Joshua 6: Courageous Winning (Gibeon)

Good morning! I’m pastor Bill Connors, and it’s such a joy to be together this morning to worship the Lord, to sing His praises, and to meditate on His Word together as a church family. Thanks for making this time a priority, whether you’re here in the room or online today.

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I have a couple of quick announcements before we get into our study in the book of Joshua today.

Announcements

2024 Budget Discussion tonight at 5 pm. It’s not a business meeting, so we don’t need a quorum. Copies of the proposed budget are available in the foyer this morning. Note that we will vote on the budget on November 12 during our regular business meeting, but we will not take time for discussion at that point unless modifications are necessary following the discussion tonight, so if you have questions, please plan to be here this evening at 5.

Endeavor update:

Roof drain lines were installed this week, so now all water that lands on the flat part of the roof will be sent by pipes to the retaining area out in front of the driveway on Morris.

Waiting now on concrete and curing for new posts for the front facade as well as the concrete that had to be destroyed for the roof drain work.

If all goes well, all doors will be open for use next Sunday morning!

Opening

We’re in our sixth of eight weeks in the book of Joshua, where we’re looking at eight highlights that show principles that we can apply in our lives today. Last week in our study, we considered what it looks like to “lose big,” and then to get back up and walk by faith so that God brings about the victory. I called this “Courageous Losing.” Well, this morning we’re going to look at the other side of that coin: “Courageous Winning,” as we consider the battle of Gibeon from Joshua chapter 10, and then we will take the Lord’s Supper together.

As you are able and willing, please stand in honor of God’s holy Word as we read our focal passage this morning, Joshua 10:1-14:

Joshua 10:1–14 CSB

1 Now King Adoni-zedek of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and completely destroyed it, treating Ai and its king as he had Jericho and its king, and that the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living among them. 2 So Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed because Gibeon was a large city like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were warriors. 3 Therefore King Adoni-zedek of Jerusalem sent word to King Hoham of Hebron, King Piram of Jarmuth, King Japhia of Lachish, and King Debir of Eglon, saying, 4 “Come up and help me. We will attack Gibeon, because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.” 5 So the five Amorite kings—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces, advanced with all their armies, besieged Gibeon, and fought against it. 6 Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Don’t give up on your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, for all the Amorite kings living in the hill country have joined forces against us.” 7 So Joshua and all his troops, including all his best soldiers, came from Gilgal. 8 The Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for I have handed them over to you. Not one of them will be able to stand against you.” 9 So Joshua caught them by surprise, after marching all night from Gilgal. 10 The Lord threw them into confusion before Israel. He defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, chased them through the ascent of Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah. 11 As they fled before Israel, the Lord threw large hailstones on them from the sky along the descent of Beth-horon all the way to Azekah, and they died. More of them died from the hail than the Israelites killed with the sword. 12 On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the Lord in the presence of Israel: “Sun, stand still over Gibeon, and moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.” 13 And the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance on its enemies. Isn’t this written in the Book of Jashar? So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed its setting almost a full day. 14 There has been no day like it before or since, when the Lord listened to a man, because the Lord fought for Israel.

PRAYER (Word of Life Church—our Russian friends, Viktor Grinevich; Israel)

Abraham Lincoln said some pretty snappy things in his career. I mean, how many of us had to memorize The Gettysburg Address? Well, during the Civil War, both sides invoked God’s name in their propaganda, each declaring vehemently that God was most certainly on “their side.” But President Lincoln, when asked if he believed whether it was true that God was on the side of the U.S. (instead of the side of the Confederate States of America), is reported to have said this:

“Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.”

—Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

There’s a big difference to us claiming that God is on our side, and us living in such a way as to be on God’s side. Joshua had already discovered this difference back in chapter 5 when he was faced with the angel of the Lord:

Joshua 5:13–14 CSB

13 When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua approached him and asked, “Are you for us or for our enemies?” 14 “Neither,” he replied. “I have now come as commander of the Lord’s army.” Then Joshua bowed with his face to the ground in homage and asked him, “What does my lord want to say to his servant?”

