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Just before this scene, the city of Gibeon had heard how Israel had destroyed Jericho and Ai by God\\u2019s power and they freaked out, knowing they were next. So they sent two guys to pretend to be from some far away poor small city and swindle Joshua into making a peace treaty with them. Joshua agreed that they would not attack them, only to later find out that they were from the great city of Gibeon, which was the city they were about to destroy, a huge, powerful city with a great army. So the Gibeonites were now under the care and protection of Israel. Now one of the kings Adoni-Zedek from a nearby city, jerusalem heard about this and freaked out. Because Gibeon was a great city, So Adoni decided to destroy the Gibeonites, so he made a coalition with 4 other kings in the land to destroy Gibeon. Gibeon was in a horrible situation, they weren't about to be attacked by just one neighboring army, but 5! They absolutely didn't stand a chance, so they reached out to Israel for help. Joshua inquires of God and gets a promise that God would win the fight for them and that they shouldn't fear. Joshua and the rest of Israel\\u2019s army then go to war against the coalition and win hands down, but not before they run into a problem. The sun is going down. If the sun goes down, they will lose the enemy and consequently the war. So Joshua prays, in audacious faith, an audacious prayer. He pray\\u2019s \\u2018sun stand still\\u2019 and it does. God answered the prayer immediately. This teaches us two things:
1: God can do anything
2: Prayer makes a difference see vv14