Joshua 10:35
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.
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.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
- WEB
- They took it on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword. He utterly destroyed all the souls who were in it that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
- ASV
- and they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword; and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
- DARBY
- And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword; and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed on that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
- BLB
- And they took it on that day and struck it with the mouth of the sword. And every person who [was] in it that day he devoted to destruction, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
- ÅB
- Og de inntok byen samme dag og slo den med sverdets egg, og hver sjel som var der, slo han med bann samme dag, aldeles som han hadde gjort med Lakis.
- OTB
- De inntok det samme dag og slo det med sverdet, fullstendig ødeleggende alle i det, slik de hadde gjort med Lakisj.
- B1930
- Og de inntok byen samme dag og slo den med sverdets egg, og hver sjel som var der, slo han med bann samme dag, aldeles som han hadde gjort med Lakis.
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Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 26:44
Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or despise them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God.
Read in contextJob 19:10
He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.
Read in contextJoshua 10:37
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.
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