Joshua 10:35
in Joshua 10That day they captured Eglon and put it to the sword, and Joshua devoted to destruction everyone in the city, just as he had done to Lachish.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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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This verse in Joshua 10
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
So Joshua moved on from Lachish to Eglon
on Joshua 10:34-35
Eglon falls in a day, and its king had already died at Makkedah. The formula shifts one word each time, “just as he had done to Lachish”. Keil and Delitzsch read the sequence as one southern campaign set down in the manner of a military report.
This site's exposition
That day they captured Eglon
Gill reads that day as the same day the army camped against Eglon, since those inside judged they could not hold it. Lachish, at verse 32, took two days. The king of Eglon named at verse 3 is called Debir, the same name as the town taken at verse 38.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And they took it on that day,.... The same day they encamped about it and besieged it; the besieged finding they were not able to keep it: and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day; made an utter devastation of all its inhabitants: according to all that he had done to Lachish; the last city he took; this having no king as that had not, its king being one of the five that had been hanged, Jos 10:26.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
that day Joshua took Makkedah--In this and the following verses is described the rapid succession of victory and extermination which swept the whole of southern Palestine into the hands of Israel. "All these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.
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The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיִּלְכְּד֜וּהָ | vaiyilkeduha | and they captured it | H3920 → | 121 times |
| בַּיּ֤וֹם | baiyom | on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַהוּא֙ | hahu' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| וַיַּכּ֣וּהָ | vaiyakuha | and they struck it | H5221 → | 499 times |
| לְפִי־ | lefi- | to [the] mouth of | H6310 → | 498 times |
| חֶ֔רֶב | cherev | [the] sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
| וְאֵת֙ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַנֶּ֣פֶשׁ | hanefesh | <the> person | H5315 → | 754 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בָּ֔הּ | bah | [was] in <the> it | ||
| בַּיּ֥וֹם | baiyom | on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַה֖וּא | hahu' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| הֶחֱרִ֑ים | hecherim | he totally destroyed | H2763 → | 52 times |
| כְּכֹ֥ל | kekhol | according to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשָׂ֖ה | ʾasah | he had done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לְלָכִֽישׁ׃ פ | lelakhish | to Lachish | H3923 → | 24 times |
וַֽיִּלְכְּד֜וּהָand they captured it
vaiyilkeduhaH3920 →121 times
בַּיּ֤וֹםon the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַהוּא֙<the> that
hahu'H1931 →1879 times
וַיַּכּ֣וּהָand they struck it
vaiyakuhaH5221 →499 times
לְפִי־to [the] mouth of
lefi-H6310 →498 times
חֶ֔רֶב[the] sword
cherevH2719 →413 times
וְאֵת֙and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַנֶּ֣פֶשׁ<the> person
hanefeshH5315 →754 times
אֲשֶׁר־who
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
בָּ֔הּ[was] in <the> it
bah
בַּיּ֥וֹםon the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַה֖וּא<the> that
hahu'H1931 →1879 times
הֶחֱרִ֑יםhe totally destroyed
hecherimH2763 →52 times
כְּכֹ֥לaccording to all
kekholH3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁר־that
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
עָשָׂ֖הhe had done
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
לְלָכִֽישׁ׃ פto Lachish
lelakhishH3923 →24 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Job 19:10He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.
it leads to
- Job 24:20
The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.
- Psalms 37:35–36
I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
- 2 Corinthians 4:8–9
We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
- Job 24:20
Through
Leviticus 26:44Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or despise them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them; for I…
it leads to
- Romans 11:2
God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:
- 2 Kings 13:23
But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been…
- Deuteronomy 4:29–31
But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Nehemiah 9:31
But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.
- Psalms 94:14
For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
- Romans 11:2
Where this verse is studied
About Joshua

Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonConquestJoshuaMoses' minister and successor, one of the two faithful spies; he led Israel across Jordan, around Jericho, and through the conques…
- PlaceShephelahLachishJudah's second city, besieged by Sennacherib in 701 BC, its siege carved on the walls of his palace at Nineveh and confirmed in th…
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth.
