Discovery BoxJoshua 10:6-9 
Context10:6 The men of Gibeon sent this message to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, “Do not abandon 1 your subjects! 2 Rescue us! Help us! For all the Amorite kings living in the hill country are attacking us.” 3 10:7 So Joshua and his whole army, including the bravest warriors, marched up from Gilgal. 4 10:8 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for I am handing them over to you. 5 Not one of them can resist you.” 6 10:9 Joshua attacked them by surprise after marching all night from Gilgal. 7
1 tn Heb “do not let your hand drop from us.”
2 tn Heb “your servants!”
3 tn Heb “have gathered against us.”
4 tn Heb “And Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and all the people of war with him, and all the brave warriors.”
5 tn Heb “I have given them into your hand.” The verbal form is a perfect of certitude, emphasizing the certainty of the action.
6 tn Heb “and not a man [or “one”] of them will stand before you.”
7 tn Heb “Joshua came upon them suddenly, all the night he went up from Gilgal.”
