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Selected Verse: Joshua 10:37 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jos 10:37 |
Strong Concordance |
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. |
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King James |
And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The king thereof - No doubt the successor of the king slain at Makkedah Jos 10:23.
All the cities thereof - i. e. the smaller towns dependent upon Hebron. The expression marks Hebron as the metropolis of other subject towns. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| All the cities - Which were subject to its jurisdiction; this being, it seems, a royal city as Gibeon was, Jos 10:2, and having cities under it as that had. |
23 And they did [06213] so, and brought forth [03318] those five [02568] kings [04428] unto him out of the cave [04631], the king [04428] of Jerusalem [03389], the king [04428] of Hebron [02275], the king [04428] of Jarmuth [03412], the king [04428] of Lachish [03923], and the king [04428] of Eglon [05700].
2 That they feared [03372] greatly [03966], because Gibeon [01391] was a great [01419] city [05892], as one [0259] of the royal [04467] cities [05892], and because it was greater [01419] than Ai [05857], and all the men [0582] thereof were mighty [01368].