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Joshua 10:36-43

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36 Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to 1Hebron, and they fought against it.
37 They captured it and struck it and its king and all its cities and all the persons who were in it with the edge of the sword. He left no survivor, according to all that he had done to Eglon. And he utterly destroyed it and every person who was in it.
38 Then Joshua and all Israel with him returned to 2Debir, and they fought against it.
39 He captured it and its king and all its cities, and they struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed every person who was in it. He left no survivor. Just as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king, as he had also done to Libnah and its king.
40 Thus Joshua struck all the land, 3the hill country and the Negev and the lowland and the slopes and 4all their kings. He left no survivor, but 5he utterly destroyed all who breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.
41 Joshua struck them from Kadesh-barnea even as far as Gaza, and all the country of 6Goshen even as far as Gibeon.
42 Joshua captured all these kings and their lands at one time, because 7the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.
43 So Joshua and all Israel with him returned to the camp at Gilgal.
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Joshua 10:36-43 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 10

This chapter treats of the combination of five kings against the Gibeonites, Jos 10:1-5; and of the application of the Gibeonites to Joshua, for assistance, in virtue of the league between them, which was granted, Jos 10:6-9; of the slaughter of the army by the kings of Israel, and chiefly by hailstones from heaven, Jos 10:10,11; and of the standing still of the sun, and of the moon, while vengeance was taken on them, Jos 10:12-14; and of the five kings being hid in a cave, and of the usage of them when taken, Jos 10:15-27; and of the taking of Makkedah, Libnah, Lachish, Eglon, Hebron, and Debir, Jos 10:28-39; which finished the conquest of the southern part of the land, Jos 10:40-43.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 7

  • 1. Numbers 13:22; Judges 1:10, 20; 2 Sam 5:1, 3, 5, 13; 2 Chronicles 11:10
  • 2. Joshua 15:15; Judges 1:11; 1 Chronicles 6:58
  • 3. Deuteronomy 1:7
  • 4. Deuteronomy 7:24
  • 5. Deuteronomy 20:16
  • 6. Joshua 11:16; Joshua 15:51
  • 7. Joshua 10:14

Footnotes 4

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