Discovery BoxJoshua 10:19 
Context10:19 But don’t you delay! Chase your enemies and catch them! 1 Don’t allow them to retreat to 2 their cities, for the Lord your God is handing them over to you.” 3
Joshua 10:39
Context10:39 They 4 captured it, its king, and all its surrounding cities and put the sword to them. They annihilated everyone who lived there; they 5 left no survivors. They 6 did to Debir and its king what they 7 had done to Libnah and its king and to Hebron. 8
1 tn Heb “But [as for] you, don’t stand still, chase after your enemies and attack them from the rear.”
2 tn Or “enter into.”
3 tn Heb “has given them into your hand.” The verbal form is a perfect of certitude, emphasizing the certainty of the action.
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 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 “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.
