Joshua 10:9
Joshua attacked them by surprise after marching all night from Gilgal.
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- 1 Sam 11:9-9 : 9 They said to the messengers who had come,“Here’s what you should say to the men of Jabesh Gilead:‘Tomorrow deliverance will come to you when the sun is fully up.’” When the messengers went and told the men of Jabesh Gilead, they were happy. 10 The men of Jabesh said,“Tomorrow we will come out to you and you can do with us whatever you wish.” 11 The next day Saul placed the people in three groups. They went to the Ammonite camp during the morning watch and struck them down until the hottest part of the day. The survivors scattered; no two of them remained together.
- Prov 22:29 : 29 You have seen a person skilled in his work– he will take his position before kings; he will not take his position before obscure people.
- Prov 24:11-12 : 11 Deliver those being taken away to death, and hold back those slipping to the slaughter. 12 If you say,“But we did not know about this,” won’t the one who evaluates hearts discern it? Won’t the one who guards your life realize and repay each person according to his deeds?
- Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.
- 2 Tim 2:3 : 3 Take your share of suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
- 2 Tim 4:2 : 2 Preach the message, be ready whether it is convenient or not, reprove, rebuke, exhort with complete patience and instruction.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Josh 10:6-83 verses81%
6The men of Gibeon sent this message to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal,“Do not abandon your subjects! Come up here quickly and rescue us! Help us! For all the Amorite kings living in the hill country are attacking us.”
7So Joshua and his whole army, including the bravest warriors, marched up from Gilgal.
8The LORD told Joshua,“Don’t be afraid of them, for I am handing them over to you. Not one of them can resist you.”
- Josh 11:6-83 verses78%
6The LORD told Joshua,“Don’t be afraid of them, for about this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to lie dead before Israel. You must hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.”
7Joshua and his whole army caught them by surprise at the Waters of Merom and attacked them.
8The LORD handed them over to Israel and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the Mizpah Valley to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.
- Josh 8:12-165 verses78%
12He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel and Ai.
13The army was in position– the main army north of the city and the rear guard west of the city. That night Joshua went into the middle of the valley.
14When the king of Ai saw Israel, they rushed to get up early. Then the men of the city went out to meet Israel in battle, he and all his people, at the meeting place near the rift valley. But he did not realize an ambush was waiting for him behind the city.
15Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the wilderness.
16All the reinforcements in Ai were ordered to chase them; they chased Joshua and were lured away from the city.
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10The LORD routed them before Israel. Israel thoroughly defeated them at Gibeon. They chased them up the road to the pass of Beth Horon and struck them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.
- Josh 8:9-102 verses76%
9Joshua sent them away and they went to their hiding place west of Ai, between Bethel and Ai. Joshua spent that night with the army.
10Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered the army, and he and the leaders of Israel marched at the head of it to Ai.
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15Then Joshua and all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal.
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1Israel Crosses the Jordan Bright and early the next morning Joshua and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan. They camped there before crossing the river.
- Josh 10:41-433 verses75%
41Joshua conquered the area between Kadesh Barnea and Gaza and the whole region of Goshen, all the way to Gibeon.
42Joshua captured in one campaign all these kings and their lands, for the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
43Then Joshua and all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal.
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36Joshua and all Israel marched up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it.
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10So the Israelites camped in Gilgal and celebrated the Passover in the evening of the fourteenth day of the month in the rift valley plains of Jericho.
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9Gideon Reassured of Victory That night the LORD said to Gideon,“Get up! Attack the camp, for I am handing it over to you.
- Josh 8:3-42 verses73%
3Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night.
4He ordered them,“Look, set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city; all of you be ready!
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19The people went up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and camped in Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.
- Josh 6:11-122 verses72%
11So Joshua made sure they marched the ark of the LORD around the city one time. Then they went back to the camp and spent the night there.
12Bright and early the next morning Joshua had the priests pick up the ark of the LORD.
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12The day the LORD delivered the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua prayed to the LORD before Israel:“O sun, stand still over Gibeon! O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon!”
- Josh 10:24-252 verses71%
24When they brought the kings out to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the commanders of the troops who accompanied him,“Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came up and put their feet on their necks.
25Then Joshua said to them,“Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! Be strong and brave, for the LORD will do the same thing to all your enemies you fight.”
- Josh 9:2-32 verses71%
2they formed an alliance to fight against Joshua and Israel.
3When the residents of Gibeon heard what Joshua did to Jericho and Ai,
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19When he held out his hand, the men waiting in ambush rose up quickly from their place and attacked. They entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.
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15On the seventh day they were up at the crack of dawn and marched around the city as before– only this time they marched around it seven times.
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18Joshua campaigned against these kings for quite some time.
- Josh 10:19-202 verses70%
19But don’t you delay! Chase your enemies and catch them! Don’t allow them to retreat to their cities, for the LORD your God is handing them over to you.”
20Joshua and the Israelites almost totally wiped them out, but some survivors did escape to the fortified cities.
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13Israel Conquers Jericho When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword. Joshua approached him and asked him,“Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?”
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32Now, come up at night with your men and set an ambush in the field outside the city.
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10The LORD responded to Joshua,“Get up! Why are you lying there face down?
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34Joshua and all Israel marched from Lachish to Eglon. They deployed troops and fought against it.
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13So Joshua destroyed Amalek and his army with the sword.
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1Israel Conquers Ai The LORD told Joshua,“Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! Take the whole army with you and march against Ai! See, I am handing over to you the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land.
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27At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. They threw them into the cave where they had hidden and piled large stones over the mouth of the cave.(They remain to this very day.)