Conquest of Southern Canaan

Joshua 10

29 Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Makkedah to n Libnah and fought against Libnah. 30 And the Lord gave it also and its king into the hand of Israel. And he struck it with the edge of the sword, and every person in it; he left none remaining in it. And he did to its king m as he had done to the king of Jericho.

31 Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Libnah to o Lachish and laid siege to it and fought against it. 32 And the Lord gave Lachish into the hand of Israel, and he captured it on the second day and struck it with the edge of the sword, and every person in it, as he had done to Libnah.

33 Then Horam king of p Gezer came up to help Lachish. And Joshua struck him and his people, until he left none remaining.

34 Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Lachish to q Eglon. And they laid siege to it and fought against it. 35 And they captured it on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword. And he devoted every person in it to destruction that day, as he had done to Lachish.

36 Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to r Hebron. And they fought against it 37 and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword, and its king and its towns, and every person in it. He left none remaining, as he had done to Eglon, and devoted it to destruction and every person in it.

38 Then Joshua and all Israel with him turned back to s Debir and fought against it 39 and 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.

40 So Joshua struck the whole land, the hill country and the Negeb and the lowland t and the slopes, and all their kings. He left none remaining, u but devoted to destruction all that breathed, just as the Lord God of Israel commanded. 41 And Joshua struck them from v Kadesh-barnea as far as Gaza, and all the country of w Goshen, as far as Gibeon. 42 And Joshua captured all these kings and their land at one time, x because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel. 43 y Then Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal.

  1. Cross References
    Joshua 21:13
    And to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands, Libnah with its pasturelands.
  2. Cross References
    Joshua 10:28
    As for Makkedah, Joshua captured it on that day and struck it, and its king, with the edge of the sword. He devoted to destruction every person in it; he left none remaining. And he did to the king of Makkedah just as he had done to the king of Jericho.
  3. Cross References
    Joshua 10:3
    So Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, to Piram king of Jarmuth, to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying.
  4. Cross References
    Joshua 16:10
    However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived in the midst of Ephraim to this day but have been made to do forced labor.
    Judges 1:29
    And Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.
    1 Kings 9:15 - 17
    And this is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon drafted to build the house of the Lord and his own house and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Hazor and Megiddo and Gezer
  5. Cross References
    Joshua 10:3
    So Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, to Piram king of Jarmuth, to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying.
  6. Cross References
    Joshua 15:13
    According to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the people of Judah, Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak).
    Judges 1:10
    And Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (now the name of Hebron was formerly Kiriath-arba), and they defeated Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai.
    Joshua 14:13 - 15
    Then Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
  7. Cross References
    Joshua 15:15 - 17
    And he went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir. Now the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher.
    Judges 1:11 - 13
    From there they went against the inhabitants of Debir. The name of Debir was formerly Kiriath-sepher.
  8. Cross References
    Joshua 12:8
    In the hill country, in the lowland, in the Arabah, in the slopes, in the wilderness, and in the Negeb, the land of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites):
  9. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 20:16 - 17
    But in the cities of these peoples that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes.
  10. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 9:23
    And when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, 'Go up and take possession of the land that I have given you,' then you rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God and did not believe him or obey his voice.
  11. Cross References
    Joshua 11:16
    So Joshua took all that land, the hill country and all the Negeb and all the land of Goshen and the lowland and the Arabah and the hill country of Israel and its lowland
  12. Cross References
    Joshua 10:14
    There has been no day like it before or since, when the Lord heeded the voice of a man, for the Lord fought for Israel.
  13. Cross References
    Joshua 10:15
    So Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal.
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