³⁵And they captured it on that day and struck it with the edge of the sword; and every person who was in it, he devoted to destruction on that day according to all that he had done to Lachish.

³⁶Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to ^aHebron, and they fought against it.

³⁷And they captured it and struck it and its king and all its cities and all the persons who were in it with the edge of the sword. He left no survivor remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon. And he devoted it and every person who was in it to destruction.

³⁸Then Joshua and all Israel with him returned to ^aDebir, and they fought against it.

³⁹And he captured it and its king and all its cities, and they struck them with the edge of the sword and devoted every person who was in it to destruction. He left no survivor remaining. Just as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king, as he had also done to Libnah and its king.

⁴⁰Thus Joshua struck all the land—^athe hill country and the ¹Negev and the ²Shephelah and the slopes—as well as ^ball their kings. He left no survivor remaining, but ^che devoted to destruction all who breathed, just as Yahweh, the God of Israel, had commanded.

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Footnotes

1South country
2Or lowland

Cross references

a Num 13:22; Judg 1:10, 20; 2 Sam 5:1, 3, 5, 13; 2 Chr 11:10
a Josh 15:15; Judg 1:11; 1 Chr 6:58
a Deut 1:7
b Deut 7:24
c Deut 20:16