Joshua 10:39-41

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

³⁹And he took it, with its king and all its towns, and they smote them with the sword and utterly destroyed everyone in it. He left none remaining. As he had done to Hebron and to Libnah and its king, so he did to Debir and its king.

⁴⁰So Joshua smote all the land, the hill country, the South, the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings. He left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the ^[a]Lord, the God of Israel, commanded.^(A)

⁴¹And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even to Gaza, and all the country of Goshen even to Gibeon.

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Footnotes

Joshua 10:40 As the presence of “the Prince of the Lord’s host” (Josh. 5:13-15) indicates, the Lord will take part in this conflict not as an ally or an adversary but as Commander In Chief. It is not Israel’s quarrel, in which they are to ask divine assistance. It is the Lord’s own quarrel, and Israel and Joshua are but a division in His host. The wars of Israel in Canaan are always presented by the Old Testament as “the wars of the Lord.” The conquest of Canaan is too often treated as an enterprise of the Israelites, carried out with great cruelties, for which they claimed divine sanction. The Old Testament presents the matter in an entirely different light. The Lord fights for His own right hand, and Israel is but a fragment of His army. “The sun stood still”(Josh. 10:13), the stars in their courses fought against His foes (Judg. 5:20) (Charles Ellicott, A Bible Commentary).

Joshua 10:39-41

New International Version

³⁹They took the city, its king and its villages, and put them to the sword. Everyone in it they totally destroyed. They left no survivors. They did to Debir and its king as they had done to Libnah and its king and to Hebron.^(A)

⁴⁰So Joshua subdued the whole region, including the hill country, the Negev,^(B) the western foothills and the mountain slopes,^(C) together with all their kings.^(D) He left no survivors. He totally destroyed all who breathed, just as the Lord, the God of Israel, had commanded.^(E) ⁴¹Joshua subdued them from Kadesh Barnea^(F) to Gaza^(G) and from the whole region of Goshen^(H) to Gibeon.

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Joshua 10:39-41

English Standard Version

³⁹and 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.

⁴⁰So Joshua struck the whole land, the hill country and the Negeb and the lowland ^(A)and the slopes, and all their kings. He left none remaining, ^(B)but devoted to destruction all that breathed, just as the Lord God of Israel commanded. ⁴¹And Joshua struck them from ^(C)Kadesh-barnea as far as Gaza, and all the country of ^(D)Goshen, as far as Gibeon.