Joshua 10
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Joshua 10:15-28

15Then JoshuaH3091 and allH3605 IsraelH3478 with him returnedH7725 to the campH4264 to GilgalH1537.

16Now theseH428 1fiveH2568 kingsH4428 had fledH5127 and hiddenH2244 themselves in the caveH4631 at MakkedahH4719. 17It was toldH5046 JoshuaH3091, sayingH559, “The fiveH2568 kingsH4428 have been foundH4672 hiddenH2244 in the caveH4631 at MakkedahH4719.” 18JoshuaH3091 saidH559, “RollH1556 largeH1419 stonesH68 againstH413 the mouthH6310 of the caveH4631, and assignH6485 menH376 by it to guardH8104 them, 19but do not stayH5975 there yourselvesH864; pursueH7291 your enemiesH340 and 2attackH2179 them in the rearH2179. Do not allowH5414 them to enterH935 their citiesH5892, for the LordH3068 your GodH430 has deliveredH5414 them into your handH3027.” 20It cameH1961 about when JoshuaH3091 and the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 had finishedH3615 3slayingH5221 them with a veryH3966 greatH1419 slaughterH4347, 4untilH5704 they were destroyedH8552, and the survivorsH8300 who remainedH8277 of them 5had enteredH935 the fortifiedH4013 citiesH5892, 21that allH3605 the peopleH5971 returnedH7725 to the campH4264 to JoshuaH3091 at MakkedahH4719 in peaceH7965. NoH3808 one 6utteredH2782 a wordH3956 against any of the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478.

22Then JoshuaH3091 saidH559, “OpenH6605 the mouthH6310 of the caveH4631 and bringH3318 theseH428 fiveH2568 kingsH4428 out to me from the caveH4631.” 23They didH6213 soH3651, and 7broughtH3318 theseH428 fiveH2568 kingsH4428 out to him from the caveH4631: the kingH4428 of JerusalemH3389, the kingH4428 of HebronH2275, the kingH4428 of JarmuthH3412, the kingH4428 of LachishH3923, and the kingH4428 of EglonH5700. 24When they broughtH3318 theseH428 kingsH4428 out to JoshuaH3091, JoshuaH3091 calledH7121 for allH3605 the menH376 of IsraelH3478, and saidH559 to the chiefsH7101 of the menH376 of warH4421 who had goneH1980 with him, “ComeH7126 nearH7126, 8putH7760 your feetH7272 on the necksH6677 of theseH428 kingsH4428.” So they cameH7126 nearH7126 and putH7760 their feetH7272 on their necksH6677. 25JoshuaH3091 then saidH559 to them, “9Do not fearH3372 or be dismayedH2865! Be strongH2388 and courageousH553, for thusH3602 the LordH3068 will doH6213 to allH3605 your enemiesH340 with whomH834 you fightH3898.” 26So afterwardH310H3651 JoshuaH3091 struckH5221 them and putH4191 them to deathH4191, and he 10hangedH8518 them on fiveH2568 treesH6086; and they hungH8518 on the treesH6086 untilH5704 eveningH6153. 27It cameH1961 about at 11sunsetH8121H935 that JoshuaH3091 gaveH6680 a commandH6680, and 12they tookH3381 them downH3381 from the treesH6086 and threwH7993 them into the caveH4631 whereH834H8033 they had hiddenH2244 themselves, and putH7760 largeH1419 stonesH68 overH5921 the mouthH6310 of the caveH4631, to thisH2088 veryH6106 dayH3117.

28Now JoshuaH3091 capturedH3920 MakkedahH4719 on that dayH3117, and struckH5221 it and its kingH4428 with the edgeH6310 of the swordH2719; 13he 14utterlyH2763 destroyedH2763 15it and everyH3605 16personH5315 whoH834 was in it. He leftH7604 noH3808 survivorH8300. Thus he didH6213 to the kingH4428 of MakkedahH4719 17justH3512 as he had doneH6213 to the kingH4428 of JerichoH3405.

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Notes

  1. 1. Joshua 10:16 Josh 10:5 ↩
  2. 2. Joshua 10:19 Lit smite their tail ↩
  3. 3. Joshua 10:20 Lit striking ↩
  4. 4. Joshua 10:20 Deut 20:16 ↩
  5. 5. Joshua 10:20 Lit and had ↩
  6. 6. Joshua 10:21 Lit sharpened his tongue ↩
  7. 7. Joshua 10:23 Deut 7:24 ↩
  8. 8. Joshua 10:24 Mal 4:3 ↩
  9. 9. Joshua 10:25 Josh 10:8 ↩
  10. 10. Joshua 10:26 Josh 8:29 ↩
  11. 11. Joshua 10:27 Lit the time of the going of the sun ↩
  12. 12. Joshua 10:27 Deut 21:22, 23 ↩
  13. 13. Joshua 10:28 Deut 20:16 ↩
  14. 14. Joshua 10:28 Or put under the ban ↩
  15. 15. Joshua 10:28 Some mss read them ↩
  16. 16. Joshua 10:28 Lit soul, and so throughout the ch ↩
  17. 17. Joshua 10:28 Josh 6:21 ↩

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