The Sun Stands Still: When God Fights for His People. Fresh from the treaty with Gibeon, Israel faced a five-king Amorite coalition bent on crushing their new ally. Joshua marched all night to defend Gibeon—and God answered with hail from heaven and a prayer that stopped the day in its tracks. Joshua 10 is not a physics lesson; it’s a revelation of the Lord of history, who bends creation to keep covenant and rescue His people.