Joshua 10:12

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

On that day the Lord gave Israel the victory against the Amorites. Joshua stood before all the Israelites and said to the Lord: “Sun, stop over Gibeon. Moon, stand still over the Valley of Aijalon.”

Cross References

Habakkuk 3:11

The sun and the moon lost their brightness. They stopped shining when they saw your bright flashes of lightning. That lightning was like spears and arrows shooting through the air.

Isaiah 38:8

“Look, I am causing the shadow that is on the steps of Ahaz to move back ten steps. The sun’s shadow will go back up the ten steps that it has already been on.”

Isaiah 60:20

Your sun will never go down again. Your moon will never again be dark. That’s because the Lord will be your light forever, and the dark days of mourning will end.

Isaiah 28:21

The Lord will fight as he did at Mount Perazim. He will be angry as he was in Gibeon Valley. He will do what he must do. It will be what some stranger should do, but he will finish his work. Yes, this is a stranger’s job.

Psalm 19:4

But their message goes throughout the world. Their teaching reaches the ends of the earth. The sun’s tent is set up in the heavens.

Joshua 10:13

So the sun did not move, and the moon stopped until the people defeated their enemies. This story is written in the Book of Jashar. The sun stopped in the middle of the sky. It did not move for a full day.

Psalm 148:3

Sun and moon, praise him! Stars and lights in the sky, praise him!

Job 9:7

With one command he can stop the sun from rising. He can lock up the stars and keep them from shining.

Deuteronomy 4:19

And be careful when you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon, and the stars—all the many things in the sky. Be careful that you are not tempted to worship and serve them. The Lord your God lets the other people in the world do this.

Zechariah 2:13

Everyone, be quiet! The Lord is coming out of his holy house.

Habakkuk 2:20

But the Lord is in his holy temple, so the whole earth should be silent in his presence and show him respect.

Psalm 74:16

You control the day and the night. You made the sun and the moon.

Joshua 19:42

Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,

Deuteronomy 17:3

that they have worshiped other gods or maybe the sun, the moon or the stars. I never told you to do that!

Amos 8:9

The Lord GOD also said, “At that time I will make the sun set at noon and make the land dark on a clear day.

Judges 12:12

Then Elon from the tribe of Zebulun died and was buried in the city of Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.

Judges 5:20

The stars fought them from heaven. From their paths across the sky, they fought against Sisera.

1 Samuel 14:31

That day the Israelites defeated the Philistines. They fought them all the way from Micmash to Aijalon. So the people were very tired and hungry.

2 Samuel 2:12

Abner son of Ner and the officers of Ish Bosheth son of Saul left Mahanaim and went to Gibeon.

2 Kings 20:11

Then Isaiah prayed, and the Lord made the shadow move back ten steps. It went back up the steps that it had already been on.

Jeremiah 28:1

In the fifth month of the fourth year that Zedekiah was king of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur spoke to me. Hananiah was from the town of Gibeon. Hananiah was in the Lord’s Temple when he spoke to me. The priests and all the people were there also. This is what Hananiah said:

Amos 2:9

“But it was I who destroyed the Amorites before them. They were as tall as cedar trees and as strong as oaks, but I destroyed their fruit above and their roots below.

Joshua 21:24

Aijalon, and Gath Rimmon. In all, Dan gave them four towns and some land around each town for their animals.

1 Samuel 12:18

So Samuel prayed to the Lord. That same day the Lord sent thunder and rain. And the people became very afraid of the Lord and Samuel.

2 Kings 20:9

Isaiah said, “Which do you want? Should the shadow go forward ten steps or go back ten steps? This is the sign for you from the Lord to show that the Lord will do what he said he would do.”

2 Kings 20:10

Hezekiah answered, “It is an easy thing for the shadow to go down ten steps. No, make the shadow go back ten steps.”

2 Chronicles 11:10

Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These cities in Judah and Benjamin were made strong.