Ultimately, God is on God’s side. It’s that simple. Of course, to be on God’s side necessarily then means that He is on yours… but the priority is His will, His plans, His intentions, not ours. So Israel’s taking of the Promised Land wasn’t that God was blessing their plans for themselves. They were living out God’s plan for them and for the world: Israel was His chosen instrument to display His glory on earth, and to eventually bring forth the promised Messiah.

Last week, we looked at chapters 7 and 8 of Joshua, and this week we’re in chapter 10. Chapter 9 covers one thing that I need to address because it’s critical for understanding chapter 10.

About 18 miles west of Gilgal, where the Israelites were camped in the Jordan river valley near Jericho, was the city of Gibeon. When all of the people of the land heard about Jericho and Ai, they formed an alliance to plan to fight against Israel. However, the Gibeonites decided, “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.” They put together an elaborate deception to trick the Hebrew people into believing that they were from a faraway country, so they would agree to make a treaty with them (again, just like with Ai Joshua failed to seek the wisdom of the Lord in this decision). So they entered into the treaty: Israel would not destroy and them, and the Gibeonites would serve as servants for Israel. Once the deception was uncovered, Joshua upheld the treaty, because he had made the promise in the name of the Lord, and Gibeon became basically a vassal-state to Israel, and thus Israel then became responsible for protecting them.

It’s at this point that we find ourselves in our focal passage this morning in Joshua 10, as the alliance between Israel and Gibeon set the stage for Israel’s conquest for the southern part of Canaan, because the enemy decided to take matters into their own hands:

1) The tactics of the enemy (1-5)

As I was reflecting on this passage this week, I was struck by the connection between Joshua’s time and what’s happening in Israel right now. Today, there is a coalition of enemies working together not to prevent Israel from possessing the land promised to them by God, but desiring to eradicate them from it. Let’s look at what happened in Joshua’s day:

Joshua 10:1–5 CSB

So the enemies of Israel, led by the most prominent city in the area at the time (Jerusalem), decide to join forces because they knew that if Israel and Gibeon were allied, then Israel had cut southern Canaan off from northern Canaan, and was on the doorstep of Jerusalem: Gibeon was just under seven miles to the northwest of Jerusalem. So they decided to act first: not by attacking Israel, but Gibeon, before their treaty with Israel could be helpful.

Now, while the book of Joshua is historical, we’ve been approaching it to see what lessons we can learn from it that we can apply to our lives today, especially in the area of evangelism. And when it comes to the Christian life today, we must remember that we are in a battle with a very real, very determined, very crafty enemy—not a military enemy or even a physical enemy, but a spiritual enemy.

Ephesians 6:10–12 CSB

10 Finally, be strengthened by the Lord and by his vast strength. 11 Put on the full armor of God so that you can stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this darkness, against evil, spiritual forces in the heavens.

So the battleground of the Christian life isn’t the physical, but the spiritual. And just as the coalition of forces in Joshua’s day had a particular plan and tactic, so does our enemy. What are the tactics of our enemy today? I made a very quick list, that is woefully incomplete:

The devil and his lot, often working in tandem with our sinful flesh, uses the tactics of deception, discouragement, temptation, betrayal, doubt, fear, distraction, pain, conflict, selfishness, jealousy, pride, greed, and persecution to keep us from living out the call of God in our lives.

For the believer, Satan can’t take away our salvation. We are secure in Christ. But if he can keep us from growing in the things that we are supposed to grow in, he can lead us to stumble, to become useless and unfruitful according to Scripture:

2 Peter 1:5–10 CSB

5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge, 6 knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with godliness, 7 godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. 8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being useless or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 The person who lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten the cleansing from his past sins. 10 Therefore, brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election, because if you do these things you will never stumble.

