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Joshua 10

Joshua 10:35

Conquest of the Southern Cities · Joshua 10:29–43
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Translations

Modern
That day they captured Eglon and put it to the sword, and Joshua devoted to destruction everyone in the city, just as he had done to Lachish.
Traditional
And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
Literal
And they took it on that day and struck it with the mouth of the sword. And every person who was in it that day he devoted to destruction, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
Latin
…atque expugnavit eam eadem die: percussitque in ore gladii omnes animas quæ erant in ea, juxta omnia quæ fecerat Lachis.

Original

Hebrew
English
That day they captured Eglon and put it to the sword, and Joshua devoted to destruction everyone in the city, just as he had done to Lachish.

Notes

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

Places

Lachish: A fortified city in Judah

Glossary

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

Topics

Captive: Cruelty to Putting to Death Eglon: An Ancient City of Canaan: Captured by Joshua Hebron: Hoham, King of, Confederated with Other Kings of the Canaanites Against Joshua Joshua: Also Called Jehoshua, and Jehoshuah, and Oshea: Defeats Seven Other Kings Massacre of the Cities of the Seven Kings Sieges: Cities Invested by Frequently Taken by Assault Sieges: Cities Taken by Inhabitants of, often Put to the Sword Sieges: Eglon War of Extermination