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Ιησούς του ναυή 10

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1 Και ως ηκουσεν Αδωνισεδεκ ο βασιλευς της Ιερουσαλημ οτι ο Ιησους εκυριευσε την Γαι και εξωλοθρευσεν αυτην, οτι, καθως εκαμεν εις την Ιεριχω και εις τον βασιλεα αυτης, ουτως εκαμεν εις την Γαι και εις τον βασιλεα αυτης, και οτι οι κατοικοι της Γαβαων εκαμον ειρηνην μετα του Ισραηλ και εμενον μεταξυ αυτων,

2 εφοβηθησαν σφοδρα· διοτι ητο πολις μεγαλη η Γαβαων, ως μια των βασιλικων πολεων, και διοτι ητο μεγαλητερα της Γαι, και παντες οι ανδρες αυτης δυνατοι.

3 Δια τουτο απεστειλεν Αδωνισεδεκ ο βασιλευς της Ιερουσαλημ προς τον Ωαμ βασιλεα της Χεβρων, και προς τον Πιραμ βασιλεα της Ιαρμουθ, και προς τον Ιαφια βασιλεα της Λαχεις, και προς τον Δεβειρ βασιλεα της Εγλων, λεγων,

4 Αναβητε προς εμε και βοηθησατε μοι, δια να παταξωμεν την Γαβαων· διοτι εκαμεν ειρηνην μετα του Ιησου και μετα των υιων Ισραηλ.

5 Και συναχθεντες οι πεντε βασιλεις των Αμορραιων, ο βασιλευς της Ιερουσαλημ, ο βασιλευς της Χεβρων, ο βασιλευς της Ιαρμουθ, ο βασιλευς της Λαχεις, ο βασιλευς της Εγλων, ανεβησαν, αυτοι και παντα τα στρατευματα αυτων, και εστρατοπεδευσαν εμπροσθεν της Γαβαων και επολεμουν εναντιον αυτης.

6 Και οι Γαβαωνιται απεστειλαν προς τον Ιησουν εις το στρατοπεδον εις Γαλγαλα, λεγοντες, Μη αποσυρης την χειρα σου απο των δουλων σου· αναβα προς ημας ταχεως και σωσον ημας και βοηθησον ημας· διοτι συνηχθησαν εναντιον ημων παντες οι βασιλεις των Αμορραιων, οι κατοικουντες την ορεινην.

7 Και ανεβη ο Ιησους απο Γαλγαλων, αυτος και πας ο λαος ο πολεμιστης μετ' αυτου και παντες οι δυνατοι εν ισχυι.

8 Και ειπε Κυριος προς τον Ιησουν, Μη φοβηθης αυτους· διοτι παρεδωκα αυτους εις την χειρα σου· δεν θελει σταθη εμπροσθεν σου ουδεις εξ αυτων.

9 Ηλθε λοιπον επ' αυτους ο Ιησους εξαιφνης, αναβας απο Γαλγαλων δι' ολης της νυκτος.

10 Και κατετροπωσεν αυτους ο Κυριος εμπροσθεν του Ισραηλ, και επαταξαν αυτους εν σφαγη μεγαλη εν Γαβαων, και κατεδιωξαν αυτους εις την οδον την αναβαινουσαν προς Βαιθ-ωρων, και κατεκοπτον αυτους εως Αζηκα και εως Μακκηδα.

11 Και ενω, φευγοντες απ' εμπροσθεν του Ισραηλ, ησαν εν τη καταβασει της Βαιθ-ωρων, ο Κυριος ερριψεν εκ του ουρανου κατ' αυτων λιθους μεγαλους εως Αζηκα, και απεθανον· περισσοτεροι ησαν οι αποθανοντες εκ των λιθων της χαλαζης, παρ' οσους οι υιοι Ισραηλ κατεκοψαν εν μαχαιρα.

12 Τοτε ελαλησεν ο Ιησους προς τον Κυριον, καθ' ην ημεραν ο Κυριος παρεδωκε τους Αμορραιους εμπροσθεν των υιων Ισραηλ, και ειπεν ενωπιον του Ισραηλ, Στηθι, ηλιε, επι την Γαβαων, και συ, σεληνη, επι την φαραγγα Αιαλων.

