When the sovereign judge scatters kings, let it snow on Zalmon!

全能者在境内赶散列王的时候，势如飘雪在撒们。

全能者在境内赶散列王的时候，势如飘雪在撒们。

全能者在境内赶散列王的时候，势如飘雪在撒们。

全能的上帝驱散了众王，势如大雪洒落在撒们。

全能者赶散境内列王的时候，就像撒们山上下大雪。

全能者驱散境内君王们的时候，白雪降在撒门山。

全能者在境內趕散列王的時候，勢如飄雪在撒們。

全能者在境內趕散列王的時候，勢如飄雪在撒們。

全能者在境內趕散列王的時候，勢如飄雪在撒們。

全能的上帝驅散了眾王，勢如大雪灑落在撒們。

全能者趕散境內列王的時候，就像撒們山上下大雪。

當全能者趕散境內的列王時，就像下雪於撒們山一樣。

全能者驅散境內君王們的時候，白雪降在撒門山。

大能者於此逐散諸王、則如撒們之飄雪兮、

全能之主、敗列王於斯土、骨暴於野、皜如撒們之雪兮、

全能之主在此境內、追散君王、勢如降雪在撒們山、

境內安懿。民如馴鴿。白銀為羽。黃金為翮。

When the Almighty scattered the kings in the land, it was like snow fallen on Mount Zalmon.

The Mighty One has scattered the kings around the land. It was like snow falling on Mount Zalmon.

When the Almighty scatters kings there, let snow fall on Zalmon.

The Almighty scattered the enemy kings like a blowing snowstorm on Mount Zalmon.

When the Almighty scattered kings in the land, it snowed on Zalmon.

When the Almighty scattered the kings there, It was snowing in Zalmon.

When the Almighty scattered kings in it, It was white as snow in Zalmon.

When the Almighty scattered kings therein, It was as when it snoweth in Zalmon.

When the Almighty scattered kings in the land, it snowed on Zalmon.

When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was[ white] as snow in Salmon.

When the Almighty scattered kings in her, it snowed on Zalmon.

Come, let’s consider your options,” says the LORD.“ Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become white like wool.

Sprinkle me with water and I will be pure; wash me and I will be whiter than snow.

Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, saying,“ Let us pass through your land; we will not turn aside into the fields or into the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well, but we will go along the King’s Highway until we pass your borders.”But Sihon did not permit Israel to pass through his border; he gathered all his forces together and went out against Israel into the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.But the Israelites defeated him in battle and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was strongly defended.So Israel took all these cities; and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.For Heshbon was the city of King Sihon of the Amorites. Now he had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken all of his land from his control, as far as the Arnon.That is why those who speak in proverbs say,“ Come to Heshbon, let it be built. Let the city of Sihon be established!For fire went out from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has consumed Ar of Moab and the lords of the high places of Arnon.Woe to you, Moab. You are ruined, O people of Chemosh! He has made his sons fugitives, and his daughters the prisoners of King Sihon of the Amorites.We have overpowered them; Heshbon has perished as far as Dibon. We have shattered them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”So the Israelites lived in the land of the Amorites.Moses sent spies to reconnoiter Jaazer, and they captured its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.Then they turned and went up by the road to Bashan. And King Og of Bashan and all his forces marched out against them to do battle at Edrei.And the LORD said to Moses,“ Do not fear him, for I have delivered him and all his people and his land into your hand. You will do to him what you did to King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.So they defeated Og, his sons, and all his people, until there were no survivors, and they possessed his land.

