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Selected Verse: Joshua 10:28 - Strong Concordance
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Jos 10:28 |
Strong Concordance |
And that day [03117] Joshua [03091] took [03920] Makkedah [04719], and smote [05221] it with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and the king [04428] thereof he utterly destroyed [02763], them, and all the souls [05315] that were therein; he let [07604] none remain [08300]: and he did [06213] to the king [04428] of Makkedah [04719] as he did [06213] unto the king [04428] of Jericho [03405]. |
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King James |
And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho. |
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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
SEVEN MORE KINGS CONQUERED. (Jos 10:28-42)
that day Joshua took Makkedah--In this and the following verses is described the rapid succession of victory and extermination which swept the whole of southern Palestine into the hands of Israel. "All these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel. And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal." |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
Further prosecution of the victory, by the conquest of the fortified towns of the south, into which those who escaped the sword of the Israelites had thrown themselves.
Jos 10:28
On the same day on which the five kings were impaled, Joshua took Makkedah (see at Jos 10:10), and smote the town and its king with the edge of the sword, banning the town and all the persons in it, i.e., putting all the inhabitants to death (many MSS and some editions adopt the reading אתהּ for אתם, as in Jos 10:37), taking the cattle and the property in the town as booty, as in the case of Ai (Jos 8:27-28), and treating its king like the king of Jericho, who was suspended upon a stake, to judge from Jos 8:2, Jos 8:29, although this is not stated in Josh 6.
Jos 10:29-30
From Makkedah he went with all Israel, i.e., all the men of war, against Libnah, and after effecting the conquest of it, did just the same as he had done to Makkedah. Libnah was one of the towns of the plain or of the hill-country of Judah (Jos 15:42); it was allotted to the priests (Jos 21:13), revolted from Judah in the reign of Joram (Kg2 8:22), and was besieged by Sennacherib (Isa 37:8). It is to be sought on the north-west of Lachish, not on the south as Knobel erroneously infers from Isa 37:8. According to the Onom. (s. v. Lebna), it was at that time villa in regione Eleutheropolitana, quae appellatur Lobna. It has not been discovered yet; but according to the very probable conjecture of V. de Velde (Mem. p. 330), the ruins of it may perhaps be seen upon the hill called Ark el Menshiyeh, about two hours to the wets of Beit Jibrin.
(Note: Knobel is decidedly wrong in his supposition, that Libnah is to be seen in the considerable ruins called Hora, which lie in the plain (Seetzen and V. de Velde) and are called Hawara by Robinson. He founds his conjecture upon the fact that the name signifies white, and is the Arabic translation of the Hebrew name. But Hora is only two hours and a half to the north of Beersheba, and is not in the plain at all, but in the Negeb.)
Jos 10:31-32
Lachish, i.e., Um Lakis (see at Jos 10:3), shared the same fate.
Jos 10:33
Joshua also smote the king of Gezer, who had come with his people to help of Lachish, and left no one remaining. Nothing is said about the capture of the town of Gezer. According to Jos 16:10 and Jdg 1:29, it was still in the possession of the Canaanites when the land was divided, though this alone is not sufficient to prove that Joshua did not conquer it, as so many of the conquered towns were occupied by the Canaanites again after the Israelites had withdrawn. But its situation makes it very probable that Joshua did not conquer it at that time, as it was too much out of his road, and too far from Lachish. Gezer (lxx Γάζερ, in Ch1 14:16 Γαζηρά, in 1 Macc. Γαζήρα or Γάζαρα plur., in Josephus Γάζαρα, Ant. vii. 4, 1, viii. 6, 1, and also Γάδαρα, v. 1, 22, xii. 7, 4) was on the southern boundary of Ephraim (Jos 16:3), and was given up by that tribe to the Levites (Jos 16:9-10; Jos 21:20-21. It is very frequently mentioned. David pursued the Philistines to Gezer (Gazer), after they had been defeated at Gibeon or Geba (Sa2 5:25; Ch1 14:16). At a later period it was conquered by Pharaoh, and presented to his daughter, who was married to Solomon; and Solomon built, i.e., fortified it (Kg1 9:16-17). It was an important fortress in the wars of the Maccabees (1 Macc. 9:52; 2 Macc. 10:32; cf. 1 Macc. 4:15; 7:45; 13:53; 14:34; 15:28, 35). According to the Onom. (s. v. Gazer), it was four Roman miles to the north of Nicopolis, i.e., Anwas, and was called Γαζάρα. This is not only in harmony with Jos 16:3, according to which the southern border of Ephraim ran from Lower Bethhoron to Gezer, and then on to the sea, but also with all the other passages in which Gezer is mentioned,
