Joshua 8:24

8:24 When Israel had finished killing all the men ¹  of Ai who had chased them toward the desert ²  (they all fell by the sword), ³  all Israel returned to Ai and put the sword to it.

Joshua 10:10

10:10 The Lord routed ⁴  them before Israel. Israel ⁵  thoroughly defeated them ⁶  at Gibeon. They chased them up the road to the pass ⁷  of Beth Horon and struck them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.

Joshua 11:8

11:8 The Lord handed them over to Israel and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon, ⁸  Misrephoth Maim, ⁹  and the Mizpah Valley to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.

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¹ tn Heb “residents.”

² tn Heb “in the field, in the desert in which they chased them.”

³ tc Heb “and all of them fell by the edge of the sword until they were destroyed.” The LXX omits the words, “and all of them fell by the edge of the sword.” They may represent a later scribal addition.

⁴ tn Or “caused to panic.”

⁵ tn Heb “he.” The referent is probably Israel (mentioned at the end of the previous sentence in the verse; cf. NIV, NRSV), but it is also possible that the Lord should be understood as the referent (cf. NASB “and He slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon”), or even Joshua (cf. NEB “and Joshua defeated them utterly in Gibeon”).

⁶ tn Heb “struck them down with a great striking down.”

⁷ tn Or “ascent.”

⁸ map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

⁹ tn The meaning of the Hebrew name “Misrephoth Maim” is perhaps “lime-kilns by the water” (see HALOT 2:641).