The LORD routed them before Israel. Israel thoroughly defeated them at Gibeon. They chased them up the road to the pass of Beth Horon and struck them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.As they fled from Israel on the slope leading down from Beth Horon, the LORD threw down on them large hailstones from the sky, all the way to Azekah. They died– in fact, more died from the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword.The day the LORD delivered the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua prayed to the LORD before Israel:“ O sun, stand still over Gibeon! O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon!”The sun stood still and the moon stood motionless while the nation took vengeance on its enemies. The event is recorded in the Scroll of the Upright One. The sun stood motionless in the middle of the sky and did not set for about a full day.There has not been a day like it before or since. The LORD obeyed a man, for the LORD fought for Israel!Then Joshua and all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal.The five Amorite kings ran away and hid in the cave at Makkedah.Joshua was told,“ The five kings have been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah.”Joshua said,“ Roll large stones over the mouth of the cave and post guards in front of it.But don’t you delay! Chase your enemies and catch them! Don’t allow them to retreat to their cities, for the LORD your God is handing them over to you.”Joshua and the Israelites almost totally wiped them out, but some survivors did escape to the fortified cities.Then the whole army safely returned to Joshua at the camp in Makkedah. No one dared threaten the Israelites.Joshua said,“ Open the cave’s mouth and bring the five kings out of the cave to me.”They did as ordered; they brought the five kings out of the cave to him– the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.When they brought the kings out to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the commanders of the troops who accompanied him,“ Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came up and put their feet on their necks.Then Joshua said to them,“ Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! Be strong and brave, for the LORD will do the same thing to all your enemies you fight.Then Joshua executed them and hung them on five trees. They were left hanging on the trees until evening.At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. They threw them into the cave where they had hidden and piled large stones over the mouth of the cave.( They remain to this very day.)That day Joshua captured Makkedah and put the sword to it and its king. He annihilated everyone who lived in it; he left no survivors. He did to its king what he had done to the king of Jericho.Joshua and all Israel marched from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against it.The LORD handed it and its king over to Israel, and Israel put the sword to all who lived there; they left no survivors. They did to its king what they had done to the king of Jericho.Joshua and all Israel marched from Libnah to Lachish. He deployed his troops and fought against it.The LORD handed Lachish over to Israel and they captured it on the second day. They put the sword to all who lived there, just as they had done to Libnah.Then King Horam of Gezer came up to help Lachish, but Joshua struck down him and his army until no survivors remained.Joshua and all Israel marched from Lachish to Eglon. They deployed troops and fought against it.That day they captured it and put the sword to all who lived there. That day they annihilated it just as they had done to Lachish.Joshua and all Israel marched up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it.They captured it and put the sword to its king, all its surrounding cities, and all who lived in it; they left no survivors. As they had done at Eglon, they annihilated it and all who lived there.Joshua and all Israel turned to Debir and fought against it.They captured it, its king, and all its surrounding cities and put the sword to them. They annihilated everyone who lived there; they left no survivors. They did to Debir and its king what they had done to Libnah and its king and to Hebron.Joshua defeated the whole land, including the hill country, the Negev, the lowlands, the slopes, and all their kings. He left no survivors. He annihilated everything that breathed, just as the LORD God of Israel had commanded.Joshua conquered the area between Kadesh Barnea and Gaza and the whole region of Goshen, all the way to Gibeon.Joshua captured in one campaign all these kings and their lands, for the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.Then Joshua and all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal.

Israel was set apart to the LORD; they were like the first fruits of a harvest to him. All who tried to devour them were punished; disaster came upon them,” says the LORD.’”

Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites defeated and drove from their land on the east side of the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern Arabah:King Sihon of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon and ruled from Aroer( on the edge of the Arnon Valley)– including the city in the middle of the valley and half of Gilead– all the way to the Jabbok Valley bordering Ammonite territory.His kingdom included the eastern Arabah from the Sea of Kinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah( the Salt Sea), including the route to Beth Jeshimoth and the area southward below the slopes of Pisgah.The territory of King Og of Bashan, one of the few remaining Rephaites, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edreiand ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead as far as the border of King Sihon of Heshbon.Moses the LORD’s servant and the Israelites defeated them and Moses the LORD’s servant assigned their land to Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh.These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the Israelites defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley to Mount Halak on up to Seir. Joshua assigned this territory to the Israelite tribes,including the hill country, the lowlands, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev– the land of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites:the king of Jericho( one), the king of Ai– located near Bethel–( one),the king of Jerusalem( one), the king of Hebron( one),the king of Jarmuth( one), the king of Lachish( one),the king of Eglon( one), the king of Gezer( one),the king of Debir( one), the king of Geder( one),the king of Hormah( one), the king of Arad( one),the king of Libnah( one), the king of Adullam( one),the king of Makkedah( one), the king of Bethel( one),the king of Tappuah( one), the king of Hepher( one),the king of Aphek( one), the king of Lasharon( one),the king of Madon( one), the king of Hazor( one),the king of Shimron Meron( one), the king of Acshaph( one),the king of Taanach( one), the king of Megiddo( one),the king of Kedesh( one), the king of Jokneam near Carmel( one),the king of Dor– near Naphath Dor–( one), the king of Goyim– near Gilgal–( one),the king of Tirzah( one), a total of thirty-one kings.

The LORD listened to the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanites, and they utterly destroyed them and their cities. So the name of the place was called Hormah.

He and all his men went up on Mount Zalmon. He took an ax in his hand and cut off a tree branch. He put it on his shoulder and said to his men,“ Quickly, do what you have just seen me do!”

The people worshiped the LORD throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. These men had witnessed all the great things the LORD had done for Israel.

The armies that are in heaven, dressed in white, clean, fine linen, were following him on white horses.From his mouth extends a sharp sword, so that with it he can strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod, and he stomps the winepress of the furious wrath of God, the All- Powerful.He has a name written on his clothing and on his thigh:“ King of kings and Lord of lords.”Then I saw one angel standing in the sun, and he shouted in a loud voice to all the birds flying high in the sky:“ Come, gather around for the great banquet of God,to eat your fill of the flesh of kings, the flesh of generals, the flesh of powerful people, the flesh of horses and those who ride them, and the flesh of all people, both free and slave, and small and great!”Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to do battle with the one who rode the horse and with his army.Now the beast was seized, and along with him the false prophet who had performed the signs on his behalf– signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur.The others were killed by the sword that extended from the mouth of the one who rode the horse, and all the birds gorged themselves with their flesh.