Joshua 10:31-43

10:31 Joshua and all Israel marched from Libnah to Lachish. He deployed his troops ¹  and fought against it. 10:32 The Lord handed Lachish over to Israel and they ²  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 army ³  until no survivors remained.

10:34 Joshua and all Israel marched from Lachish to Eglon. They deployed troops ⁴  and fought against it. 10:35 That day they captured it and put the sword to all who lived there. That day they ⁵  annihilated it just as they ⁶  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; they ⁷  left no survivors. As they ⁸  had done at Eglon, they ⁹  annihilated it and all who lived there.

10:38 Joshua and all Israel turned to Debir and fought against it. 10:39 They ¹⁰  captured it, its king, and all its surrounding cities and put the sword to them. They annihilated everyone who lived there; they ¹¹  left no survivors. They ¹²  did to Debir and its king what they ¹³  had done to Libnah and its king and to Hebron. ¹⁴ 

10:40 Joshua defeated the whole land, including the hill country, the Negev, the lowlands, ¹⁵  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. ¹⁶  10:42 Joshua captured in one campaign ¹⁷  all these kings and their lands, for the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel. 10:43 Then Joshua and all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal.

[10:31]  ¹ tn Heb “encamped against it.”

[10:32]  ² tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:33]  ³ tn Heb “people.”

[10:34]  ⁴ tn Heb “they encamped against it.”

[10:35]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:35]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:37]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:37]  ⁸ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:37]  ⁹ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

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

[10:39]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:39]  ¹² tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:39]  ¹³ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:39]  ¹⁴ 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.

[10:40]  ¹⁵ tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

[10:41]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and Joshua struck them down, from Kadesh Barnea even to Gaza, and all the land of Goshen, even to Gibeon.”

[10:42]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “at one time.”