 | Joseph Guy (of Bristol.) - 1836 - 340 pages
...which place was subdued, 2. In a glorious victory over the Canaanites, at the word• of Joshua, " the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the...people had avenged themselves upon their enemies." Having made a division of the Land of Promise among the people, Joshua assembled the tribes at Shechem,... | |
 | Ethan Allen - 1836 - 196 pages
...•till, saying, "Sun stand thou still upon Gibcon, and thou Moon in the valley of Ajalon, so tlie Sun stood still and the Moon stayed until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies ,eo the Sun stood still in the midst of Heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day ;" and... | |
 | University magazine - 1848 - 792 pages
...independent of the for* " And he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand ihou still upon Gibeon ; and then, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people avenged themselves upon their enemies. So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not... | |
 | Georg Lorenz Bauer - 1838 - 190 pages
...whom the children of Israel slew with the sword. Then spake Joshua to Jehovah in the day when Jehovah delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel,...themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the hook of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole... | |
 | William Fleming - 1838 - 646 pages
...the Book of Joshua, which has caused many unnecessary and gratuitous sneers from sceptical writers. " Then spake Joshua to the Lord, in the day when the...the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the peopje had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the Book of Jasher? So the... | |
 | 1841 - 538 pages
...is strong in power; not one faileth." He once said to the sun, " Staud thou still upon Giheon ; and thou, moon, in the valley of Ajalon :" and the sun...people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. At His order the comet sweepeth through immensity with a motion far beyond that of a cannon ball; and... | |
 | Hobart Caunter, Richard Westall, John Martin - 1838 - 668 pages
...the children nf Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thmi still upon Gfueon ; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the sun stood...until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies."s In the illustration, Joshua i* seon upon an eminence ahove the armies, in the act of commanding... | |
 | Light - 1838 - 298 pages
...ii|-o:i (iibcoi- ; iii.il 'b-iu. Moon, in the valley of Ajalon." And the inspired historian adds : " And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until...people had avenged themselves upon their enemies." Joshua x. 12, 13. Joshua doubtless acted on this occasion by an immediate impulse of the Spirit of... | |
 | 1839 - 312 pages
...which would prolong the continuance of daylight, and secure the complete overthrow of the Canaanites. " He said, in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still...people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. The sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. And there... | |
 | James Waddell Alexander - 1839 - 212 pages
...over the five allied kings who besieged the city of Gibcon, and for the miracle performed there, when "he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon," Josh. x. 12. To this battle Isaiah alludes, (xxviii. 21,) when he says, "The Lord shall... | |
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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.' And the sun stood still,... 