13 Και ο ηλιος εσταθη και η σεληνη εμεινεν, εωσου ο λαος εξεδικηθη τους εχθρους αυτου. Δεν ειναι τουτο γεγραμμενον εν τω βιβλιω του Ιασηρ; Και εσταθη ο ηλιος εν τω μεσω του ουρανου, και δεν εσπευσε να δυση εως μιας ολοκληρου ημερας.

14 Και τοιαυτη ημερα δεν υπηρξεν ουτε προτερον ουτε υστερον, ωστε ο Κυριος να ακουση φωνην ανθρωπου· διοτι ο Κυριος επολεμει υπερ του Ισραηλ.

15 Και επεστρεψεν ο Ιησους, και πας ο Ισραηλ μετ' αυτου, εις το στρατοπεδον εις Γαλγαλα.

16 Οι δε πεντε βασιλεις ουτοι εφυγον και εκρυφθησαν εις σπηλαιον εν Μακκηδα.

17 Και ανηγγειλαν προς τον Ιησουν, λεγοντες, οι πεντε βασιλεις ευρεθησαν κεκρυμμενοι εις σπηλαιον εν Μακκηδα.

18 Και ειπεν ο Ιησους, Κυλισατε λιθους μεγαλους εις το στομα του σπηλαιου, και καταστησατε ανθρωπους πλησιον αυτου δια να φυλαττωσιν αυτους·

19 και σεις μη στεκεσθε· καταδιωκετε τους εχθρους σας και παταξατε το οπισθεν αυτων· μη αφησητε αυτους να εισελθωσιν εις τας πολεις αυτων· διοτι Κυριος ο Θεος σας παρεδωκεν αυτους εις τας χειρας σας.

20 Και αφου ο Ιησους και οι υιοι Ισραηλ ετελειωσαν φονευοντες αυτους εν σφαγη μεγαλη σφοδρα, εωσου εξωλοθρευθησαν, οι λοιποι εξ αυτων, οσοι διεσωθησαν, εισηλθον εις ωχυρωμενας πολεις.

21 Και πας ο λαος επεστρεψεν εις το στρατοπεδον προς τον Ιησουν εις Μακκηδα εν ειρηνη· ουδεις εκινησε την γλωσσαν αυτου κατα τινος εκ των υιων Ισραηλ.

22 Και ειπεν ο Ιησους, Ανοιξατε το στομα του σπηλαιου και εξαγαγετε προς εμε τους πεντε βασιλεις εκεινους εκ του σπηλαιου.

23 Και εκαμον ουτω και εξηγαγον προς αυτον τους πεντε βασιλεις εκεινους εκ του σπηλαιου, τον βασιλεα της Ιερουσαλημ, τον βασιλεα της Χεβρων, τον βασιλεα της Ιαρμουθ, τον βασιλεα της Λαχεις, τον βασιλεα της Εγλων.

24 Και αφου εξηγαγον προς τον Ιησουν τους βασιλεις εκεινους, εκαλεσεν ο Ιησους παντας τους ανδρας του Ισραηλ, και ειπε προς τους αρχηγους των πολεμιστων τους ελθοντας μετ' αυτου, Πλησιασατε, βαλετε τους ποδας σας επι τους τραχηλους των βασιλεων τουτων. Και αυτοι επλησιασαν και εβαλον τους ποδας αυτων επι τους τραχηλους αυτων.

25 Και ειπε προς αυτους ο Ιησους, Μη φοβεισθε μηδε δειλιατε· ανδριζεσθε και ενδυναμουσθε· επειδη ουτω θελει καμει ο Κυριος εις παντας τους εχθρους σας, κατα των οποιων μαχεσθε.

26 Και μετα ταυτα επαταξεν αυτους ο Ιησους και εθανατωσεν αυτους και εκρεμασεν αυτους εις πεντε ξυλα· και εκρεμοντο εις τα ξυλα εως εσπερας.

27 Περι δε την δυσιν του ηλιου, προσεταξεν ο Ιησους, και κατεβιβασαν αυτους απο των ξυλων και ερριψαν αυτους εις το σπηλαιον, οπου ειχον κρυφθη, και εκυλισαν λιθους μεγαλους εις το στομα του σπηλαιου, οιτινες μενουσιν εως της σημερον ημερας.

