Joshua 12:11 Meaning and Explanation

Jarmuth and Lachish were two of the southern cities whose kings had joined the coalition against Gibeon and were struck down when God fought for Israel, even casting great hailstones from heaven and holding back the sun.

To read their names now is to recall that day of astonishing rescue. The kings who had marched out in alliance against God's people are reduced to single entries in a list. Those who set themselves against the Lord's purposes do not prevail. Their defeat, remembered here, assures the reader that no confederacy of opposition can stand against the will of God.