Word: ajalon
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...thou, moon, at the valley of Ajalon...
...uproar, charging among the peaceful planets like *a bull at a Sunday-school picnic. It zoomed past the earth again when the Children of Israel, commanded by Joshua, were tangling with the Amorites. Said Joshua: "Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies." (Joshua...
Dusty Plain. Israel's fighting men were desperately trying to reopen the lifeline road. Last week they attacked near Latrun, where commanding hills suddenly rise from the rocky plain. Near by is the Ajalon Valley, where Joshua commanded the sun to stand still until the Israelites "had avenged themselves upon their enemies." Last week the moon was not so obliging. Haganah fighters, who are used to night battles, had attacked in its light. But heavy Arab fire stopped them. The morning sun found Jews still in the dusty plain, firing from the cover of rocks...
...stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed...
...Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon...
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