(Note: The statement in 1 Macc. 7:45, that Judas Maccabaeus pursued the army of Nicanor, which had been beaten at Adasa, for a day's journey, as far as Gazera ("a day's journey from Adasa into Gazera"), is perfectly reconcilable with the situation of el Kubab; for, according to Josephus (Ant. xii. 10, 5), Adasa was thirty stadia from Bethhoron, and Bethhoron is ten miles to the west of Jubab (measuring in a straight line upon the map); so that Judas pursued the enemy fifteen miles - a distance which might very well be called "a day's journey," if we consider that the enemy, when flying, would not always take the straightest road, and might even make a stand at intervals, and so delay their pursuers. Still less do the statement in 1 Macc. 14:34, that Simon fortified Joppa on the sea, and Gazara on the border of Ashdod, the combination of Joppa, Gazara, and the tower that is in Jerusalem (1 Macc. 15:28, 35), and the fact that the country of Gadaris, with the town of Gadara, occurs between Joppa and Jamnia in Strabo xvi. 759, warrant us in making a distinction between Gazara (Gezer) and the place mentioned in the Onom., as Grimm does (on 1 Macc. 4:15), and identifying it with the village of Jazr, an hour and a half from Jaffa, although Arvieux calls this village Gesser. The objections of Van de Velde against the identity of Jubab and Gazer are without any force. It does not necessarily follow from the expression "went up," that Lachish stood on higher ground than Gezer, as going up often signifies nothing more than making a hostile attack upon a fortification. And no importance can be attached to the conjecture, that with the great distance of Jubab from Um Lakis, the king of Gezer would have come to the help of the kings of Makkedah and Libnah, who were much nearer and were attacked first, as the circumstances which determined his conduct are too thoroughly unknown to us, for it to be possible to pronounce an opinion upon the subject with any certainty.)
and answers very well to the situation of El Kubab, a village of considerable size on a steep hill at the extreme north of the mountain chain which runs to the north-west of Zorea, and slopes off towards the north into the broad plain of Merj el Omeir, almost in the middle of the road from Ramleh to Yalo. For this village, with which Van Semden identifies Gezer (Van de Velde, Mem. p. 315), was exactly four Roman miles north by west of Anwas, according to Robinson's map, and not quite four hours from Akir (Ekron), the most northerly city of the Philistines; so that Josephus (Ant. vii. 4, 1) could very properly describe Gazara as the frontier of the territory of the Philistines. Robinson discovered no signs of antiquity, it is true, on his journey through Kubab, but in all probability he did not look for them, as he did not regard the village as a place of any importance in connection with ancient history (Bibl. Res. pp. 143-4).
Jos 10:34-35
From Lachish Joshua proceeded eastwards against Eglon (Ajlan, see Jos 10:3), took the town, and did to it as he had done to Lachish.
Jos 10:36-37
From Eglon he went up from the lowland to the mountains, attacked Hebron and took it, and did to this town and its king, and the towns belonging to it, as he had already done to the others. The king of Hebron cannot of course be the one who was taken in the cave of Makkedah and put to death there, but his successor, who had entered upon the government while Joshua was occupied with the conquest of the towns mentioned in Jos 10:28-35, which may possibly have taken more than a year. "All the cities thereof" are the towns dependent upon Hebron as the capital of the kingdom.
Jos 10:38-39
Joshua then turned southwards with all Israel (i.e., all the army), attacked Debir and took it, and the towns dependent upon it, in the same manner as those mentioned before. Debir, formerly called Kirjath-sepher, i.e., book town, πόλις γραμμάτων (lxx Jos 15:15; Jdg 1:11), and Kirjath-sanna, i.e., in all probability the city of palm branches (Jos 15:49), was given up by Judah to the priests (Jos 21:15). It stood upon the mountains of Judah (Jos 15:49), to the south of Hebron, but has not yet been certainly discovered, though V. de Velde is probably correct in his supposition that it is to be seen in the ruins of Dilbeh, on the peak of a hill to the north of Wady Dilbeh, and on the road from Dhoberiyeh to Hebron, about two hours to the south-west of the latter. For, according to Dr. Stewart, there is a spring at Dilbeh, the water of which is conducted by an aqueduct into the Birket el Dilbeh, at the foot of the said hill, which would answer very well to the upper and lower springs at Debir, if only Debir might be placed, according to Jos 15:49, so far towards the north.