28 Και εν εκεινη τη ημερα εκυριευσεν ο Ιησους την Μακκηδα, και επαταξεν εν στοματι μαχαιρας αυτην και τον βασιλεα αυτης· εξωλοθρευσεν αυτους και πασας τας ψυχας τας εν αυτη· δεν αφηκεν υπολοιπον· και εκαμεν εις τον βασιλεα της Μακκηδα, καθως εκαμεν εις τον βασιλεα της Ιεριχω.

29 Και διεβη ο Ιησους, και πας ο Ισραηλ μετ' αυτου, εκ Μακκηδα εις Λιβνα και επολεμει την Λιβνα.

30 Και παρεδωκεν ο Κυριος και αυτην και τον βασιλεα αυτης εις την χειρα του Ισραηλ· και επαταξεν εν στοματι μαχαιρας αυτην και πασας τας ψυχας τας εν αυτη· δεν αφηκεν εν αυτη υπολοιπον· και εκαμεν εις τον βασιλεα αυτης, καθως εκαμεν εις τον βασιλεα της Ιεριχω.

31 Και διεβη ο Ιησους, και πας ο Ισραηλ μετ' αυτου, εκ Λιβνα εις Λαχεις, και εστρατοπεδευσε κατεναντι αυτης και επολεμει αυτην.

32 Και παρεδωκεν ο Κυριος την Λαχεις εις την χειρα του Ισραηλ, και εκυριευσεν αυτην την δευτεραν ημεραν, και επαταξεν εν στοματι μαχαιρας αυτην και πασας τας ψυχας τας εν αυτη, κατα παντα οσα εκαμεν εις την Λιβνα.

33 Τοτε ανεβη Ωραμ ο βασιλευς της Γεζερ δια να βοηθηση την Λαχεις· και ο Ιησους επαταξεν αυτον και τον λαον αυτου, εωσου δεν αφηκεν εις αυτον υπολοιπον.

34 Και διεβη ο Ιησους, και πας ο Ισραηλ μετ' αυτου, εκ Λαχεις εις Εγλων, και εστρατοπεδευσαν κατεναντι αυτης και επολεμουν αυτην·

35 και εκυριευσαν αυτην εν τη ημερα εκεινη, και επαταξαν αυτην εν στοματι μαχαιρας· και εξωλοθρευσεν εν εκεινη τη ημερα πασας τας ψυχας τας εν αυτη, κατα παντα οσα εκαμεν εις την Λαχεις.

36 Και ανεβη ο Ιησους, και πας ο Ισραηλ μετ' αυτου, εξ Εγλων εις Χεβρων, και επολεμουν αυτην·

37 και εκυριευσαν αυτην και επαταξαν εν στοματι μαχαιρας αυτην και τον βασιλεα αυτης και πασας τας πολεις αυτης και πασας τας ψυχας τας εν αυτη· δεν αφηκεν υπολοιπον· κατα παντα οσα εκαμεν εις την Εγλων· και εξωλοθρευσεν αυτην και πασας τας ψυχας τας εν αυτη.

38 Και εστρεψεν ο Ιησους, και πας ο Ισραηλ μετ' αυτου· εις Δεβειρ και επολεμουν αυτην·

39 και εκυριευσεν αυτην και τον βασιλεα αυτης και πασας τας πολεις αυτης· και επαταξαν αυτους εν στοματι μαχαιρας και εξωλοθρευσαν πασας τας ψυχας τας εν αυτη, δεν αφηκεν υπολοιπον· καθως εκαμεν εις την Χεβρων, ουτως εκαμεν εις την Δεβειρ και εις τον βασιλεα αυτης· και καθως εκαμεν εις την Λιβνα και εις τον βασιλεα αυτης.

40 Ουτως επαταξεν ο Ιησους πασαν την γην την ορεινην και την μεσημβρινην και την πεδινην και την Ασδωθ και παντας τους βασιλεις αυτων· δεν αφηκεν υπολοιπον, αλλ' εξωλοθρευσε παν το εχον πνοην, καθως προσεταξε Κυριος ο Θεος του Ισραηλ.

41 Και επαταξεν αυτους ο Ιησους απο Καδης-βαρνη εως Γαζης, και πασαν την γην Γεσεν, εως Γαβαων.

