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33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish, and Joshua struck him and his people until he left no survivor behind.

34 And Joshua passed on, and all of Israel with him, from Lachish to Eglon, and they laid siege to it[a] and fought against it. 35 And they captured it on that day, and he struck it with the edge of the sword,[b] and all the people that were in it on that day he utterly destroyed as he had done to Lachish.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 10:34 Literally “they camped opposite it”
  2. Joshua 10:35 Literally “the mouth of the sword”

33 Meanwhile, Horam king of Gezer(A) had come up to help Lachish, but Joshua defeated him and his army—until no survivors were left.

34 Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Lachish to Eglon;(B) they took up positions against it and attacked it. 35 They captured it that same day and put it to the sword and totally destroyed everyone in it, just as they had done to Lachish.

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