JOSHUA 10:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth–horon, that the Lord cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.”
The hailstorm — As they fled before Israel, down the descent of Beth-horon, the LORD cast down great stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died. The 'great stones from heaven' (אַבְנֵי־בָרָד, literally hailstones) become instruments of divine wrath—more Canaanites die from the hail than from the sword. The descent of Beth-horon is a strategic geographic bottleneck; as the armies flee downward, they are exposed to the hailstorm. The supernatural element emphasizes the LORD's direct participation in the victory.
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