42 Και παντας τουτους τους βασιλεις και την γην αυτων ο Ιησους εκυριευσε δια μιας, διοτι Κυριος ο Θεος του Ισραηλ επολεμει υπερ του Ισραηλ.

43 Και επεστρεψεν ο Ιησους, και πας Ισραηλ μετ' αυτου, εις το στρατοπεδον εις Γαλγαλα.

   

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Exploring the Meaning of Joshua 10

Napsal(a) New Christian Bible Study Staff, Julian Duckworth

Joshua 10: The five kings and how the sun stood still.

After hearing that Gibeon - a sizeable city - had made a peace treaty with Israel, the king of Jerusalem called on four other Canaanite kings to join him in attacking Gibeon. The Gibeonites asked Joshua to remember his promise to keep them safe, and Israel did so, coming to their defense. A great battle ensued at Gilgal. With the Lord’s help, the Israelites defeated the five Canaanite kings. As the Canaanites were fleeing, the Lord sent large hailstones raining down on them, killing more soldiers than had died in the battle. Then, Joshua asked the Lord to make the sun stand still until the enemy was defeated, and it stopped moving across the sky for one whole day.

The defeated kings fled, and hid in a cave at Makkeda. Joshua commanded his men to roll stones over the cave entrance, and to attack the rest of their fleeing enemies. After returning to the cave, Joshua’s men brought the kings out of hiding and stood on their necks, to demonstrate that the Lord would vanquish all of Israel’s enemies. Joshua hanged them, put them back in the cave, and once again sealed the entrance with stones. The rest of the chapter chronicles Israel’s defeat of many other Canaanite cities and kings.

This story shows us that life is amazingly connected and full of consequences. Spiritual life has its share of unforeseen consequences too. When we affirm our wish to follow the Lord, evil spirits will try to fill our minds with distressing thoughts to pull us away from Him. Sometimes this can lead us to rise up and resist our decision to follow the Lord (See Swedenborg’s work, Arcana Caelestia 1683).

The part of the chapter about the sun standing still represents our need to remain focused on the Lord during our struggles with temptation and regeneration. The Lord is our sun, and normally our awareness of the Lord rises and sets. This brings times when we feel the Lord’s presence strongly, and also times when we feel it is up to us to act as we wish. This is our normal rhythm, and it is right for us to have this cycle.

When we are involved in a spiritual crisis, we need to ensure that our mind’s focus stays with the Lord until we have made it through. This is like our sense of the Lord’s presence standing still ‘for a day’ in our mind’s sky, so that we will not lose our direction. This enabled Joshua and Israel to be victorious, just as it will with us (See Swedenborg’s work, Divine Love and Wisdom 105).

When the Lord sent hailstones - frozen water - on the Canaanites, it represents the way in which false ideas from evil intentions backfire on the attacker of good, because evil is notoriously self-destructive. One lie leads to more another, until the wrongdoer is exposed and judged (See Swedenborg’s Heaven and Hell 457).

The cave of Makkedah, where the five kings hid, also holds spiritual significance because of its name, which means ‘the excellent place of shepherds.’ Shepherding represents the Lord’s care for us and our care for each other. Evil may hide behind a semblance of good but it can’t last. Joshua and his men later brought the kings out of the cave and hanged them, signifying that all true life comes from the Lord and His goodness, and He will bring an end to every evil and false way (Divine Love and Wisdom 363).

Israel’s subsequent conquest of other Canaanite cities depicts the follow-through that takes place after an important point in our regeneration: a decision, a refusal, an admission, a prayer to God. This results in a period of witnessing the Lord’s blessings, which naturally follow once we have affirmed our intention to be with the Lord in our life. The chapter ends, “All these kings Joshua took at one time because the Lord God fought for Israel.”

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Joshua 10

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1 Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;

2 That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.

3 Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,

4 Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.

5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.

6 And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.

7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour.

8 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.

9 Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night.

10 And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.

11 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.

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; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.

13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.

15 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.

16 But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.

17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.

18 And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them:

19 And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath delivered them into your hand.

20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.

21 And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.

22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave.

23 And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.

24 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.

25 And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.

26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.

28 And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.

29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:

30 And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho.

31 And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:

32 And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.

33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.

34 And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it:

35 And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it:

37 And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein.

38 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it:

39 And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.

40 So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.

41 And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.

42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.

43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.