Joshua 8:26

8:26 Joshua kept holding out his curved sword until Israel had annihilated all who lived in Ai. ¹ 

Joshua 10:35

10:35 That day they captured it and put the sword to all who lived there. That day they ²  annihilated it just as they ³  had done to Lachish.

Joshua 10:40

10:40 Joshua defeated the whole land, including the hill country, the Negev, the lowlands, ⁴  the slopes, and all their kings. He left no survivors. He annihilated everything that breathed, just as the Lord God of Israel had commanded.

Joshua 11:12

11:12 Joshua captured all these royal cities and all their kings and annihilated them with the sword, ⁵  as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded.

¹ tn Heb “Joshua did not draw back his hand which held out the curved sword until he had annihilated all the residents of Ai.”

² tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

³ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

³ tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

⁴ tn Heb “and he struck them down with the edge of the sword, he annihilated them.”