10:29 Joshua and all Israel marched from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against it. 1 10:30 The Lord handed it and its king over to Israel, and Israel 2 put the sword to all who lived there; they 3 left no survivors. They 4 did to its king what they 5 had done to the king of Jericho. 6
10:31 Joshua and all Israel marched from Libnah to Lachish. He deployed his troops 7 and fought against it. 10:32 The Lord handed Lachish over to Israel and they 8 captured it on the second day. They put the sword to all who lived there, just as they had done to Libnah.
1 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.
2 tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).
3 tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).
4 tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).
5 tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).
6 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
7 tn Heb “encamped against it.”
8 tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).