Joshua 10:24-25

10:24 When they brought the kings out to Joshua, he ¹  summoned all the men of Israel and said to the commanders of the troops who accompanied him, “Come here ²  and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came up ³  and put their feet on their necks. 10:25 Then Joshua said to them, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ⁴  Be strong and brave, for the Lord will do the same thing to all your enemies you fight.

Joshua 10:30

10:30 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 10:32

10:32 The Lord handed Lachish over to Israel and they ¹⁰  captured it on the second day. They put the sword to all who lived there, just as they had done to Libnah.

Joshua 10:42

10:42 Joshua captured in one campaign ¹¹  all these kings and their lands, for the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.

¹ tn Heb “Joshua.” The translation has replaced the proper name with the pronoun (“he”) because a repetition of the proper name here would be redundant according to English style.

² tn Or “Draw near.”

³ tn Or “drew near.”

⁴ tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”

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 “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

¹¹ tn Heb “at one time.”