Joshua 10:1

Israel Defeats an Amorite Coalition

10:1 Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem, ¹  heard how Joshua captured Ai and annihilated it and its king as he did Jericho ²  and its king. ³  He also heard how ⁴  the people of Gibeon made peace with Israel and lived among them.

Joshua 10:28

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. ⁵ 

Joshua 10:30

10:30 The Lord handed it and its king over to Israel, and Israel ⁶  put the sword to all who lived there; they ⁷  left no survivors. They ⁸  did to its king what they ⁹  had done to the king of Jericho. ¹⁰ 

Joshua 10:32

10:32 The Lord handed Lachish over to Israel and they ¹¹  captured it on the second day. They put the sword to all who lived there, just as they had done to Libnah.

Joshua 19:47

19:47 (The Danites failed to conquer their territory, ¹²  so they went up and fought with Leshem and captured it. They put the sword to it, took possession of it, and lived in it. They renamed it ¹³  Dan after their ancestor. ¹⁴ )

Joshua 22:33

22:33 The Israelites were satisfied with their report and gave thanks to God. ¹⁵  They said nothing more about launching an attack to destroy the land in which the Reubenites and Gadites lived. ¹⁶ 

Joshua 24:2

24:2 Joshua told all the people, “Here is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘In the distant past your ancestors ¹⁷  lived beyond the Euphrates River, ¹⁸  including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped ¹⁹  other gods,

Joshua 24:8

24:8 Then I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived east of the Jordan. They fought with you, but I handed them over to you; you conquered ²⁰  their land and I destroyed them from before you.

Joshua 24:18

24:18 The Lord drove out from before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. So we too will worship ²¹  the Lord, for he is our God!”

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¹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

² map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

³ tn Heb “as he had done to Jericho and to its king, so he did to Ai and to its king.”

⁴ tn Heb “and how.”

⁵ map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

⁶ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

⁷ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

⁸ tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

⁹ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

¹⁰ map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

¹² tn Heb “the territory of the sons of Dan went out from them.”

¹³ tn Heb “Leshem.” The pronoun (“it”) has replaced the name “Leshem” in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹⁴ tn Heb “according to the name of their father.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “and the word was good in the eyes of the sons of Israel and the sons of Israel blessed God.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “and they did not speak about going up against them for battle to destroy the land in which the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad were living.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “your fathers.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁹ tn Or “served.”

²⁰ tn Or “took possession of.”

²¹ tn Or “will serve.”