Joshua 10:35

35 They captured it and killed everyone, carrying out the holy curse, the same as they had done with Lachish.

Joshua 10:35 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 10:35

And they took it on that day
The same day they encamped about it and besieged it; the besieged finding they were not able to keep it:

and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that [were]
therein he utterly destroyed that day;
made an utter devastation of all its inhabitants:

according to all that he had done to Lachish;
the last city he took; this having no king as that had not, its king being one of the five that had been hanged, ( Joshua 10:26 ) .

Joshua 10:35 In-Context

33 Horam, king of Gezer, arrived to help Lachish. Joshua attacked him and his army until there was nothing left of them. No survivors.

34 Joshua, all Israel with him, moved on from Lachish to Eglon. They set up camp and attacked.

35 They captured it and killed everyone, carrying out the holy curse, the same as they had done with Lachish.

36 Joshua, all Israel with him, went up from Eglon to Hebron. He attacked

37 and captured it. They killed everyone, including its king, its villages, and their people. No survivors, the same as with Eglon. They carried out the holy curse on city and people.