They took it on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword. He utterly destroyed all the souls who were in it that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
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They took it on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword. He utterly destroyed all the souls who were in it that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
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And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
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And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
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Passages linked to Joshua 10:35 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Leviticus 26:44 Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly and to break my covenant with them; for I am Yahweh their God.
- Joshua 10:37 They took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, with its king and all its cities, and all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it, and all the souls who were in it.
- Job 19:10 He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone. He has plucked my hope up like a tree.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jos 10:35 And they took it on that day,…
Jos 10:35 And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that [were] therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
Ver. 35. {See Trapp on "Jos 10:34"}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On that day on which they first attempted it.
On that day on which they first attempted it.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel…
And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron,.... Which lay in the hill country, and therefore they are said to go up to it from Eglon, which lay lower; and, according to Bunting (g), it was sixteen miles from it:
and they fought against it; it making some resistance at first, and did not surrender at once, as demanded.
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(g) Ibid. (Travels of the Patriarchs, &c. p. 96.)
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On that day - On which they first attempted…
On that day - On which they first attempted it.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jos 10:35-37. They took it on that day —…
Jos 10:35-37. They took it on that day — On which they first attempted it. Unto Hebron — The conquest of Hebron, here generally related, is afterward repeated, and more particularly described, chap. Jos 15:13-14. And the king thereof — Their former king was one of the five whom Joshua had lately killed and hanged, but it seems they had now set up a new sovereign, their city being of great note, since it had other cities depending on it, and subject to its jurisdiction, as appears from the next words.
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