Yosua 10:24-31

10:24 When they brought the kings out to Joshua, he ¹  summoned all the men of Israel and said to the commanders of the troops who accompanied him, “Come here ²  and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came up ³  and put their feet on their necks. 10:25 Then Joshua said to them, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ⁴  Be strong and brave, for the Lord will do the same thing to all your enemies you fight. 10:26 Then Joshua executed them ⁵  and hung them on five trees. They were left hanging on the trees until evening. 10:27 At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. ⁶  They threw them into the cave where they had hidden and piled large stones over the mouth of the cave. (They remain to this very day.) ⁷ 

Joshua Launches a Southern Campaign

10:28 That day Joshua captured Makkedah and put the sword to it and its king. He annihilated everyone who lived in it; he left no survivors. He did to its king what he had done to the king of Jericho. ⁸ 

10:29 Joshua and all Israel marched from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against it. ⁹  10:30 The Lord handed it and its king over to Israel, and Israel ¹⁰  put the sword to all who lived there; they ¹¹  left no survivors. They ¹²  did to its king what they ¹³  had done to the king of Jericho. ¹⁴ 

10:31 Joshua and all Israel marched from Libnah to Lachish. He deployed his troops ¹⁵  and fought against it.

[10:24]  ¹ tn Heb “Joshua.” The translation has replaced the proper name with the pronoun (“he”) because a repetition of the proper name here would be redundant according to English style.

[10:24]  ² tn Or “Draw near.”

[10:24]  ³ tn Or “drew near.”

[10:25]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”

[10:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “struck them down and killed them.”

[10:27]  ⁶ sn For the legal background of the removal of the corpses before sundown, see Deut 21:22-23.

[10:27]  ⁷ tn Heb “to this very day.” The words “They remain” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[10:28]  ⁸ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[10:29]  ⁹ tn Heb “Libnah.” Repetition of the proper name here would be redundant according to English style, so the pronoun (“it”) has been employed in the translation.

[10:30]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:30]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:30]  ¹² tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:30]  ¹³ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:30]  ¹⁴ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[10:31]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “encamped against it.”