Then spoke Joshua to Yahweh in the day when Yahweh delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand you still on Gibeon; You, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.
(2) Another explanation is that "There was a total eclipse of the sun,"[27] and this theory also accepts the corrupt translation that says Joshua pleaded for the sun "not to shine," or to be "dumb," a result which is attributed to the total eclipse!  Any truth in this?  No!  How could there be a total eclipse of the sun when on that very day Joshua mentioned seeing the sun in the east and the moon in the west?  No eclipse at all is possible with the moon that far from the sun!