For the one who is not a believer in Christ, you might be a good person. You might be a better person than every other person in this room today. But that’s not the standard. There’s no sliding scale, where people “this good” get in to heaven and people below that mark are rejected. This is what the devil wants you to believe: that as long as you’re better than the next guy, then you’re okay. But the standard is actually all or nothing: perfection or imperfection. And only Jesus lived perfectly. The point of the Gospel isn’t to make bad people “good.” It’s to make it possible for imperfect people to inherit perfection, because only perfection is allowed in heaven.

If you haven’t trusted Christ, know that according to Scripture, it’s because you’re blind. Satan has blinded you to the truth of the Gospel, and he wants to keep you blinded, because if you never see the hope of Jesus, then you’ll never surrender your life to Christ in faith:

2 Corinthians 4:4 CSB

4 In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

But Jesus came so that the blind would see, and so the lost would be found, and so the dead would live, including you. In dying, He took our imperfections on Himself, and He offers us His righteousness in return, dying in our place but defeating death by the power of the Spirit, so we can have eternal life:

1 Peter 3:18 CSB

18 For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,

Hear the message of the Gospel and believe in what Jesus has done to save you. Surrender to Him in faith, turning from your own ways, and trust Him as Savior and Lord.

We must be aware of the enemy’s tactics if we are going to counter them in faith. In Joshua 10, Gibeon saw the enemy coming. They knew what was happening. So they responded by doing what was wise: they likely sent a lone runner the 18 miles to Gilgal with a desperate call for help, and Joshua was presented with a choice—whether to honor his word or not.

2) The courage of integrity (6-9)

In Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, the word “integrity” in this sense means “The entire, unimpaired state of…the mind; moral soundness or purity; incorruptness; uprightness; honesty. Integrity comprehends the whole moral character, but has a special reference to uprightness in mutual dealings.” Joshua’s treaty with Gibeon was a “mutual dealing,” and likely included the fact that since they were allied, then if someone attacked Gibeon, Israel would come to their defense. Gibeon’s message to Joshua was urgent:

Joshua 10:6 CSB

6 Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Don’t give up on your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, for all the Amorite kings living in the hill country have joined forces against us.”

So Joshua was left with a choice: to immediately go and rescue the people who had deceived him into a treaty, or leave them to the attacking coalition army. He chooses to honor the pledge he made to them in the name of the Lord:

Joshua 10:7–9 CSB

7 So Joshua and all his troops, including all his best soldiers, came from Gilgal. 8 The Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for I have handed them over to you. Not one of them will be able to stand against you.” 9 So Joshua caught them by surprise, after marching all night from Gilgal.

Joshua acted because he had entered into a covenant with Gibeon, even though they had been deceptive. They would serve Israel, and Israel would protect and preserve the Gibeonites. That was the deal.

And even though the Gibeonites’ need was urgent, that didn’t stop Joshua from seeking the Lord… something he had failed to do with both Ai and the initial meeting with Gibeon itself. And he received the promise that God had already decreed that they would be handed over, and be unable to stand before Joshua.

They made an all night march, likely covering the distance of 18 miles in 8-10 hours. So not only did he move to defend Gibeon, but he moved quickly and decisively, mustering the entire army. He could have let Gibeon be overrun, to be defeated, and then the treaty would have vanished. But he didn’t. Why?

Because Joshua’s integrity mattered. It mattered that he had entered into that "mutual dealing,” even under questionable circumstances. It mattered that he had made a pledge to Gibeon in the name of the Lord. It mattered that he live with integrity as he led Israel. And living with integrity takes courage.

And similarly, it matters that we live courageous lives of integrity as well.

Why do I say that living a life of integrity is courageous? Because to put it simply: it’s easier not to, at least in the short term. Giving in to sin is often just easier to do than walking in obedience. Going with the flow is less stressful than swimming upstream. Packing away our convictions is much easier than proclaiming them. Cheating is often easier than winning fair and square. Deception is often, it seems, more effective than honesty.

