Joshua 10:37

37 and they took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and the king of it, and all the cities of it, and all the souls who were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to `Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it, and all the souls who were therein.

Joshua 10:37 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 10:37

And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword,
and the king thereof
For though the king of Hebron was one of the kings that were taken in the cave of Makkedah, and hanged; yet before Joshua came up to it, they had set up another king over them:

and all the cities thereof;
for Hebron was a metropolitan city, and had other cities dependent on it, and subject to it:

and all the souls that [were] therein;
both in Hebron, and in the cities subject to it:

he left none remaining;
in any of them:

according to all that he had done to Eglon;
the last place he came from:

but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that [were] therein;
but it seems that afterwards some that made their escape before the taking of the city, and other Canaanites driven out of their habitations, repeopled it; so that after Joshua's death it was recovered again by the tribe of Judah, ( Judges 1:10 ) ; unless there is given in that place a more particular account of the taking of this city, with others at this time; but the former seems most likely.

Joshua 10:37 In-Context

35 and they took it on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword; and all the souls who were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lakhish.

36 Yehoshua went up from `Eglon, and all Yisra'el with him, to Hevron; and they fought against it:

37 and they took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and the king of it, and all the cities of it, and all the souls who were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to `Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it, and all the souls who were therein.

38 Yehoshua returned, and all Yisra'el with him, to Devir, and fought against it:

39 and he took it, and the king of it, and all the cities of it; and they struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls who were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hevron, so he did to Devir, and to the king of it; as he had done also to Livna, and to the king of it.