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which_o he_o speak_v by_o joshua_n 1_o king_n 16.34_o josh_n 6.26_o this_o city_n the_o strength_n and_o metropolis_n of_o the_o canaanite_n be_v subdue_v all_o the_o little_a city_n run_v out_o at_o their_o gate_n and_o leave_v they_o open_a to_o be_v possess_v by_o joshua_n and_o his_o subject_n ch_n 12._o 7._o one_o and_o thirty_o king_n have_v canton_v out_o the_o land_n and_o fix_v themselves_o in_o wall_a town_n where_o they_o have_v great_a strength_n and_o chariot_n of_o iron_n ch_n 17._o 18._o but_o ch_z 5._o 1._o their_o blood_n and_o spirit_n fail_v they_o and_o be_v dry_v up_o as_o the_o water_n of_o jordan_n they_o have_v neither_o courage_n to_o fight_v nor_o wit_n to_o flee_v but_o be_v many_o of_o they_o take_v and_o hang_v up_o josh_n 8.29_o &_o 10.26_o yet_o be_v not_o the_o land_n at_o rest_n but_o the_o canaanite_n madianites_fw-la and_o jebusite_n be_v still_o in_o the_o land_n ch_z 15._o 63._o and_o they_o vex_v joshua_n with_o their_o wiles_n and_o with_o their_o confederacy_n and_o association_n for_o adoni-bèzek_a a_o great_a lord_n or_o lord_n of_o thunder_n as_o his_o name_n import_v the_o great_a tyrant_n in_o the_o nation_n who_o have_v dismember_v threescore_o and_o ten_o other_o lord_n and_o bring_v they_o to_o gather_v meat_n under_o his_o table_n judg._n 1.7_o conspire_v with_o other_o lord_n of_o the_o amorites_n to_o fight_v against_o joshua_n at_o gibeon_n ch_n 10._o but_o here_o god_n magnify_v joshua_n by_o work_v another_o great_a miracle_n fight_v against_o they_o with_o hailstone_n from_o heaven_n which_o slay_v more_o than_o the_o sword_n of_o joshua_n though_o that_o make_v a_o very_a great_a slaughter_n and_o lest_o the_o day_n shall_v fail_v he_o to_o complete_a his_o victory_n we_o may_v read_v it_o engrave_v on_o this_o triumphant_a arch_n how_o at_o the_o word_n of_o joshua_n the_o sun_n stand_v still_o in_o gibeon_n and_o the_o moon_n in_o the_o valley_n of_o ajalon_n ch_n 10._o 12._o till_o the_o people_n have_v 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