It happened, as they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth Horon, that Yahweh cast down great stones from the sky on them to Azekah, and they died: they were more who died with the hailstones than they whom the children of Israel killed with the sword.
Exodus 9:19- :; but these seem to be proper stones, such as did not melt away as hailstones do; though so called, because they fell from heaven, as they do, but remained, and still remain, according to the notion the Jews have of them; for they say w whoever sees these great stones, in the going down to Bethhoron, is bound to bless; and frequent mention is made by historians of showers of stones being rained. Livy x speaks of such a shower when King Tullus conquered the Sabines; and of another y, when Scipio succeeded at Carthage; and Pomponius Mela z relates, that when Hercules fought with the sons of Neptune, and darts failed him, he obtained of Jupiter to rains shower of stones, which lay spread in great abundance; and some a think it refers to this fact in Joshua's time, who is supposed to be the same with the Tyrian Hercules b, from hence also called Saxanus c; and in memory of this there are stony camps in various places, called by his name d: