See Joshua x.

WHEN it was learned that the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, the five kings of the Amontes gathered their people together and declared war against them. The Gibeonites at once called upon Joshua to come up quickly and save them. "So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valor. And. the Lord saith unto Joshua, Fear them not; for I have "delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee. Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night. And the Lord discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah and unto Makkedah. And it came to pass as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the Lord cast down great stones from heaven upon them, unto Azekah, and they died; they were more which died with hailstones, than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword. 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. And the Sun stood still, and the Moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher So the Sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down, about a whole day. And there was no day like that, before it, or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the Lord fought for Israel."

This striking proof of God's condescending favor and consideration-this astonishing manifestation of his direct interposition in behalf of his people-furnishes the artist with one of the grandest themes in the whole compass of Biblical lore-a subject, too quite in consonance with his peculiar genius. The wide field of battle is rough with the swarming multitudes of the foe, whose masses are relieved against the sun-illuminated mountains. To the right the host of Israel sweeps on to swell the destruction from the Lord, which pours down in tempest upon the terrified and flying troops of the confederated kings. In the foreground are seen the hurrying legions of the Hebrew horse, while a little towards the left Joshua, on a commanding eminence, with arm uplifted, is commanding with undaunted faith the Sun to stand still in the heavens and the Moon to pause in the valley of Ajalon.