(Note: Knobel imagines that Debir is to be found in the modern village of Dhoberiyeh (Dhabarije), five hours to the south-west of Hebron, on the south-west border of the mountains of Judah, upon the top of a mountain, because, in addition to the situation of this village, which is perfectly reconcilable with Jos 15:49, there are remains of a square tower there (according to Krafft, a Roman tower), which point to an ancient fortification (vid., Rob. Pal. i. pp. 308ff.; Ritter, Erdk. xvi. pp. 202ff.), and because the name, which signifies "placed behind the back," agrees with Debir, the hinder part or back (?), and Kirjath-sepher, if interpreted by the Arabic words, which signify "extremitas, margo, ora." But both reasons prove very little. The meanings assigned to Debir and Kirjath-sepher are improbable and arbitrary. Moreover, it has not been shown that there are any springs near Dhoberiyeh, such as there were in the neighbourhood of Debir (Jos 15:19.). The view held by Rosenmller, and adopted by Bunsen, with regard to the situation of Debir, - namely, that it was the same as the modern Idwirbn or Dewirbn, an hour and a quarter to the west of Hebron, because there is a large spring there with an abundant supply of excellent water, which goes by the name of Ain Nunkr, - is also quite untenable; for it is entirely at variance with Jos 15:49, according to which Debir was not on the west of Hebron, but upon the mountains to the south, and rests entirely upon the erroneous assumption that, according to Jos 10:38 (ויּשׁב, he turned round), as Joshua came from Eglon, he conquered Hebron first, and after the conquest of this town turned back to Debir, to take it also. But שׁוּב, does not mean only to turn round or turn back: it signifies turning generally; and it is very evident that this is the sense in which it is used in Jos 10:38, since, according to Jos 15:49, Debir was on the south of Hebron.)
Moreover, not very long afterwards, probably during the time when the Israelites were occupied with the subjugation of northern Canaan, Hebron and Debir were taken again by the Canaanites, particularly the Anakites, as Joshua had not entirely destroyed them, although he had thoroughly cleared the mountains of Judah of them, but had left them still in the towns of the Philistines (Jos 11:21-22). Consequently, when the land was divided, there were Anakites living in both Hebron and Debir; so that Caleb, to whom these towns were given as his inheritance, had first of all to conquer them again, and to exterminate the Anakites (Jos 14:12; Jos 15:13-17 : cf. Jdg 1:10-13).
(Note: By this simple assumption we get rid of the pretended contradictions, which neological critics have discovered between Jos 10:36-39 on the one hand, and Jos 11:21-22, and Jos 14:12; Jos 15:13-17 on the other, and on account of which Knobel would assign the passages last named to a different document. On the first conquest of the land by Joshua, Masius observes that "in this expedition Joshua ran through the southern region with an armed band, in too hurried a manner to depopulate it entirely. All that he needed was to strike such terror into the hearts of all through his victories, that no one should henceforth offer any resistance to himself and to the people of God. Those whom he pursued, therefore, he destroyed according to the commands of God, not sparing a single one, but he did not search out every possible hiding-place in which any could be concealed. This was left as a gleaning to the valour of each particular tribe, when it should take possession of its own inheritance.") |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
And that day - On which the sun stood still. Nor is it strange that so much work was done, and places so far distant taken in one day, when the day was so long, and the Canaanites struck with such a terror. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
That day Joshua took Makkedah - It is very possible that Makkedah was taken on the evening of the same day in which the miraculous solstice took place; but as to the other cities mentioned in this chapter, they certainly were subdued some days after, as it is not possible that an army, exhausted as this must have been with a whole night's march, and two days' hard fighting, could have proceeded farther than Makkedah that night; the other cities were successively taken in the following days. |
28 And that day [03117] Joshua [03091] took [03920] Makkedah [04719], and smote [05221] it with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and the king [04428] thereof he utterly destroyed [02763], them, and all the souls [05315] that were therein; he let [07604] none remain [08300]: and he did [06213] to the king [04428] of Makkedah [04719] as he did [06213] unto the king [04428] of Jericho [03405].
