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