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 10:37

10:37 They captured it and put the sword to its king, all its surrounding cities, and all who lived in it; they⁸ left no survivors. As they⁹ had done at Eglon, they¹⁰ annihilated it and all who lived there.

Joshua 22:24

22:24 We swear we have done this because we were worried that¹¹ in the future your descendants would say to our descendants, ‘What relationship do you have with the Lord God of Israel?¹²

Joshua 24:31

24:31 Israel worshiped¹³ the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive.¹⁴ These men had experienced firsthand everything the Lord had done for Israel.¹⁵

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 “Surely, from worry concerning a matter we have done this, saying.”

¹²tn Heb “What is there to you and to the Lord God of Israel?” The rhetorical question is sarcastic in tone and anticipates a response, “Absolutely none!”

¹³tn Or “served.”

¹⁴tn Heb “all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who outlived him.”

¹⁵tn Heb “who knew all the work of the Lord which he had done for Israel.”