Joshua 10:35

35 And that day they took it, putting it and every person in it to the sword, as he had done 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 Then Horam, king of Gezer, came up to the help of Lachish; and Joshua overcame him and his people, putting all of them to death.

34 And Joshua and all Israel with him went on from Lachish to Eglon: and they took up their position against it and made an attack on it;

35 And that day they took it, putting it and every person in it to the sword, as he had done to Lachish.

36 And Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron, and made an attack on it;

37 And took it, overcoming it and putting it and its king and its towns and every person in it to the sword: as he had done to Eglon, he put them all to death, and gave it up to the curse with every person in it.