יהושע, פרק י׳, פסוק י״א

A desperate retreat turns into a crushing defeat when Divine intervention ultimately decides the outcome of the battle. After Joshua pushes the enemy forces back through the high ground of Beth Horon, the Amorites either cannot or choose not to fight back. Instead, they continue to flee toward the lower regions of the lowland [ביאור שטיינזלץ]. As the soldiers make their way down the mountain slope, a devastating blow strikes them [מצודת דוד].

The primary approach among commentators is that the great stones God throws from the sky onto the Amorite camp are actually massive hailstones. This heavenly assault is not confined to a single spot. Rather, the hailstorm tracks the fleeing army along their entire escape route, stretching all the way to Azekah.

The destruction is staggering, resulting in a massive number of casualties [מצודת דוד]. Ultimately, the death toll caused by God's hailstones far exceeds the number of enemy soldiers killed by the Israelites in actual combat [ביאור שטיינזלץ].