²⁸ Joshua captured Makkedah on that day, and he struck it and its king with the edge of the sword;^[a] he utterly destroyed it and everyone that was in it. He did not leave behind a survivor. So he did to the king of Makkedah just as he did to the king of Jericho.

Joshua’s Conquest of the South

²⁹ And Joshua passed on, and all of Israel with him, from Makkedah to Libnah, and he fought against Libnah. ³⁰ And Yahweh also gave it into the hand of Israel, and its king and all the people in it he struck with the edge of the sword.^[b] He left in it no survivor. He did to its king just as he did to the king of Jericho.

³¹ And Joshua passed on, and all of Israel with him, from Libnah to Lachish, and he laid siege to it^[c] and fought against it. ³² And Yahweh gave Lachish into the hand of Israel, and he captured it on the second day. He struck it with the edge of the sword,^[d] and everyone in it, just as he did to Libnah.

³³ Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish, and Joshua struck him and his people until he left no survivor behind.

³⁴ And Joshua passed on, and all of Israel with him, from Lachish to Eglon, and they laid siege to it^[e] and fought against it. ³⁵ And they captured it on that day, and he struck it with the edge of the sword,^[f] and all the people that were in it on that day he utterly destroyed as he had done to Lachish.

³⁶ And Joshua went up, and all Israel with him, from Eglon to Hebron, and they fought against it ³⁷ and captured it, and they struck it with the edge of the sword,^[g] its king and all its cities, and all the people that were in it; he left behind no survivor, as he had done to Eglon, and he utterly destroyed it and all the people that were in it. ³⁸ Then Joshua returned to Debir, and all of Israel with him, and they fought against it, ³⁹ and he captured it and its king and all its cities, and they struck them with the the edge of the sword,^[h] and they utterly destroyed all the people that were in it; he left behind no survivor, just as he had done to Hebron. Thus he did to Debir and its king what he had done to Libnah and its king.

⁴⁰ So Joshua struck all the land—the hill country, the Negev,^[i] the Shephelah,^[j] and the slopes^[k]—and all their kings; he left behind no survivor, and all that breathed^[l] he utterly destroyed as Yahweh the God of Israel commanded. ⁴¹ Joshua struck them from Kadesh Barnea to Gaza, and all the land of Goshen up to Gibeon; ⁴² all of these kings and their land Joshua captured at one time, because Yahweh the God of Israel fought for Israel. ⁴³ And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal.