Joshua 10:30-42

Context
10:30 The Lord handed it and its king over to Israel, and Israel¹ put the sword to all who lived there; they² left no survivors. They³ did to its king what they⁴ had done to the king of Jericho.⁵

10:31 Joshua and all Israel marched from Libnah to Lachish. He deployed his troops⁶ and fought against it. 10:32 The Lord handed Lachish over to Israel and they⁷ captured it on the second day. They put the sword to all who lived there, just as they had done to Libnah. 10:33 Then King Horam of Gezer came up to help Lachish, but Joshua struck down him and his army⁸ until no survivors remained.

10:34 Joshua and all Israel marched from Lachish to Eglon. They deployed troops⁹ and fought against it. 10:35 That day they captured it and put the sword to all who lived there. That day they¹⁰ annihilated it just as they¹¹ had done to Lachish.

10:36 Joshua and all Israel marched up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it. 10:37 They captured it and put the sword to its king, all its surrounding cities, and all who lived in it; they¹² left no survivors. As they¹³ had done at Eglon, they¹⁴ annihilated it and all who lived there.

10:38 Joshua and all Israel turned to Debir and fought against it. 10:39 They¹⁵ captured it, its king, and all its surrounding cities and put the sword to them. They annihilated everyone who lived there; they¹⁶ left no survivors. They¹⁷ did to Debir and its king what they¹⁸ had done to Libnah and its king and to Hebron.¹⁹

10:40 Joshua defeated the whole land, including the hill country, the Negev, the lowlands,²⁰ the slopes, and all their kings. He left no survivors. He annihilated everything that breathed, just as the Lord God of Israel had commanded. 10:41 Joshua conquered the area between Kadesh Barnea and Gaza and the whole region of Goshen, all the way to Gibeon.²¹ 10:42 Joshua captured in one campaign²² all these kings and their lands, for the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.

[10:30] ¹tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:30] ²tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:30] ³tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:30] ⁴tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:30] ⁵map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[10:31] ⁶tn Heb “encamped against it.”

[10:32] ⁷tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:33] ⁸tn Heb “people.”

[10:34] ⁹tn Heb “they encamped against it.”

[10:35] ¹⁰tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:35] ¹¹tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:37] ¹²tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:37] ¹³tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:37] ¹⁴tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:39] ¹⁵tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:39] ¹⁶tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:39] ¹⁷tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:39] ¹⁸tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:39] ¹⁹tn 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.

[10:40] ²⁰tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

[10:41] ²¹tn Heb “and Joshua struck them down, from Kadesh Barnea even to Gaza, and all the land of Goshen, even to Gibeon.”

[10:42] ²²tn Heb “at one time.”