Joshua Makes The Sun Stand Still

Joshua gave the command for the sun to stand still there have been a number of ways in which commentators have sought to understand what occurred.

Joshua makes the sun stand still.

Is this not written in the book of jashar. Is not this written in the book of jashar. The sun standing still refers to an eclipse of the sun. God answered his prayer.

On the day the lord gave the israelites victory over the amorites joshua prayed to the lord in front of all the people of israel. The day the sun stood still 11 as they fled before israel along the descent from beth horon to azekah the lord cast down on them large hailstones from the sky and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the israelites. Then joshua spoke to the lord on the day when the lord delivered the amorites before the children of israel. O sun stand still over gibeon o moon over the valley of aijalon 13 so the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies.

The day the sun stood still 12 on the day that the lord gave the amorites over to the israelites joshua spoke to the lord in the presence of israel. 12 on the day that the lord gave the amorites over to the israelites joshua spoke to the lord in the presence of israel. Is it true that the sun stood still answer. Joshua prayed for the sun to stand still in order to have time to complete the victory.

The passage is poetical and not to be understood literally. So joshua asked the lord to make the sun stand still. That s right the sun stood still and the moon stayed and hasted not to go down about a whole day joshua 10 12 13. The sun stands still.

O sun stand still. And the sun stayed in the midst of heaven and hasted not to go down about a whole day. Sun stand still over gibeon and you moon over the valley of aijalon so the sun stood still and the moon stopped. 10 now adoni zedek king of jerusalem heard that joshua had taken ai and totally destroyed it doing to ai and its king as he had done to jericho and its king and that the people of gibeon had made a treaty of peace with israel and had become their allies.

2 he and his people were very much alarmed at this because gibeon was an important city like one of the royal. Sun stand still dom upon gibeon. And he said in the sight of israel. On the day the lord gave the amorites over to israel joshua said to the lord in the presence of israel.