29 Then Joshua [03091] passed [05674] from Makkedah [04719], and all Israel [03478] with him, unto Libnah [03841], and fought [03898] against Libnah [03841]:
30 And the LORD [03068] delivered [05414] it also, and the king [04428] thereof, into the hand [03027] of Israel [03478]; and he smote [05221] it with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and all the souls [05315] that were therein; he let [07604] none remain [08300] in it; but did [06213] unto the king [04428] thereof as he did [06213] unto the king [04428] of Jericho [03405].
31 And Joshua [03091] passed [05674] from Libnah [03841], and all Israel [03478] with him, unto Lachish [03923], and encamped [02583] against it, and fought [03898] against it:
32 And the LORD [03068] delivered [05414] Lachish [03923] into the hand [03027] of Israel [03478], which took [03920] it on the second [08145] day [03117], and smote [05221] it with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and all the souls [05315] that were therein, according to all that he had done [06213] to Libnah [03841].
33 Then Horam [02036] king [04428] of Gezer [01507] came up [05927] to help [05826] Lachish [03923]; and Joshua [03091] smote [05221] him and his people [05971], until he had left [07604] him none remaining [08300].
34 And from Lachish [03923] Joshua [03091] passed [05674] unto Eglon [05700], and all Israel [03478] with him; and they encamped [02583] against it, and fought [03898] against it:
35 And they took [03920] it on that day [03117], and smote [05221] it with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and all the souls [05315] that were therein he utterly destroyed [02763] that day [03117], according to all that he had done [06213] to Lachish [03923].
36 And Joshua [03091] went up [05927] from Eglon [05700], and all Israel [03478] with him, unto Hebron [02275]; and they fought [03898] against it:
37 And they took [03920] it, and smote [05221] it with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and the king [04428] thereof, and all the cities [05892] thereof, and all the souls [05315] that were therein; he left [07604] none remaining [08300], according to all that he had done [06213] to Eglon [05700]; but destroyed [02763] it utterly, and all the souls [05315] that were therein.
38 And Joshua [03091] returned [07725], and all Israel [03478] with him, to Debir [01688]; and fought [03898] against it:
39 And he took [03920] it, and the king [04428] thereof, and all the cities [05892] thereof; and they smote [05221] them with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and utterly destroyed [02763] all the souls [05315] that were therein; he left [07604] none remaining [08300]: as he had done [06213] to Hebron [02275], so he did [06213] to Debir [01688], and to the king [04428] thereof; as he had done [06213] also to Libnah [03841], and to her king [04428].
40 So Joshua [03091] smote [05221] all the country [0776] of the hills [02022], and of the south [05045], and of the vale [08219], and of the springs [0794], and all their kings [04428]: he left [07604] none remaining [08300], but utterly destroyed [02763] all that breathed [05397], as the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] commanded [06680].
41 And Joshua [03091] smote [05221] them from Kadeshbarnea [06947] even unto Gaza [05804], and all the country [0776] of Goshen [01657], even unto Gibeon [01391].
42 And all these kings [04428] and their land [0776] did Joshua [03091] take [03920] at one [0259] time [06471], because the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] fought [03898] for Israel [03478].
13 And unto Caleb [03612] the son [01121] of Jephunneh [03312] he gave [05414] a part [02506] among [08432] the children [01121] of Judah [03063], according [0413] to the commandment [06310] of the LORD [03068] to Joshua [03091], even the city [07151] of Arba [0704] [07153] the father [01] of Anak [06061], which city is Hebron [02275].
14 And Caleb [03612] drove [03423] thence the three [07969] sons [01121] of Anak [06061], Sheshai [08344], and Ahiman [0289], and Talmai [08526], the children [03211] of Anak [06061].
15 And he went up [05927] thence to the inhabitants [03427] of Debir [01688]: and the name [08034] of Debir [01688] before [06440] was Kirjathsepher [07158].
16 And Caleb [03612] said [0559], He that smiteth [05221] Kirjathsepher [07158], and taketh [03920] it, to him will I give [05414] Achsah [05915] my daughter [01323] to wife [0802].
17 And Othniel [06274] the son [01121] of Kenaz [07073], the brother [0251] of Caleb [03612], took [03920] it: and he gave [05414] him Achsah [05915] his daughter [01323] to wife [0802].
