all the chiefs said to the people, We have taken an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, and so we may not put our hands on them.

וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

Keep them living, and let them be servants, cutting wood and getting water for all the people. And all the people did as the chiefs had said to them.

וַיֹּאמְר֧וּ (וַ) va “and”וַ֠יִּֽהְיוּ (וַ֠) Va “and”

Then Joshua sent for them, and said to them, Why have you been false to us, saying, We are very far from you, when you are living among us?

וַיִּקְרָ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

And, answering Joshua, they said, Because it came to the ears of your servants that the Lord your God had given orders to his servant Moses to give you all this land, and to send destruction on all the people living in it, because of you; so, fearing gre

וַיַּעֲנ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (וַ) va “and”וַנִּירָ֨א (וַ) va. “and”וַֽנַּעֲשֵׂ֖ה (וַֽ) va. “and”

So he kept them safe from the children of Israel, and did not let them be put to death.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּצֵּ֥ל (וַ) va “and”

And that day Joshua made them servants, cutting wood and getting water for the people and for the altar of the Lord, in the place marked out by him, to this day.

וַיִּתְּנֵ֨ם (וַ) va “and”

Now when it came to the ears of Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, that Joshua had taken Ai, and had given it up to the curse (for as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king); and that the people of Gibeon had made peace with

וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּחֲרִימָהּ֒ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽהְי֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

He was in great fear, because Gibeon was a great town, like one of the king's towns, greater than Ai, and all the men in it were men of war.

וַיִּֽירְא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

So Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, sent to Hoham, king of Hebron, and to Piram, king of Jarmuth, and to Japhia, king of Lachish, and to Debir, king of Eglon, saying,

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”

So the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, were banded together, and went up with all their armies and took up their position before Gibeon and made war a

וַיֵּאָסְפ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲל֜וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua to the tent-circle at Gilgal, saying, Be not slow to send help to your servants; come up quickly to our support and keep us safe: for all the kings of the Amorites from the hill-country have come together against us.

וַיִּשְׁלְח֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

So Joshua went up from Gilgal with all his army and all his men of war.

וַיַּ֨עַל (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear of them, for I have given them into your hands; they will all give way before you.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So Joshua, having come up from Gilgal all night, made a sudden attack on them.

וַיָּבֹ֧א (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord made them full of fear before Israel, and they put great numbers of them to death at Gibeon, and went after them by the way going up to Beth-horon, driving them back to Azekah and Makkedah

וַיְהֻמֵּ֤ם (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכֵּ֥ם (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּרְדְּפֵ֗ם (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּכֵּ֥ם (וַ) va “and”

And in their flight before Israel, on the way down from Beth-horon, the Lord sent down great stones from heaven on them all the way to Azekah, causing their death: those whose death was caused by the stones were more than those whom the children of Israe

וַיְהִ֞י (וַ) va “and”וַיָּמֻ֑תוּ (וַ) va “and”

It was on the day when the Lord gave up the Amorites into the hands of the children of Israel that Joshua said to the Lord, before the eyes of Israel, Sun, be at rest over Gibeon; and you, O moon, in the valley of Aijalon.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ (וַ) va “and”

And the sun was at rest and the moon kept its place till the nation had given punishment to their attackers. (Is it not recorded in the book of Jashar?) So the sun kept its place in the middle of the heavens, and was waiting, and did not go down, for the

וַיִּדֹּ֨ם (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲמֹ֤ד (וַ) va “and”

And Joshua, with all Israel, went back to the tent-circle at Gilgal.

וַיָּ֤שָׁב (וַ) va “and”

But these five kings went in flight secretly to a hole in the rock at Makkedah.

וַיָּנֻ֕סוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּחָבְא֥וּ (וַ) va “and”