Yehoshua, Perek 9

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

How did Givon survive when every Canaanite city was to be destroyed? The Givonim posed as travelers from a far land and won a sworn pact. Moshe Rabbeinu's talmid then saved Givon from five kings while the sun stood still. At that leader's levaya, Chazal tie a volcano's eruption to a hesped that fell short.

Key points

• Chazal say Shaul questioned why Amalek's babies and animals should die, and he spared animals.
• The Gemara says the Girgashi did not fight but left the land, moving deep into Africa.
• Once the trick came out, the Jewish leaders kept their oath because of chillul Hashem.
• The Gemara in Taanis names three who stopped the sun, Moshe Rabbeinu among them.
• The Gemara says the eruption at the levaya came because the hesped fell short.

In this shiur

1. 0:00The command to destroy the nations
2. 4:18The Girgashi who left
3. 5:08The trick of the Givonim
4. 12:56Five kings attack Givon
5. 16:09Stopping the sun
6. 20:19The leader's passing and the hesped
7. 22:26A footnote in the ArtScroll edition
8. 26:16The drought and the twelve wells

Topics

• Givonim
• Hesped