Joshua 10:26

Joshua

²⁴ When they had brought the kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came forward and put their feet on their necks.

²⁵ “Do not be afraid or discouraged,” Joshua said. “Be strong and courageous, for the LORD will do this to all the enemies you fight.”

After this, Joshua struck down and killed the kings, and he hung their bodies on five trees and left them there until evening.

²⁷ At sunset Joshua ordered that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave in which they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are there to this day.

²⁸ On that day Joshua captured Makkedah and put it to the sword, along with its king. He devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. So he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.

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BSB: After this, Joshua struck down and killed the kings, and he hung their bodies on five trees and left them there until evening.
KJV: And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.
WEB: Afterward Joshua struck them, put them to death, and hanged them on five trees. They were hanging on the trees until the evening.
ASV: And afterward Joshua smote them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.
DARBY: And afterwards Joshua smote them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees; and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.
BLB: And Joshua struck them after this and killed them, and he hanged them on five trees, and they were hanging on the trees until the evening.

ÅB: Deretter hugg Josva dem ned og drepte dem og hengte dem opp på fem trær; og de ble hengende på trærne helt til kvelden.
OTB: Så slo Josva dem og drepte dem, og han hengte dem på fem trær, og de ble hengende på trærne til kvelden.
B1930: Derefter hugg Josva dem ned og drepte dem og hengte dem op på fem trær; og de blev hengende på trærne helt til aftenen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Joshua 8:29
He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.
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Matthew 27:25
All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
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Galatians 3:13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
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2 Samuel 21:9
And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD. So all seven of them fell together; they were put to death in the first days of the harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest.
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Deuteronomy 21:22–23
If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,
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Esther 2:23
After the report had been investigated and verified, both officials were hanged on the gallows. And all this was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles in the presence of the king.
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Numbers 25:4
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”
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Esther 7:9–10
Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.
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