Joshua 10:24-29

10:24 When they brought the kings out to Joshua, he 1  summoned all the men of Israel and said to the commanders of the troops who accompanied him, “Come here 2  and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came up 3  and put their feet on their necks. 10:25 Then Joshua said to them, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! 4  Be strong and brave, for the Lord will do the same thing to all your enemies you fight. 10:26 Then Joshua executed them 5  and hung them on five trees. They were left hanging on the trees until evening. 10:27 At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. 6  They threw them into the cave where they had hidden and piled large stones over the mouth of the cave. (They remain to this very day.) 7 

Joshua Launches a Southern Campaign

10:28 That day Joshua captured Makkedah and put the sword to it and its king. He annihilated everyone who lived in it; he left no survivors. He did to its king what he had done to the king of Jericho. 8 

10:29 Joshua and all Israel marched from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against it. 9 

1 tn Heb “Joshua.” The translation has replaced the proper name with the pronoun (“he”) because a repetition of the proper name here would be redundant according to English style.

2 tn Or “Draw near.”

3 tn Or “drew near.”

4 tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”

5 tn Heb “struck them down and killed them.”

6 sn For the legal background of the removal of the corpses before sundown, see Deut 21:22-23.

7 tn Heb “to this very day.” The words “They remain” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

8 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

9 tn Heb “Libnah.” Repetition of the proper name here would be redundant according to English style, so the pronoun (“it”) has been employed in the translation.