“So Y’hoshua attacked all the land — the hills, the Negev, the Sh’felah and the mountain slopes — and all their kings; he left none but completely destroyed everything that breathed, as Adonai the God of Israel had ordered.  Y’hoshua attacked them from Kadesh-Barnea to ‘Azah and all the land of Goshen, as far as […]

“Y’hoshua captured Makkedah that day, defeating it and its king by the sword. He completely destroyed them, everyone there — he left no one; and he did to the king of Makkedah what he had done to the king of Yericho.”-Joshua 10:28 After Joshua had executed the five kings, from verse 28, we’re told with […]

“With that, Y’hoshua struck them and put them to death, hanging them on five trees, where they remained hanging until evening.”-Joshua 10:22 Things just go from bad to worse for the 5-king coalition that had attacked Gibeon. First, they were humiliated when Joshua’s officers placed their feet on the back of their necks demonstrating just who […]

“Then Y’hoshua said, ‘Open up the mouth of the cave, and bring those five kings out of the cave to me.  They did it; they brought the five kings out to him — the kings of Yerushalayim, Hevron, Yarmut, Lakhish and ‘Eglon.  After they had brought the five kings to Y’hoshua, he summoned all the […]

“After Y’hoshua and the people of Israel had finished killing them off in a very great slaughter, till they had been destroyed, and the remaining remnant had entered the fortified cities, all the people returned safely to Y’hoshua at the camp in Makkedah; and no one said a word against any of the people of […]