Joshua 10:27-28

27 It came about at sunset * that Joshua gave a command, and ¹they took them down from the trees and threw them into the cave where * they had hidden themselves, and put large stones over the mouth of the cave, to this very day.

28 Now Joshua captured Makkedah on that day, and struck it and its king with the edge of the sword; ²he utterly destroyed it and every person who was in it. He left no survivor. Thus he did to the king of Makkedah ³just as he had done to the king of Jericho.

Joshua 10:27-28 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.

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 21:22, 23
• 2. Deuteronomy 20:16
• 3. Joshua 6:21

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "the time of the going of the sun"
• [b]. Or "put under the ban"
• [c]. Some mss read "them"
• [d]. Lit "soul," and so throughout the ch