10:31 Joshua and all Israel marched from Libnah to Lachish. He deployed his troops 1 and fought against it.
1:13 Residents of Lachish, 2 hitch the horses to the chariots!
You 3 influenced Daughter Zion 4 to sin, 5
for Israel’s rebellious deeds can be traced back 6 to you!
1 tn Heb “encamped against it.”
2 sn The place name Lachish sounds like the Hebrew word for “team [of horses].”
3 tn Heb “she”; this has been translated as second person (“you”) in keeping with the direct address to the residents of Lachish in the previous line.
4 sn The epithet Daughter Zion pictures the city of Jerusalem as a young lady.
5 tn Heb “She was the beginning of sin for Daughter Zion.”
6 tn Heb “for in you was found the transgressions of Israel.”