Joshua 10:23-43

²³And the servants did, as it was commanded to them; and they brought forth to Joshua the five kings from the den; the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.

²⁴And when they were led out to Joshua, he called all the men of Israel, and said to the princes of the host, that were with him, Go ye, and set or putteth your feet on the necks of these kings. And when they had gone, and treaded the necks of the kings subject to their feet,

²⁵again Joshua said to Israel, Do not ye dread, neither be ye afeared, be ye comforted, and be ye strong; for so the Lord shall do to all your enemies, against which ye shall fight.

²⁶And Joshua smote those kings, and killed them, and he hanged them on five trees; and they were hanged unto the eventide.

²⁷And when the sun went down, he commanded to fellows, that they should put them down from the gibbets; and when they were put down, they casted forth them into the den, in which they were hid; and they putted great stones on the mouth thereof, which stones dwell till to the present time.

²⁸In the same day, Joshua took Makkedah, and smote by the sharpness of sword, and killed the king thereof, and all the dwellers thereof; he left not therein, namely, little relics; and he did to the king of Makkedah, as he had done to the king of Jericho.

²⁹And Joshua passed with all Israel from Makkedah into Libnah, and he fought against it,

³⁰which city the Lord betook, with the king thereof, in the hand of Israel; and men of Israel smote that city by the sharpness of sword, and all the dwellers thereof, and they left not therein anything of value, or relics; and they did to the king of Libnah as they had done to the king of Jericho.

³¹From Libnah, Joshua passed with all Israel, into Lachish; and when the host was ordained by compass, he fought against it.

³²And the Lord betook Lachish in the hand of the sons of Israel; and Joshua took Lachish in the second day, and smote by the sharpness of sword, and each man, that was therein, as he had done to Libnah.

³³In that time, Horam, king of Gezer, went up to help Lachish; whom Joshua smote, with all his people, till to the death.

³⁴And Joshua passed from Lachish into Eglon, and compassed it, and overcame it in the same day;

³⁵and he smote by the sharpness of sword all men that were therein, by all things that he had done to Lachish.

³⁶Also Joshua went up with all Israel from Eglon into Hebron, and he fought against Hebron,

³⁷and he took, and smote it by the sharpness of sword; and the king thereof, and all the cities of that country, and all men that dwelled therein; he left not any things of value, or relics, therein; as he had done to Eglon so he did also to Hebron, and wasted by sword all things that were therein.

³⁸From thence Joshua turned into Debir, and took, and wasted it;

³⁹and he smote by sharpness of sword the king thereof, and all the towns about it; and he left not any things of value, or relics, therein; as he had done to Hebron, and to Libnah, and to their kings, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof.

⁴⁰And so Joshua smote all the land of the hills or all the mountain land, and of the south, and of the field, and Ashdod, with their kings; he left not therein any relics, but he killed all thing that might breath, as the Lord God of Israel commanded to him;

⁴¹from Kadeshbarnea unto Gaza, and all the land of Goshen, unto Gibeon,

⁴²Joshua took, and wasted with one fierceness all the kings, and their countries; for the Lord God of Israel fought for him.

⁴³And Joshua turned again with all Israel to the place of tents in Gilgal.