10:38 Joshua and all Israel turned to Debir and fought against it. 10:39 They 1 captured it, its king, and all its surrounding cities and put the sword to them. They annihilated everyone who lived there; they 2 left no survivors. They 3 did to Debir and its king what they 4 had done to Libnah and its king and to Hebron. 5
1 tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).
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).
4 tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).
5 tn 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.