Joshua 7:26 - Easy To Read Version

²⁶ After they burned Achan, they put many rocks over his body. Those rocks are still there today. {So God brought trouble to Achan.} That is why that place is called the Valley of Achor. [38] After this the Lord was not angry with the people.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ And they raised over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Then the Lord turned from the fierceness of His anger. Therefore the name of that place has been called the Valley of Achor or Troubling to this day.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ And they raised over him a great heap of stones, unto this day; and Jehovah turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.

Common English Bible

²⁶ They raised over him a great pile of stones that is still there today. Then the LORD turned away from his fury. So he named that place Achor Valley. It is still called that today.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ And they gathered upon him a great pile of stones, which remains even to the present day. And the fury of the Lord was averted from them. And the name of that place was called the Valley of Achor, even to this day.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁶ And they gathered together upon him a great heap of stones, which remaineth until this present day. And the wrath of the Lord was turned away from them. And the name of that place was called the Valley of Achor, until this day.

Joshua 7:26 Cross References

2 Samuel 18:17

Then Joab’s men took Absalom’s body and threw it into a large hole in the forest. They filled the large hole with many stones.

2 Samuel 21:14

They buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the area of Benjamin. They buried them in one of the tunnels in the grave of Saul’s father Kish. God listened to the prayers of the people in that land because they did everything the king commanded.

2 Chronicles 29:10

So now I, Hezekiah, have decided to make an agreement with the Lord God of Israel. Then he will not be angry at us any more.

Ezra 10:14

Let our leaders decide for the whole group meeting here. Then let every person in our towns that married a foreign woman come here to Jerusalem at a planned time. Let them come here with the elders (leaders) and judges of their towns. Then God will stop being angry at us.”

Psalm 85:4

Our God and Savior, stop being angry at us,\par and accept us again.\par

Exodus 32:12

{But if you destroy your people,} then the Egyptians can say, ‘The Lord planned to do bad things to his people. That is why he led them out of Egypt. He wanted to kill them in the mountains. He wanted to wipe them off the earth.’ So don’t be angry at your people. Please change your mind! Don’t destroy your people.

Isaiah 40:2

Speak kindly to Jerusalem!\par Tell Jerusalem,\par ‘Your time of service is finished.\par You have paid the price for your sins.’”\par The Lord punished Jerusalem—\par twice for every sin she did.\par

Isaiah 65:10

Then Sharon Valley {\cf2\super [470]} will be a field for sheep. The Valley of Achor {\cf2\super [471]} will be a place for cattle to rest. All these things will be for my people—the people that look for me.

Lamentations 3:53

They threw me into a pit\par while I was still alive.\par They threw stones at me.\par

Hosea 2:15

There I will give her fields of grapes. I will give her Achor Valley as a doorway of hope. Then she will answer like the time she came out of the land of Egypt.”

Hosea 2:17

I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth. Then people will not use the Baals’ names again.

Joel 2:13

Tear your hearts, not your clothes.” {\cf2\super [13]} \par Come back to the Lord your God.\par He is kind and merciful.\par He does not become angry quickly.\par He has great love.\par Maybe he will change his mind\par about the bad \{punishment he planned\}.\par

Joel 2:18

Then the Lord became excited about his land.\par He felt sorry for his people.\par

Jonah 1:15

So the men threw Jonah into the sea. The storm stopped—the sea became calm!

Zechariah 6:8

Then \{the Lord\} yelled at me. He said, “Look, those horses that were going north finished their job \{in Babylon\}. They have calmed my spirit—I am not angry now!”

Numbers 25:8

He followed the Israelite man into the tent. Then he used the spear to kill the Israelite man and the Midianite woman in her tent. [314] He pushed the spear through both of their bodies. At that time, there was a great sickness among the Israelite people. But when Phinehas killed these two people, the sickness stopped.

Deuteronomy 13:17

Everything in that city must be given to God to be destroyed. So you must not keep any of the things for yourselves. If you follow this command, then the Lord will stop being so angry at you. The Lord will be kind to you. He will feel sorry for you. He will let your nation grow larger, like he promised your ancestors. [85]

Deuteronomy 13:18

This will happen if you listen to the Lord your God—if you obey all his commands that I give you today. You must do the things that the Lord your God says are right.

Joshua 10:27

At sunset Joshua told his men to take the bodies down from the trees. So they threw the bodies into the cave where the kings had been hiding and covered the entrance of the cave with large rocks. Those bodies are still in that cave today.

Joshua 7:24

Then Joshua and all the people led Achan son of Zerah to the Valley of Achor. They also took the silver, the coat, the gold, Achan’s sons and daughters, his cattle, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and everything he owned. They took all these things to the Valley of Achor with Achan.

Joshua 8:29

Joshua hanged the king of Ai on a tree. He left him hanging on the tree until evening. At sunset, Joshua told his men to take the king’s body down from the tree. They threw his body down at the city gate. Then they covered the body with many rocks. That pile of rocks is still there today.