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39 They captured the town, and its nearby villages. Then they destroyed Debir and killed its king, together with everyone else, just as they had done with Hebron and Libnah.

40 Joshua captured towns everywhere in the land: In the central hill country and the foothills to the west, in the Southern Desert and the region that slopes down toward the Dead Sea. Whenever he captured a town, he would kill the king and everyone else, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded. 41 Joshua wiped out towns from Kadesh-Barnea to Gaza, everywhere in the region of Goshen,[a] and as far north as Gibeon.

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Footnotes

  1. 10.41 Goshen: A region between the hill country of Judah and the desert further south. Not the same Goshen as in Genesis 47.4-6.

39 They took the city, its king and its villages, and put them to the sword. Everyone in it they totally destroyed. They left no survivors. They did to Debir and its king as they had done to Libnah and its king and to Hebron.(A)

40 So Joshua subdued the whole region, including the hill country, the Negev,(B) the western foothills and the mountain slopes,(C) together with all their kings.(D) He left no survivors. He totally destroyed all who breathed, just as the Lord, the God of Israel, had commanded.(E) 41 Joshua subdued them from Kadesh Barnea(F) to Gaza(G) and from the whole region of Goshen(H) to Gibeon.

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