12 It was then that Joshua proceeded to speak to Jehovah on the day of Jehovah’s abandoning the Amʹor·ites to the sons of Israel, and he went on to say before the eyes of Israel:

31 And thus it was that by the spokesmen of the princes of Babylon*+ that were sent to him+ to inquire about the portent+ that had happened in the land, the [true] God left him+ to put him to the test,+ to get to know everything in his heart.+

8 Here I am making the shadow of the steps that had gone down on the steps [of the stairs] of Aʹhaz by the sun+ retrace backward ten steps.”’”+ And the sun gradually went back ten steps on the steps [of the stairs] that it had gone down.+