12 Now therefore give [05414] me this mountain [02022], whereof the LORD [03068] spake [01696] in that day [03117]; for thou heardest [08085] in that day [03117] how the Anakims [06062] were there, and that the cities [05892] were great [01419] and fenced [01219]: if so be [0194] the LORD [03068] will be with [0854] me, then I shall be able to drive them out [03423], as the LORD [03068] said [01696].
21 And at that time [06256] came [0935] Joshua [03091], and cut off [03772] the Anakims [06062] from the mountains [02022], from Hebron [02275], from Debir [01688], from Anab [06024], and from all the mountains [02022] of Judah [03063], and from all the mountains [02022] of Israel [03478]: Joshua [03091] destroyed them utterly [02763] with their cities [05892].
22 There was none of the Anakims [06062] left [03498] in the land [0776] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: only in Gaza [05804], in Gath [01661], and in Ashdod [0795], there remained [07604].
36 And Joshua [03091] went up [05927] from Eglon [05700], and all Israel [03478] with him, unto Hebron [02275]; and they fought [03898] against it:
37 And they took [03920] it, and smote [05221] it with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and the king [04428] thereof, and all the cities [05892] thereof, and all the souls [05315] that were therein; he left [07604] none remaining [08300], according to all that he had done [06213] to Eglon [05700]; but destroyed [02763] it utterly, and all the souls [05315] that were therein.
38 And Joshua [03091] returned [07725], and all Israel [03478] with him, to Debir [01688]; and fought [03898] against it:
39 And he took [03920] it, and the king [04428] thereof, and all the cities [05892] thereof; and they smote [05221] them with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and utterly destroyed [02763] all the souls [05315] that were therein; he left [07604] none remaining [08300]: as he had done [06213] to Hebron [02275], so he did [06213] to Debir [01688], and to the king [04428] thereof; as he had done [06213] also to Libnah [03841], and to her king [04428].
10 And Judah [03063] went [03212] against the Canaanites [03669] that dwelt [03427] in Hebron [02275]: (now the name [08034] of Hebron [02275] before [06440] was Kirjatharba [07153]:) and they slew [05221] Sheshai [08344], and Ahiman [0289], and Talmai [08526].
11 And from thence he went [03212] against the inhabitants [03427] of Debir [01688]: and the name [08034] of Debir [01688] before [06440] was Kirjathsepher [07158]:
12 And Caleb [03612] said [0559], He that smiteth [05221] Kirjathsepher [07158], and taketh [03920] it, to him will I give [05414] Achsah [05915] my daughter [01323] to wife [0802].
13 And Othniel [06274] the son [01121] of Kenaz [07073], Caleb's [03612] younger [06996] brother [0251], took [03920] it: and he gave [05414] him Achsah [05915] his daughter [01323] to wife [0802].
13 And unto Caleb [03612] the son [01121] of Jephunneh [03312] he gave [05414] a part [02506] among [08432] the children [01121] of Judah [03063], according [0413] to the commandment [06310] of the LORD [03068] to Joshua [03091], even the city [07151] of Arba [0704] [07153] the father [01] of Anak [06061], which city is Hebron [02275].
14 And Caleb [03612] drove [03423] thence the three [07969] sons [01121] of Anak [06061], Sheshai [08344], and Ahiman [0289], and Talmai [08526], the children [03211] of Anak [06061].
15 And he went up [05927] thence to the inhabitants [03427] of Debir [01688]: and the name [08034] of Debir [01688] before [06440] was Kirjathsepher [07158].
16 And Caleb [03612] said [0559], He that smiteth [05221] Kirjathsepher [07158], and taketh [03920] it, to him will I give [05414] Achsah [05915] my daughter [01323] to wife [0802].
17 And Othniel [06274] the son [01121] of Kenaz [07073], the brother [0251] of Caleb [03612], took [03920] it: and he gave [05414] him Achsah [05915] his daughter [01323] to wife [0802].
12 Now therefore give [05414] me this mountain [02022], whereof the LORD [03068] spake [01696] in that day [03117]; for thou heardest [08085] in that day [03117] how the Anakims [06062] were there, and that the cities [05892] were great [01419] and fenced [01219]: if so be [0194] the LORD [03068] will be with [0854] me, then I shall be able to drive them out [03423], as the LORD [03068] said [01696].
