Joshua 10:26-28

10:26 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 

Joshua Launches a Southern Campaign

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

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 10:33

10:33 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.”