Isn’t this the message of much of the world? Look out for number one. Follow your heart. If it feels good, do it. Whatever it takes, as long as you’re “happy.”

But this way of living is a lie! It’s a form of idolatry, where we set ourselves up as the most important beings on the planet, and we believe (though we probably wouldn’t actually say) that everyone else exists for us.

No, we are called to a different way of thinking in Christ. We’re called to a different kind of battle, a different kind of warfare:

2 Corinthians 10:3–5 CSB

3 For although we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh, 4 since the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments 5 and every proud thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ.

How does the integrity of a true walk of faith help us in the face of the enemy’s assaults? First, it keeps us from falling for the lies of the world. If the weapons that we fight the battle of faith with—weapons like the knowledge and application Scriptures, prayer, the support of the church, and a biblical worldview, all in the power of the Spirit—if those are the weapons that we use in the fight, then we will demolish the lies that the enemy wants us to believe, the lies that our flesh wants us to follow.

Second, walking in faithful integrity keeps us from falling into pride ourselves. The human being who is the biggest threat to your walk of faith is the one who stares back at you in the mirror every morning. It’s you. And a part of walking in integrity is keeping an accurate picture of who you are and what Christ has done for you. It will keep your pride from being raised up against the knowledge of God, thinking that you have it all together and that you don’t need him. Humility knows that you do, and integrity lives that fact out.

Third, living a life of integrity allows us to share the hope of the Gospel completely honestly and without fear, manipulation, or deception. You might think that you need to doctor up your testimony in order to make Jesus sound more attractive. You don’t. You might have what you think is a pretty lame and boring testimony: you’ve always been in church, always had a belief in God and understanding of Jesus. You trusted Him when you were young, and have basically followed Him for your whole life. If you think that this testimony is boring, then take that thought captive and make it obedient to Christ! I wish that that was my testimony! You don’t need to make Jesus sound any more impressive than the Scriptures already do. You aren’t going to trick someone into faith. You’re not going to manipulate them into following Christ. You need nothing but the Gospel truth in the power of the Spirit.

And that’s because the truth is that the battle is the Lord’s.

3) The battle is the Lord’s (11-14)

Yes, Israel marched all night and surprised the Amorite coalition outside of Gibeon. And yes, they did do some sword swinging in order to kill some of the opposing army. But the fact is that the Lord brought the victory that day by doing all the heavy lifting. Look at the last part of our focal passage:

Joshua 10:11–14 CSB

11 As they fled before Israel, the Lord threw large hailstones on them from the sky along the descent of Beth-horon all the way to Azekah, and they died. More of them died from the hail than the Israelites killed with the sword. 12 On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the Lord in the presence of Israel: “Sun, stand still over Gibeon, and moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.” 13 And the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance on its enemies. Isn’t this written in the Book of Jashar? So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed its setting almost a full day. 14 There has been no day like it before or since, when the Lord listened to a man, because the Lord fought for Israel.

So Joshua’s surprise march worked. The Amorite army was broken by surprise and they “fled before Israel,” and the Israelites did kill some of them “with the sword.” However, look at what God did. He had hailstones fall on the Amorite army as they fled—and not just any hailstones—large enough to kill soldiers, because more died from the hail than from Israel’s swords. And when Joshua called out to God for a miraculous intervention in order to allow them to finish the battle that day, God answered in an incredible miracle.

How do we understand this miracle? The most common way is to see it as God overruling the natural order of things that day, essentially pausing the rotation of the Earth (the simplest way to put it) in order to allow for more daylight, to make the defeat of the Amorites easier. And before you scientific types think the same things that I did: “Wouldn’t that cause all kinds of natural catastrophes due to inertia (tidal waves, earthquakes, scorching heat on one side of the planet and freezing cold on the other, things like this)?” I would submit that if God is powerful enough to stop the planet from spinning, He is certainly powerful enough to suspend those other issues as well, as long at it fit His purposes.

