Joshua 10:31

And Joshua and all Israel with him departed from Lebna to Lachis, and he encamped about it, and besieged it.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:

In Context

30And the Lord delivered it into the hands of Israel: and they took it, and its king, and slew the inhabitants with the edge of the sword, and every thing breathing in it; and there was not left in it any that survived and escaped; and they did to its king, as they did to the king of Jericho.

32And the Lord delivered Lachis into the hands of Israel; and + 10:32 Gr. he, i. e. Israel.they took it on the second day, and they put the inhabitants to death with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed it, as they had done to Lebna.

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Cross References

Joshua 10:3So Adoni-bezec king of Jerusalem sent to Elam king of Hebron, and to Phidon king of Jerimuth, and to Jephtha king of Lachis, and to Dabin king of Odollam, saying,

Joshua 12:11the king of Jerimuth, the king of Lachis;

2 Kings 14:19And they + 14:19 Gr. conspired with a conspiracy.formed a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachis: and they sent after him to Lachis, and slew him there.

2 Chronicles 11:9and Adorai, and Lachis, and Azeca,

Micah 1:13even a sound of chariots and horsemen: the inhabitants of Lachis, she is the leader of sin to the daughter of Sion: for in thee were found the transgressions of Israel.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 10:29-43

Seven Kings Defeated and Slain. ( b. c. 1450.) 28 And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho. 29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah: 30 And the Lord delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of… Read the whole commentary →

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