Joshua 10:35

35 They captured it that same day. They totally destroyed everyone in it with their swords. They had done the same thing to 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 While all of that was happening, Horam had come up to help Lachish. He was the king of Gezer. But Joshua won the battle over him and his army. No one was left alive.

34 Joshua moved on from Lachish to Eglon. Israel's whole army went with him. They took up their battle positions. Then they attacked Eglon.

35 They captured it that same day. They totally destroyed everyone in it with their swords. They had done the same thing to Lachish.

36 Joshua went up from Eglon to Hebron. Israel's whole army went with him. Then they attacked Hebron.

37 They took the city. They destroyed it and its villages. They killed all of its people and their king with their swords. They didn't leave anyone alive. They totally destroyed the city and everyone in it. They had done the same thing at Eglon.