21 And at that time [06256] came [0935] Joshua [03091], and cut off [03772] the Anakims [06062] from the mountains [02022], from Hebron [02275], from Debir [01688], from Anab [06024], and from all the mountains [02022] of Judah [03063], and from all the mountains [02022] of Israel [03478]: Joshua [03091] destroyed them utterly [02763] with their cities [05892].
22 There was none of the Anakims [06062] left [03498] in the land [0776] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: only in Gaza [05804], in Gath [01661], and in Ashdod [0795], there remained [07604].
49 And Dannah [01837], and Kirjathsannah [07158], which is Debir [01688],
38 And Joshua [03091] returned [07725], and all Israel [03478] with him, to Debir [01688]; and fought [03898] against it:
38 And Joshua [03091] returned [07725], and all Israel [03478] with him, to Debir [01688]; and fought [03898] against it:
49 And Dannah [01837], and Kirjathsannah [07158], which is Debir [01688],
19 Who answered [0559], Give [05414] me a blessing [01293]; for thou hast given [05414] me a south [05045] land [0776]; give [05414] me also springs [01543] of water [04325]. And he gave [05414] her the upper [05942] springs [01543], and the nether [08482] springs [01543].
49 And Dannah [01837], and Kirjathsannah [07158], which is Debir [01688],
49 And Dannah [01837], and Kirjathsannah [07158], which is Debir [01688],
49 And Dannah [01837], and Kirjathsannah [07158], which is Debir [01688],
15 And Holon [02473] with her suburbs [04054], and Debir [01688] with her suburbs [04054],
49 And Dannah [01837], and Kirjathsannah [07158], which is Debir [01688],
11 And from thence he went [03212] against the inhabitants [03427] of Debir [01688]: and the name [08034] of Debir [01688] before [06440] was Kirjathsepher [07158]:
15 And he went up [05927] thence to the inhabitants [03427] of Debir [01688]: and the name [08034] of Debir [01688] before [06440] was Kirjathsepher [07158].
38 And Joshua [03091] returned [07725], and all Israel [03478] with him, to Debir [01688]; and fought [03898] against it:
39 And he took [03920] it, and the king [04428] thereof, and all the cities [05892] thereof; and they smote [05221] them with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and utterly destroyed [02763] all the souls [05315] that were therein; he left [07604] none remaining [08300]: as he had done [06213] to Hebron [02275], so he did [06213] to Debir [01688], and to the king [04428] thereof; as he had done [06213] also to Libnah [03841], and to her king [04428].
28 And that day [03117] Joshua [03091] took [03920] Makkedah [04719], and smote [05221] it with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and the king [04428] thereof he utterly destroyed [02763], them, and all the souls [05315] that were therein; he let [07604] none remain [08300]: and he did [06213] to the king [04428] of Makkedah [04719] as he did [06213] unto the king [04428] of Jericho [03405].
29 Then Joshua [03091] passed [05674] from Makkedah [04719], and all Israel [03478] with him, unto Libnah [03841], and fought [03898] against Libnah [03841]:
30 And the LORD [03068] delivered [05414] it also, and the king [04428] thereof, into the hand [03027] of Israel [03478]; and he smote [05221] it with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and all the souls [05315] that were therein; he let [07604] none remain [08300] in it; but did [06213] unto the king [04428] thereof as he did [06213] unto the king [04428] of Jericho [03405].
31 And Joshua [03091] passed [05674] from Libnah [03841], and all Israel [03478] with him, unto Lachish [03923], and encamped [02583] against it, and fought [03898] against it:
32 And the LORD [03068] delivered [05414] Lachish [03923] into the hand [03027] of Israel [03478], which took [03920] it on the second [08145] day [03117], and smote [05221] it with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and all the souls [05315] that were therein, according to all that he had done [06213] to Libnah [03841].
33 Then Horam [02036] king [04428] of Gezer [01507] came up [05927] to help [05826] Lachish [03923]; and Joshua [03091] smote [05221] him and his people [05971], until he had left [07604] him none remaining [08300].
34 And from Lachish [03923] Joshua [03091] passed [05674] unto Eglon [05700], and all Israel [03478] with him; and they encamped [02583] against it, and fought [03898] against it:
35 And they took [03920] it on that day [03117], and smote [05221] it with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and all the souls [05315] that were therein he utterly destroyed [02763] that day [03117], according to all that he had done [06213] to Lachish [03923].
