Joshua 10:29-43

Conquest of Southern Canaan

29 Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Makkedah to ¹Libnah and fought against Libnah.

30 And the LORD gave it also and its king into the hand of Israel. And he struck it with the edge of the sword, and every person in it; he left none remaining in it. And he did to its king ²as he had done to the king of Jericho.

31 Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Libnah to ³Lachish and laid siege to it and fought against it.

32 And the LORD gave Lachish into the hand of Israel, and he captured it on the second day and struck it with the edge of the sword, and every person in it, as he had done to Libnah.

33 Then Horam king of ⁴Gezer came up to help Lachish. And Joshua struck him and his people, until he left none remaining.

34 Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Lachish to ⁵Eglon. And they laid siege to it and fought against it.

35 And they captured it on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword. And he devoted every person in it to destruction that day, as he had done to Lachish.

36 Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to ⁶Hebron. And they fought against it

37 and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword, and its king and its towns, and every person in it. He left none remaining, as he had done to Eglon, and devoted it to destruction and every person in it.

38 Then Joshua and all Israel with him turned back to ⁷Debir and fought against it

39 and he captured it with its king and all its towns. And they struck them with the edge of the sword and devoted to destruction every person in it; he left none remaining. Just as he had done to Hebron and to Libnah and its king, so he did to Debir and to its king.

40 So Joshua struck the whole land, the hill country and the Negeb and the lowland ⁸and the slopes, and all their kings. He left none remaining, ⁹but devoted to destruction all that breathed, just as the LORD God of Israel commanded.

41 And Joshua struck them from ¹⁰Kadesh-barnea as far as Gaza, and all the country of ¹¹Goshen, as far as Gibeon.

42 And Joshua captured all these kings and their land at one time, ¹²because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.

43 ¹³Then Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal.

Joshua 10:29-43 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. Joshua 21:13
• 2. [See ver. 28 above]
• 3. ver. 3
• 4. Joshua 16:10; Judges 1:29; See 1 Kings 9:15-17
• 5. ver. 3
• 6. Joshua 15:13; Judges 1:10; See Joshua 14:13-15
• 7. See Joshua 15:15-17; Judges 1:11-13
• 8. Joshua 12:8
• 9. Deuteronomy 20:16, 17
• 10. Deuteronomy 9:23
• 11. Joshua 11:16
• 12. ver. 14
• 13. ver. 15