However, there is another interpretation out there that looks at the Hebrew of Joshua’s prayer and takes the other way; that the terms translated “stood still” and “stopped” could be translated as that they “stood silently,” meaning that instead of shining longer, they actually shone less, perhaps because of a massive storm (which would fit with the hailstones). However, this doesn’t mean that this has to be a completely naturalistic interpretation, because obviously the massive hailstones only fell on the Amorites, and that day lasted longer than normal regardless.

You see, the path that it says they took to chase the Amorites was likely about 40 miles long, and these guys had just marched 18 miles the night immediately before. God not only provided a supernatural geological event for the defeat of these armies—He provided the energy and strength to do so as well. And by doing this, God allowed Israel to defeat in one fell swoop the all of the armies of all the major cities in southern Canaan, so taking the towns thereafter was incredibly easy.

Now, we think that this long day is a really impressive miracle. And we are not wrong. But the author of Joshua wasn’t as impressed at the day as he was in the fact that God answered Joshua’s prayer in exactly the miraculous way He requested. And he said in doing this that “the Lord fought for Israel.”

There’s power in prayer, folks. Moses prayed, and Israel was not destroyed in Exodus 32. Joshua prayed, and the day was massively changed. Elijah prayed, and there was drought for over 3 years (James 5:17). Jesus prayed, and bread and fish multiplied (Mark 6), sick people were made well (Matthew 4, 9, 10), and dead men were raised to life (John 11). We might think that we’re fighting the battle on our own, but we are not. The battle is ultimately the Lord’s, and when we are on His side, we will see amazing things happen.

And we’re called to take this same kind of prayerful trust in the Lord as we share our faith. The evangelistic battle is the Lord’s as well. But we are called to follow in bold, courageous obedience, being faithful to do what God has called us to do, and trusting Him with the results of the things that only He can do, because the battle is His—only He can save someone. He has just chosen to use us to tell them, both for their faith AND our own.

And in just a minute, we’re going to take the Lord’s Supper together, where we will be reminded of the fact that the battle for the souls of men is ultimately the Lord’s. Only Jesus could have purchased our forgiveness by the sacrifice of His body and blood, and as we take the Supper, we identify with that sacrifice ourselves, and we will remember, reflect upon, and declare that fact as we take the Supper together in a moment.

Closing

As we close the sermon this morning, I’d like for us to think about one question: Are we on God’s side?

For the believer, this question asks about how you’re living. If you were to honestly take true stock of your life, could you say that your walk appears to be consistent with being on God’s side? That you want what He wants? Or does it look like you live for yourself or for the world? This is a question you must answer. In whatever way your life looks like the world, we are called this morning to repent and surrender that area of our lives to Jesus.

I’m sure there are people here or online this morning who have never believed the Gospel. I pray that this question about whether you are on God’s side convicts you of the fact that you are not. The Bible says that if you do not belong to Christ, you are lost and separated from God. The only solution to that is the believe the Good News about what Jesus has done for us. If this morning, you’re trusting in Jesus for your salvation, come and tell us so we can celebrate that with you. If you’re online, you can send an email to me.

If you’ve been looking for a church home, and you believe that Eastern Hills is a family that you can plug into as we walk and grow in the faith, please come and let us know that as well. We’ll set up a time to meet to discuss our Statement of Belief, share testimonies, and answer any questions you have about the church or about membership.

Offering

PRAYER

Lord’s Supper Observance

I’d like to invite our deacons to come down and prepare to serve the Lord’s Supper to our church family.

As they come, I’d like to give both a welcome and a warning. The welcome is that we’re here together in this room (and online for those who could not be here this morning, but are participating), and it’s such a joy to be able to take the Supper together. Look around you for just a moment and welcome each other to the family table.

The warning is that if you do not belong to God through believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, please do not take the Supper. Since this is a time of memorial of and identification with the Gospel, if you do not believe, you should not participate. This is to safeguard the sanctity of the ordinance and for your protection as well, according to Scripture. We love you, and we’re glad that you’re here. We pray that witnessing this ordinance will be a blessing to you and open your heart to ask questions or to want to find out more about following Christ.

