^{8 Ref} And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `Be not afraid of them, for into thy hand I have given them, there doth not stand a man of them in thy presence.'

^{9 Ref} And Joshua cometh in unto them suddenly (all the night he hath gone up from Gilgal),

^{10 Ref} and Jehovah doth crush them before Israel, and it smiteth them -- a great smiting -- at Gibeon, and pursueth them the way of the ascent of Beth-Horon, and smiteth them unto Azekah, and unto Makkedah.