God makes the sun stand still.

Joshua 10:1-15
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 God makes the sun stand still.
Joshua 10:1-15
Five kings who lived in the Promised Land had The enemies tried to run away, but God sent hail
heard that the Gibeonites and Israelites made a that stopped them. But there were still more en-
promise to be friends. That made them angry. The emies, and the sun was going down soon.
kings decided to attack the Gibeonites. The Gibe-
So Joshua prayed. He said, “Let the sun stand still!
onites were surprised. The Gibeonites needed help,
Give us extra daylight until we win this fight.” And
quickly! They sent a messenger to Joshua and
that’s exactly what happened. God stopped the
asked for his help.
sun from going down. At bedtime, the sun STILL
Joshua had promised to help the Gibeonites, so hadn’t gone down! The sun didn’t go down until
he called for his army. The army began march- the Israelites had won the fight. God had helped
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ing to Gibeon. They marched all night! As they the Israelites in an amazing way. No other day
marched, God told Joshua that they would win has ever been that long!
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the battle.
The next morning the enemy armies woke up.
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They were surprised to see Joshua and his army.

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