The poetic form of this passage is clear to every one who has the smallest acquaintance with the laws of hebrew poetry.
Sun stand still verse.
Is not this written in the book of jashar.
And the sun stayed in the midst of heaven and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
The sun stands still.
Sun stand still over gibeon and you moon over the valley of aijalon so the sun stood still and the moon stopped.
This is not the literal rendering of the original.
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.
And thou moon in the valley of ajalon.
O sun stand still over gibeon o moon over the valley of aijalon 13 so the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies.
2 he and his people were very much alarmed at this because gibeon was an important city like one of the royal.
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 this not written in the book of jashar.
And the sun stood still and the moon stayed until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies.
12 then spake joshua to the lord in the day when the lord delivered up the amorites before the children of israel and he said in the sight of israel sun stand thou still upon gibeon.
God answered his prayer.
For the book of jasher from which it is apparently a quotation see introduction sec.
13 and the sun stood still and the moon stayed until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies.
Sun stand thou still.
Joshua 10 12 14 may just relate the most amazing miracle of all time the day the sun stood still.
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.
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.
Is it true that the sun stood still answer.