Joshua 10:24-25

10:24 When they brought the kings out to Joshua, he ¹  summoned all the men of Israel and said to the commanders of the troops who accompanied him, “Come here ²  and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came up ³  and put their feet on their necks. 10:25 Then Joshua said to them, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ⁴  Be strong and brave, for the Lord will do the same thing to all your enemies you fight.

Joshua 10:30

10:30 The Lord handed it and its king over to Israel, and Israel ⁵  put the sword to all who lived there; they ⁶  left no survivors. They ⁷  did to its king what they ⁸  had done to the king of Jericho. ⁹ 

Joshua 10:32

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

Joshua 10:42

10:42 Joshua captured in one campaign ¹¹  all these kings and their lands, for the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.

[10:24]  ¹ tn Heb “Joshua.” The translation has replaced the proper name with the pronoun (“he”) because a repetition of the proper name here would be redundant according to English style.

[10:24]  ² tn Or “Draw near.”

[10:24]  ³ tn Or “drew near.”

[10:25]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”

[10:30]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:30]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:30]  ⁷ tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:30]  ⁸ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:30]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

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

[10:42]  ¹¹ tn Heb “at one time.”