| Light - Astronomy - 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... | |
| Bible - 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... | |
| Andrew Alexander Bonar, Robert Murray M'Cheyne - Christianity and other religions - 1839 - 608 pages
...probably was the very position of the sun and moon, in that memorable day when Joshua prayed and " said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon ; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon." * We are plainly told that the battle between Joshua and the five kings of the Amorites... | |
| Samuel Ransom - 1840 - 500 pages
...advantages he had obtained over his enemies, when, by a divine impulse, he exclaimed, " Sun, stand still upon Gibeon ; and thou, moon, in the valley...people had avenged themselves upon their enemies." Being informed that the five kings who had fled had hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah, he ordered... | |
| Thomas Hartwell Horne - Bible - 1840 - 726 pages
...ßrsl in Josh, x 13. where the tatíou Is evidently poetical, and forms exactly three distiches. " Sim, stand thou still upon Gibeon, And thou moon, in the...Ajalon : And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed her course, Until the people were avenged of their enemies. And the sun tarried in the midst of the... | |
| Christianity - 1855 - 534 pages
...Lord, And he prayed in the sight of Israel, " Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, And thou, moon, upon the valley of Ajalon." And the sun stood still, and...people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Exod. xv. 11. Who is like unto Thee, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like Thee, glorious in holiness... | |
| John Pierpont - American poetry - 1840 - 366 pages
...before him, and they took the city." Note 4. Page 9. " And cold and pale o'er jljalon she hung." " Then spake Joshua to the Lord, in the day when the...delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the sun stood still,... | |
| Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - Astronomy - 1840 - 444 pages
...upon Gibeon ; and thyau, I . -V 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," Josh. x. 12, 13. Joshua doubtless acted on this occasion by an immediate impulse of the Spirit of God.... | |
| John Gorham Palfrey - Bible - 1840 - 468 pages
...revolution of the earth upon its teis was arrested at Joshua's command, or, in the language of the record, "the sun stood still, and the moon' stayed, until...people had avenged themselves upon their enemies." The writer appears to record this stupendous phenomenon as an actual occurrence, but he indicates the... | |
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