The <sc>Lordsc> handed it and its king over to Israel, and Israel<n id="1" /> put the sword to all who lived there; they<n id="2" /> left no survivors. They<n id="3" /> did to its king what they<n id="4" /> had done to the king of Jericho.<n id="5" />p>

The <sc>Lordsc> handed Lachish over to Israel and they<n id="1" /> captured it on the second day. They put the sword to all who lived there, just as they had done to Libnah.

They captured it and put the sword to its king, all its surrounding cities, and all who lived in it; they<n id="1" /> left no survivors. As they<n id="2" /> had done at Eglon, they<n id="3" /> annihilated it and all who lived there.p>

They<n id="1" /> captured it, its king, and all its surrounding cities and put the sword to them. They annihilated everyone who lived there; they<n id="2" /> left no survivors. They<n id="3" /> did to Debir and its king what they<n id="4" /> had done to Libnah and its king and to Hebron.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Joshua defeated the whole land, including the hill country, the Negev, the lowlands,<n id="1" /> the slopes, and all their kings. He left no survivors. He annihilated everything that breathed, just as the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel had commanded.

<p class="bodytext">At that time Joshua turned, captured Hazor,<n id="1" /> and struck down its king with the sword, for Hazor was at that time<n id="2" /> the leader of all these kingdoms.

<p class="bodytext">Joshua captured all these royal cities and all their kings and annihilated them with the sword,<n id="1" /> as Moses the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s servant had commanded.

The Israelites plundered all the goods of these cities and the cattle, but they totally destroyed all the people<n id="1" /> and allowed no one who breathed to live.

from Mount Halak on up to Seir, as far as Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and executed them.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites defeated and drove from their land<n id="1" /> on the east side of the Jordan,<n id="2" /> from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern Arabah:p>

<p class="bodytext">These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the Israelites defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley to Mount Halak on up to Seir. Joshua assigned this territory to the Israelite tribes,<n id="1" />

(The Danites failed to conquer their territory,<n id="1" /> so they went up and fought with Leshem and captured it. They put the sword to it, took possession of it, and lived in it. They renamed it<n id="2" /> Dan after their ancestor.<n id="3" />)

When the avenger of blood comes after him, they must not hand over to him the one who committed manslaughter, for he accidentally killed his fellow man without premeditation.<n id="1" />

These were the cities of refuge<n id="1" /> appointed for all the Israelites and for resident foreigners living among them. Anyone who accidentally killed someone could escape there and not be executed by<n id="2" /> the avenger of blood, at least until his case was reviewed by the assembly.<n id="3" />p>

It encompassed<n id="1" /> all the cities of the plain and the whole realm of King Sihon of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon. Moses defeated him and the Midianite leaders Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba (they were subjects of Sihon and lived in his territory).<n id="2" />