Joshua 10:22-36

²²Then Joshua said, “Open the entrance of the cave, and bring out to me those five kings!”

²³So the soldiers brought those five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.

²⁴When they brought those kings to Joshua and forced them to lie on the ground, he summoned all the Israeli soldiers, and then he said to the army commanders, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings!” So the commanders did that.

²⁵Then Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid of any of our enemies! Never be discouraged! Be strong and courageous. This is what Yahweh will do to all the enemies you will fight!”

²⁶Then Joshua killed each of the five kings with his sword, and told his soldiers to hang the bodies of the five kings on trees. So they did that, and they left the bodies hanging on the trees until sunset.

²⁷At sunset, Joshua told them to take the bodies down from the trees and throw them into the cave where they had been hiding. So the soldiers did that, and then they put those large rocks at the entrance of the cave again. Those rocks are still there.

²⁸That is how Joshua's army attacked and captured Makkedah. They killed the king and everyone else in the town. They did not leave anyone alive. They did to the king of Makkedah the same thing that they had done to the king of Jericho.

²⁹That same day, Joshua and his Israeli army went southwest from Makkedah to Libnah city and attacked it.

³⁰Yahweh enabled the Israelis to conquer MTY that city and its king. They killed everyone in the city; they did not ◄spare anyone/allow anyone to remain alive►. They killed the king of Libnah just like they had killed the king of Jericho.

³¹Then Joshua and his army went south from Libnah to Lachish city. They surrounded the city and attacked it.

³²On the second day of the battle, Yahweh enabled the Israelis to conquer MTY the city. And like they had done at Libnah, they killed everyone DOU in the city.

³³King Horam from Gezer city and his army came to help the soldiers of Lachish, but Joshua's army defeated Horam and his army, and did not allow any of them to remain alive.

³⁴Then Joshua and his army went west from Lachish to Eglon city. They surrounded the city and attacked it.

³⁵On that day, they captured the city and killed MTY everyone in it DOU, just like they had done at Lachish.

³⁶Then Joshua and his army went west from Eglon up into the hills to Hebron city. They attacked the city