Joshua 10:35

35 And took it the same day: and put to the sword all the souls that were in it, according to all that he had done to Lachis.

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 At that time Horam, king of Gazer, came up to succour Lachis: and Josue slew him with all his people so as to leave none alive.

34 And he passed from Lachis to Eglon, and surrounded it,

35 And took it the same day: and put to the sword all the souls that were in it, according to all that he had done to Lachis.

36 He went up also with all Israel from Eglon to Hebron, and fought against it:

37 Took it, and destroyed it with the edge of the sword: the king also thereof, and all the towns of that country, and all the souls that dwelt in it: he left not therein any remains: as he had done to Eglon, so did he also to Hebron, putting to the sword all that he found in it.