Ask Tony and Bryan to come and distribute the bread to the deacons.

Luke 22 records that Jesus took bread, gave thanks, broke it, and gave it to them. We will do the same thing this morning.

We’re going to do something just a little different this morning as we prepare to take the bread and the cup. We’re going to have a time of directed prayer. Families or groups sitting near each other, feel free to share this prayer together.

Directed prayer for the bread.

Take a moment to praise God for His incredible power and might.

Thank the Lord for the victory that we can have over sin, death, and the grave because of what Christ has done.

Ask the Holy Spirit to convict you of any sins that you are not experiencing His victory over this morning.

Confess those sins to God, asking for His forgiveness.

Lord, we ask you to bless this bread and help us to eat it in a worthy manner this morning. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Deacons distribute the bread.

Luke 22:19 says that Jesus told His disciples, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”

Have Tony and Bryan come and distribute the cup to the deacons.

Luke also recorded that Jesus treated the cup in the same way.

Directed prayer for the cup.

Praise God for His presence with us by His Spirit as we pray.

Thank Him for the fact that He hears us and completely understands our needs.

Confess to the Lord your need for His power to walk in integrity.

Repent of any ways that you have walked this week in the ways that the world walks.

Lord, we ask you to bless this cup and let us bring you glory as we take it together. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Deacons distribute the cup.

Luke 22:20 says that Jesus told His disciples: “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.”

Thank you, deacons, for serving our church family this morning. We all appreciate your faithfulness. And thank you, Donna, for playing during the Supper.

As the deacons return to their seats, I have just a couple of closing words:

Closing Remarks

Wanda Hiett passed away yesterday morning. Service will be at 1030 am on November 18.

Bible reading (Ps 139)

Budget Discussion tonight at 5 pm in the sanctuary

Pastor’s Study tonight following budget discussion (or at 530 if the discussion is super short)

Prayer Meeting this Wednesday at 545. Just so you know, we’re going to spend this Wednesday night just praying for the lost people that we know. Come and join us from 545 to 630 for prayer.

Instructions for guests

Benediction

We are going to close our time together this morning in worship through responsive reading of Scripture. Our benediction passage will be all of Psalm 136. I will read the first phrase of each line, and church, you will respond with the second line: “His faithful love endures forever.” Let’s mean this as we say it, because it’s completely true!

Psalm 136:1–26 CSB

1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His faithful love endures forever. 2 Give thanks to the God of gods. His faithful love endures forever. 3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords. His faithful love endures forever. 4 He alone does great wonders. His faithful love endures forever. 5 He made the heavens skillfully. His faithful love endures forever. 6 He spread the land on the waters. His faithful love endures forever. 7 He made the great lights: His faithful love endures forever. 8 the sun to rule by day, His faithful love endures forever. 9 the moon and stars to rule by night. His faithful love endures forever. 10 He struck the firstborn of the Egyptians His faithful love endures forever. 11 and brought Israel out from among them His faithful love endures forever. 12 with a strong hand and outstretched arm. His faithful love endures forever. 13 He divided the Red Sea His faithful love endures forever. 14 and led Israel through, His faithful love endures forever. 15 but hurled Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His faithful love endures forever. 16 He led his people in the wilderness. His faithful love endures forever. 17 He struck down great kings His faithful love endures forever. 18 and slaughtered famous kings— His faithful love endures forever. 19 Sihon king of the Amorites His faithful love endures forever. 20 and Og king of Bashan— His faithful love endures forever. 21 and gave their land as an inheritance, His faithful love endures forever. 22 an inheritance to Israel his servant. His faithful love endures forever. 23 He remembered us in our humiliation His faithful love endures forever. 24 and rescued us from our foes. His faithful love endures forever. 25 He gives food to every creature. His faithful love endures forever. 26 Give thanks to the God of heaven! His faithful love endures forever.

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