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1Joshua the son of Nun was valiant in the wars, and was the successor of Moses in prophecies, who according to his name was made great for the saving of the elect of God, and taking vengeance of the enemies that rose up against them, that he might set Israel in their inheritance.
2How great glory got he, when he did lift up his hands, and stretched out his sword against the cities![#Josh 8.18-26.]
3Who before him so stood to it? for the Lord himself brought his enemies unto him.
4Did not the sun go back by his means? and was not one day as long as two?[#Josh 10.12-14.]
5He called upon the most high Lord, when the enemies pressed upon him on every side; and the great Lord heard him.
6And with hailstones of mighty power he made the battle to fall violently upon the nations, and in the descent [of Beth–ho´ron] he destroyed them that resisted, that the nations might know all their strength, because he fought in the sight of the Lord, and he followed the Mighty One.[#Josh 10.8-11.]
7In the time of Moses also he did a work of mercy, he and Caleb the son of Jephun´neh, in that they withstood the congregation, and withheld the people from sin, and appeased the wicked murmuring.[#Num 14.6-10; 1 Macc 2.56.]
8And of six hundred thousand people on foot, they two were preserved to bring them into the heritage, even unto the land that floweth with milk and honey.[#Num 14.24,30,38; 26.65.]
9The Lord gave strength also unto Caleb, which remained with him unto his old age: so that he entered upon the high places of the land, and his seed obtained it for an heritage:[#Josh 14.10-14.]
10that all the children of Israel might see that it is good to follow the Lord.
11And concerning the judges, every one by name, whose heart went not a whoring, nor departed from the Lord, let their memory be blessed.[#Judg 2.16-18; 1 Macc 3.7.]
12Let their bones flourish out of their place, and let the name of them that were honored be continued upon their children.[#Ecclus 49.10.]
13Samuel, the prophet of the Lord, beloved of his Lord, established a kingdom, and anointed princes over his people.[#1 Sam 10.1; 16.13.]
14By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation, and the Lord had respect unto Jacob.
15By his faithfulness he was found a true prophet, and by his word he was known to be faithful in vision.
16He called upon the mighty Lord, when his enemies pressed upon him on every side, when he offered the sucking lamb.[#1 Sam 7.9-11.]
17And the Lord thundered from heaven, and with a great noise made his voice to be heard.
18And he destroyed the rulers of the Tyrians, and all the princes of the Philistines.
19And before his long sleep he made protestations in the sight of the Lord and his anointed, I have not taken any man's goods, so much as a shoe: and no man did accuse him.[#1 Sam 12.3.]
20And after his death he prophesied, and showed the king his end, and lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy, to blot out the wickedness of the people.[#1 Sam 28.18,19.]