36 And Joshua [03091] went up [05927] from Eglon [05700], and all Israel [03478] with him, unto Hebron [02275]; and they fought [03898] against it:
37 And they took [03920] it, and smote [05221] it with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and the king [04428] thereof, and all the cities [05892] thereof, and all the souls [05315] that were therein; he left [07604] none remaining [08300], according to all that he had done [06213] to Eglon [05700]; but destroyed [02763] it utterly, and all the souls [05315] that were therein.
3 Wherefore Adonizedek [0139] king [04428] of Jerusalem [03389] sent [07971] unto Hoham [01944] king [04428] of Hebron [02275], and unto Piram [06502] king [04428] of Jarmuth [03412], and unto Japhia [03309] king [04428] of Lachish [03923], and unto Debir [01688] king [04428] of Eglon [05700], saying [0559],
34 And from Lachish [03923] Joshua [03091] passed [05674] unto Eglon [05700], and all Israel [03478] with him; and they encamped [02583] against it, and fought [03898] against it:
35 And they took [03920] it on that day [03117], and smote [05221] it with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and all the souls [05315] that were therein he utterly destroyed [02763] that day [03117], according to all that he had done [06213] to Lachish [03923].
3 And goeth down [03381] westward [03220] to the coast [01366] of Japhleti [03311], unto the coast [01366] of Bethhoron [01032] the nether [08481], and to Gezer [01507]: and the goings out [08444] thereof are at the sea [03220].
16 For Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714] had gone up [05927], and taken [03920] Gezer [01507], and burnt [08313] it with fire [0784], and slain [02026] the Canaanites [03669] that dwelt [03427] in the city [05892], and given [05414] it for a present [07964] unto his daughter [01323], Solomon's [08010] wife [0802].
17 And Solomon [08010] built [01129] Gezer [01507], and Bethhoron [01032] the nether [08481],
16 David [01732] therefore did [06213] as God [0430] commanded [06680] him: and they smote [05221] the host [04264] of the Philistines [06430] from Gibeon [01391] even to Gazer [01507].
25 And David [01732] did so [06213], as the LORD [03068] had commanded [06680] him; and smote [05221] the Philistines [06430] from Geba [01387] until thou come [0935] to Gazer [01507].
20 And the families [04940] of the children [01121] of Kohath [06955], the Levites [03881] which remained [03498] of the children [01121] of Kohath [06955], even they had the cities [05892] of their lot [01486] out of the tribe [04294] of Ephraim [0669].
21 For they gave [05414] them Shechem [07927] with her suburbs [04054] in mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], to be a city [05892] of refuge [04733] for the slayer [07523]; and Gezer [01507] with her suburbs [04054],
9 And the separate [03995] cities [05892] for the children [01121] of Ephraim [0669] were among [08432] the inheritance [05159] of the children [01121] of Manasseh [04519], all the cities [05892] with their villages [02691].
10 And they drave not out [03423] the Canaanites [03669] that dwelt [03427] in Gezer [01507]: but the Canaanites [03669] dwell [03427] among [07130] the Ephraimites [0669] unto this day [03117], and serve [05647] under tribute [04522].
3 And goeth down [03381] westward [03220] to the coast [01366] of Japhleti [03311], unto the coast [01366] of Bethhoron [01032] the nether [08481], and to Gezer [01507]: and the goings out [08444] thereof are at the sea [03220].
16 David [01732] therefore did [06213] as God [0430] commanded [06680] him: and they smote [05221] the host [04264] of the Philistines [06430] from Gibeon [01391] even to Gazer [01507].
29 Neither did Ephraim [0669] drive out [03423] the Canaanites [03669] that dwelt [03427] in Gezer [01507]; but the Canaanites [03669] dwelt [03427] in Gezer [01507] among [07130] them.
10 And they drave not out [03423] the Canaanites [03669] that dwelt [03427] in Gezer [01507]: but the Canaanites [03669] dwell [03427] among [07130] the Ephraimites [0669] unto this day [03117], and serve [05647] under tribute [04522].
33 Then Horam [02036] king [04428] of Gezer [01507] came up [05927] to help [05826] Lachish [03923]; and Joshua [03091] smote [05221] him and his people [05971], until he had left [07604] him none remaining [08300].
