Joshua 10:35

35 That day they captured Eglon and put it to the sword, and Joshua devoted to destruction everyone in the city, just 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 At that time Horam king of Gezer went to help Lachish, but Joshua struck him down along with his people, leaving no survivors.

34 So Joshua moved on from Lachish to Eglon, and all Israel with him. They laid siege to it and fought against it.

35 That day they captured Eglon and put it to the sword, and Joshua devoted to destruction everyone in the city, just as he had done to Lachish.

36 Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it.

37 They captured it and put to the sword its king, all its villages, and all the people. Joshua left no survivors, just as he had done at Eglon; he devoted to destruction Hebron and everyone in it.