Joshua 10:36
in Joshua 10Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it:
KJV
And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it:
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This verse in Joshua 10
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd 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. (g) Ibid. (Travels of the Patriarchs, &c. p. 96.)
This site's exposition
went up from Eglon
on Joshua 10:36-37
Hebron is taken here, and it is given to Caleb to take again at 14:12 and 15:14, and Judah takes it a third time at Judges 1:10 with the same three Anakim named. Both accounts stand as they are written. Readers hold two ways of carrying them together: that this campaign broke the field armies and the towns were reoccupied behind Israel, since Joshua garrisons nothing, or that the later passages record the settling of ground this raid only swept. The city is Abraham's burial place at Genesis 23:2, where it is called Kirjath Arba.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
In like manner, there is also Hebron, which they say means "union" or "marriage." But the union of our soul was at first with a wicked man and a most evil husband, the devil. When that one was destroyed and abolished, the soul was "freed from the law" of that former wicked man and united with a good and lawful one, him about whom the apostle Paul says, "I determined to present you a chaste virgin to one man, to Christ."18Thus even the understanding of the names themselves agrees with this twofold condition of every city.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Hebron - and the king thereof - See the note on Jos 10:3. From Jos 10:23 we learn that the king of Hebron was one of those five whom Joshua slew and hanged on five trees at Makkedah. How then can it be said that he slew the king of Hebron when he took the city, which was some days after the transactions at Makkedah?
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
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֣עַל | vaiyaal | and he went up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| יְ֠הוֹשֻׁעַ | yehoshua' | Joshua | H3091 → | 218 times |
| וְכָֽל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| עִמּ֛וֹ | imo | with him | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| מֵעֶגְל֖וֹנָה | meeglonah | from Eglon <towards> | H5700 → | 13 times |
| חֶבְר֑וֹנָה | chevronah | Hebron towards | H2275 → | 72 times |
| וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֖וּ | vaiyilachamu | and they engaged in battle | H3898 → | 177 times |
| עָלֶֽיהָ׃ | ʾaleiha | on it | H5921 → | 5755 times |
וַיַּ֣עַלand he went up
vaiyaalH5927 →890 times
יְ֠הוֹשֻׁעַJoshua
yehoshua'H3091 →218 times
וְכָֽל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֥לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
עִמּ֛וֹwith him
imoH5973 →1050 times
מֵעֶגְל֖וֹנָהfrom Eglon <towards>
meeglonahH5700 →13 times
חֶבְר֑וֹנָהHebron towards
chevronahH2275 →72 times
וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֖וּand they engaged in battle
vaiyilachamuH3898 →177 times
עָלֶֽיהָ׃on it
ʾaleihaH5921 →5755 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
Numbers 13:22They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
it leads to
- Psalms 78:43
when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.
- Psalms 78:12
He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
- Isaiah 19:11
The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
- Joshua 15:13–14
According to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)
- Joshua 11:21–22
At that time Joshua proceeded to eliminate the Anakim from the hill country of Hebron, Debir, and Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua devoted them to destruction,…
- Psalms 78:43
Through
Judges 1:10Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
it leads to
- Joshua 14:15
(Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Then the land had rest from war.
- Numbers 13:22
They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
- Joshua 14:15
Through
Joshua 10:5So the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces and advanced with all their armies. They camped before Gibeon and made war against it.
it leads to
- Isaiah 8:9–10
Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
- Isaiah 8:9–10
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…
- PlaceJudean hill countryHebronThe city of the patriarchs, where Abraham bought the cave of Machpelah, Caleb took his inheritance, and David reigned seven years…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON JOSHUA 13.2.
