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.¹

Joshua 10:30

10:30 The Lord handed it and its king over to Israel, and Israel² put the sword to all who lived there; they³ left no survivors. They⁴ did to its king what they⁵ had done to the king of Jericho.⁶

Joshua 10:32

10:32 The Lord handed Lachish over to Israel and they⁷ captured it on the second day. They put the sword to all who lived there, just as they had done to Libnah.

Joshua 10:35

10:35 That day they captured it and put the sword to all who lived there. That day they⁸ annihilated it just as they⁹ had done to Lachish.

Joshua 10:37

10:37 They captured it and put the sword to its king, all its surrounding cities, and all who lived in it; they¹⁰ left no survivors. As they¹¹ had done at Eglon, they¹² annihilated it and all who lived there.

Joshua 10:39-40

10:39 They¹³ captured it, its king, and all its surrounding cities and put the sword to them. They annihilated everyone who lived there; they¹⁴ left no survivors. They¹⁵ did to Debir and its king what they¹⁶ had done to Libnah and its king and to Hebron.¹⁷

10:40 Joshua defeated the whole land, including the hill country, the Negev, the lowlands,¹⁸ the slopes, and all their kings. He left no survivors. He annihilated everything that breathed, just as the Lord God of Israel had commanded.

¹map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

²tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

³tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

⁴tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

⁵tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

⁶map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

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

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

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

¹⁰tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

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

¹²tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

¹³tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

¹⁴tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

¹⁵tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

¹⁶tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

¹⁷tn Heb “as he did to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king, and as he did to Libnah and its king.” The clauses have been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹⁸tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”