3 Wherefore Adonizedek [0139] king [04428] of Jerusalem [03389] sent [07971] unto Hoham [01944] king [04428] of Hebron [02275], and unto Piram [06502] king [04428] of Jarmuth [03412], and unto Japhia [03309] king [04428] of Lachish [03923], and unto Debir [01688] king [04428] of Eglon [05700], saying [0559],
31 And Joshua [03091] passed [05674] from Libnah [03841], and all Israel [03478] with him, unto Lachish [03923], and encamped [02583] against it, and fought [03898] against it:
32 And the LORD [03068] delivered [05414] Lachish [03923] into the hand [03027] of Israel [03478], which took [03920] it on the second [08145] day [03117], and smote [05221] it with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and all the souls [05315] that were therein, according to all that he had done [06213] to Libnah [03841].
8 So Rabshakeh [07262] returned [07725], and found [04672] the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] warring [03898] against Libnah [03841]: for he had heard [08085] that he was departed [05265] from Lachish [03923].
8 So Rabshakeh [07262] returned [07725], and found [04672] the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] warring [03898] against Libnah [03841]: for he had heard [08085] that he was departed [05265] from Lachish [03923].
22 Yet Edom [0123] revolted [06586] from under the hand [03027] of Judah [03063] unto this day [03117]. Then Libnah [03841] revolted [06586] at the same [01931] time [06256].
13 Thus they gave [05414] to the children [01121] of Aaron [0175] the priest [03548] Hebron [02275] with her suburbs [04054], to be a city [05892] of refuge [04733] for the slayer [07523]; and Libnah [03841] with her suburbs [04054],
42 Libnah [03841], and Ether [06281], and Ashan [06228],
29 Then Joshua [03091] passed [05674] from Makkedah [04719], and all Israel [03478] with him, unto Libnah [03841], and fought [03898] against Libnah [03841]:
30 And the LORD [03068] delivered [05414] it also, and the king [04428] thereof, into the hand [03027] of Israel [03478]; and he smote [05221] it with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and all the souls [05315] that were therein; he let [07604] none remain [08300] in it; but did [06213] unto the king [04428] thereof as he did [06213] unto the king [04428] of Jericho [03405].
29 And the king [04428] of Ai [05857] he hanged [08518] on a tree [06086] until eventide [06256] [06153]: and as soon as the sun [08121] was down [0935], Joshua [03091] commanded [06680] that they should take [03381] his carcase [05038] down [03381] from the tree [06086], and cast [07993] it at the entering [06607] of the gate [08179] of the city [05892], and raise [06965] thereon a great [01419] heap [01530] of stones [068], that remaineth unto this day [03117].
2 And thou shalt do [06213] to Ai [05857] and her king [04428] as thou didst [06213] unto Jericho [03405] and her king [04428]: only the spoil [07998] thereof, and the cattle [0929] thereof, shall ye take for a prey [0962] unto yourselves: lay [07760] thee an ambush [0693] for the city [05892] behind [0310] it.
27 Only the cattle [0929] and the spoil [07998] of that city [05892] Israel [03478] took for a prey [0962] unto themselves, according unto the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] which he commanded [06680] Joshua [03091].
28 And Joshua [03091] burnt [08313] Ai [05857], and made [07760] it an heap [08510] for ever [05769], even a desolation [08077] unto this day [03117].
37 And they took [03920] it, and smote [05221] it with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and the king [04428] thereof, and all the cities [05892] thereof, and all the souls [05315] that were therein; he left [07604] none remaining [08300], according to all that he had done [06213] to Eglon [05700]; but destroyed [02763] it utterly, and all the souls [05315] that were therein.
10 And the LORD [03068] discomfited [02000] them before [06440] Israel [03478], and slew [05221] them with a great [01419] slaughter [04347] at Gibeon [01391], and chased [07291] them along the way [01870] that goeth up [04608] to Bethhoron [01032], and smote [05221] them to Azekah [05825], and unto Makkedah [04719].
28 And that day [03117] Joshua [03091] took [03920] Makkedah [04719], and smote [05221] it with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and the king [04428] thereof he utterly destroyed [02763], them, and all the souls [05315] that were therein; he let [07604] none remain [08300]: and he did [06213] to the king [04428] of Makkedah [04719] as he did [06213] unto the king [04428] of Jericho [03405].