Joshua 10:33

Translations

Modern

At that time Horam king of Gezer went to help Lachish, but Joshua struck him down along with his people, leaving no survivors.

Traditional

Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.

Literal

Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish, and Joshua struck him and his people, until he did not have left to him a remnant.

Latin

Eo tempore ascendit Horam rex Gazer, ut auxiliaretur Lachis: quem percussit Josue cum omni populo ejus usque ad internecionem.

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English

At that time Horam king of Gezer went to help Lachish, but Joshua struck him down along with his people, leaving no survivors.

Notes

Joshua 10:31–33

Lachish was the most important of the six cities captured at this time. It was defended so well that Joshua needed two days to capture it.
Gezer was about 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of Lachish. Lachish and Gezer might have had a mutual treaty to aid each other.

Joshua 10:28–39

Joshua led the Israelites through southern Canaan. They captured several important cities but did not burn them. God had promised that Israel would live in cities they had not built (Deuteronomy 6:10).

Joshua 10:1–43

Gibeon and its neighboring cities were on a plateau (high flat place) north of Jerusalem (see study note on 7:2). With Gibeon now as an ally with Israel, Israel controlled the plateau and the central hill country near Gibeon. Historically, controlling the plateau often meant controlling the hill country. The kings of Canaan had to conquer Gibeon, or they would fail.

Joshua 7:1–12:24

This second major section of the book records Joshua's southern and northern campaigns against two coalitions of kings from Canaan. Joshua's victories allowed Israel to settle the hill country from Galilee in the north to the Negev in the south.

Theme notes and profiles

Joshua

Events

War with Canaanites

Related verses

Joshua 16:10
But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.
Judges 1:29
Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.
Joshua 16:3
Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.
1 Kings 9:15–17
This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
Joshua 21:21
…they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,
Joshua 12:12
…the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
1 Chronicles 6:67
They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer,
1 Chronicles 20:4
Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.

People

Horam: King of Gezer, defeated by Joshua Joshua: Moses' assistant who led Israel into Canaan

Places

Gezer: A Canaanite city, conquered by Joshua and later by David Lachish: A fortified city in Judah

Glossary

Conquest and Allotment of the Land Gezer Gibeon, Gibeonites Gilgal Horam Joshua (Person) Joshua, Book of Judges, Book of Sword Tribe of Dan

Topics

Captive: Cruelty to Putting to Death Gezer: King of, Defeats Joshua Hebron: Hoham, King of, Confederated with Other Kings of the Canaanites Against Joshua Horam: King of Gezer Joshua: Also Called Jehoshua, and Jehoshuah, and Oshea: Defeats Seven Other Kings Massacre of the Cities of the Seven Kings War of Extermination

Joshua 10:33

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