Discovery BoxJoshua 10:26-28 
Context10:26 Then Joshua executed them 1 and hung them on five trees. They were left hanging on the trees until evening. 10:27 At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. 2 They threw them into the cave where they had hidden and piled large stones over the mouth of the cave. (They remain to this very day.) 3
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. 4
Joshua 10:30
Context10:30 The Lord handed it and its king over to Israel, and Israel 5 put the sword to all who lived there; they 6 left no survivors. They 7 did to its king what they 8 had done to the king of Jericho. 9
Joshua 10:33
Context10:33 Then King Horam of Gezer came up to help Lachish, but Joshua struck down him and his army 10 until no survivors remained.
1 tn Heb “struck them down and killed them.”
2 sn For the legal background of the removal of the corpses before sundown, see Deut 21:22-23.
3 tn Heb “to this very day.” The words “They remain” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
4 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
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 “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).
9 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
10 tn Heb “people.”
