Joshua 5:13

Israel Conquers Jericho

5:13 When Joshua was near¹ Jericho,² he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword.³ Joshua approached him and asked him, “Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?”⁴

Joshua 10:11

10:11 As they fled from Israel on the slope leading down from⁵ Beth Horon, the Lord threw down on them large hailstones from the sky,⁶ all the way to Azekah. They died – in fact, more died from the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword.

Joshua 10:28

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.⁷

Joshua 10:30

10:30 The Lord handed it and its king over to Israel, and Israel⁸ put the sword to all who lived there; they⁹ left no survivors. They¹⁰ did to its king what they¹¹ had done to the king of Jericho.¹²

Joshua 10:32

10:32 The Lord handed Lachish over to Israel and they¹³ captured it on the second day. They put the sword to all who lived there, just as they had done to Libnah.

Joshua 10:37

10:37 They captured it and put the sword to its king, all its surrounding cities, and all who lived in it; they¹⁴ left no survivors. As they¹⁵ had done at Eglon, they¹⁶ annihilated it and all who lived there.

Joshua 10:39

10:39 They¹⁷ captured it, its king, and all its surrounding cities and put the sword to them. They annihilated everyone who lived there; they¹⁸ left no survivors. They¹⁹ did to Debir and its king what they²⁰ had done to Libnah and its king and to Hebron.²¹

Joshua 11:10

11:10 At that time Joshua turned, captured Hazor,²² and struck down its king with the sword, for Hazor was at that time²³ the leader of all these kingdoms.

Joshua 11:12

11:12 Joshua captured all these royal cities and all their kings and annihilated them with the sword,²⁴ as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded.

Joshua 11:14

11:14 The Israelites plundered all the goods of these cities and the cattle, but they totally destroyed all the people²⁵ and allowed no one who breathed to live.

Joshua 19:47

19:47 (The Danites failed to conquer their territory,²⁶ so they went up and fought with Leshem and captured it. They put the sword to it, took possession of it, and lived in it. They renamed it²⁷ Dan after their ancestor.²⁸)

¹tn Heb “in.”

²map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

³tn Heb “he lifted up his eyes and looked. And look, a man was standing in front of him, and his sword was drawn in his hand.” The verb הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) invites the reader to view the scene through Joshua’s eyes. By calling the stranger “a man,” the author reflects Joshua’s perspective. The text shortly reveals his true identity (vv. 14-15).

⁴tn Heb “Are you for us or for our enemies?”

⁵tn Heb “on the descent of.”

⁶tn Or “heaven” (also in v. 13). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

⁹map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

¹³tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

¹⁴tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

¹⁵tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

¹⁶tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

¹⁷map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

¹⁷tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

²¹tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

²²tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

²³tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

²⁵tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

²⁶tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

²⁷tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

²⁸tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

²⁹tn Heb “as he did to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king, and as he did to Libnah and its king.” The clauses have been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

²⁹map For location see Map1-D2; Map2-D3; Map3-A2; Map4-C1.

³⁰tn Or “formerly.”

³³tn Heb “and he struck them down with the edge of the sword, he annihilated them.”

³⁷tn Heb “but all the people they struck down with the edge of the sword until they destroyed them.”

⁴¹tn Heb “the territory of the sons of Dan went out from them.”

⁴²tn Heb “Leshem.” The pronoun (“it”) has replaced the name “Leshem” in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁴³tn Heb “according to the name of their father.”