10:1 Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem, 2 heard how Joshua captured Ai and annihilated it and its king as he did Jericho 3 and its king. 4 He also heard how 5 the people of Gibeon made peace with Israel and lived among them.
5:2 At that time the Lord told Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites once again.” 6 5:3 So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites on the Hill of the Foreskins. 7
1 tn Heb “Joshua came upon them suddenly, all the night he went up from Gilgal.”
2 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
3 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
4 tn Heb “as he had done to Jericho and to its king, so he did to Ai and to its king.”
5 tn Heb “and how.”
6 tn Heb “return, circumcise the sons of Israel a second time.” The Hebrew term שׁוּב (shuv, “return”) is used here in an adverbial sense to indicate the repetition of an action.
7 tn Or “Gibeath Haaraloth.” This name means “Hill of the Foreskins.” Many modern translations simply give the Hebrew name, although an explanatory note giving the meaning of the name is often included.