As they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horon, the Lord threw large stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died; there were more who died from the hailstones that those whom the sons of Israel killed with the sword.This just impresses me. This, and a couple other miraculous things God did in this battle, show His direct intervention for Israel like never before. This is the fourth battle of the invasion, and for the first He very clearly was with them, and gave them the city without a shot being fired. For the second, they messed up, so God went against them and they were defeated despite numerical superiority. For the third, they corrected their error, and God gave them victory in a much more conventional battle.
Now for the fourth battle, they are counterattacking, and defeat their enemies handily. However, God doesn't just want these people defeated, able to run back to their cities and fort up. He wants them smashed, so He steps in more directly. Here He kills more with hailstones than the Israelite army had. He makes sure their ranks are decimated during the retreat, so that their cities will be so understaffed that they can't provide any effective defense.
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