Joshua 10:28

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
day	בַּיּ֣וֹם bai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Joshua	יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ ye.ho.Shu.a'	H3091	Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua) · proper noun, a man's name
took	לָכַ֨ד la.Khad	H3920	to catch (in a net · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Makkedah	מַקֵּדָה֩ ma.ke.Dah	H4719	Makkedah · proper noun, a place name
smote	וַיַּכֶּ֣הָ vai.ya.Ke.ha	H5221	to strike (lightly or severely · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
edge	לְפִי le.fi-	H6310	the mouth (as the means of blowing) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
sword	חֶרֶב֮ che.Rev	H2719	drought · noun, common feminine singular absolute
king	מַלְכָּהּ֒ mal.Kah	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
destroyed	הֶחֱרִ֣ם he.che.Rim	H2763	to seclude · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
souls	הַנֶּ֙פֶשׁ֙ ha.Ne.fesh	H5315	properly · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
let	הִשְׁאִ֖יר hish.'Ir	H7604	properly · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
remain	שָׂרִ֑יד sa.Rid	H8300	a survivor · noun, common masculine singular absolute
did	וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ vai.Ya.'as	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
king	לְמֶ֣לֶךְ le.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
Makkedah	מַקֵּדָ֔ה ma.ke.Dah	H4719	Makkedah · proper noun, a place name
did	עָשָׂ֖ה 'a.Sah	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
king	לְמֶ֥לֶךְ le.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
Jericho	יְרִיחֽוֹ ye.ri.Cho	H3405	Jericho or Jerecho · proper noun, a place name

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Joshua 6:21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the swo…
Deuteronomy 7:2 And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with…
Deuteronomy 7:16 And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou…
Deuteronomy 20:16-17 But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
Joshua 8:2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take…
Joshua 10:30 And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls…
Joshua 10:32 And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all th…
Joshua 10:35 And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, ac…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 10:28–end

We are here informed how Joshua improved the late glorious victory he had obtained and the advantages he had gained by it, and to do this well is a general's praise. I. Here is a particular account of the several cities which he immediately made himself master of. 1. The cities of three of the kings whom he had conquered in the field he went and took possession of, Lachish (Jos 10:31, Jos 10:32), Eglon (Jos 10:34, Jos 10:35), and Hebron, Jos 10:36, Jos 10:37. The other two, Jerusalem and Jarmuth, were not taken at this time; perhaps his forces were either so much fatigued with what they had done or so well content with what they had got that they had no mind to attack those places, and so th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 10:28

SEVEN MORE KINGS CONQUERED. (Jos 10:28-42) 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. And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal." Next: Joshua Chapter 11

Adam Clarke on Joshua 10:28

That day Joshua took Makkedah - It is very possible that Makkedah was taken on the evening of the same day in which the miraculous solstice took place; but as to the other cities mentioned in this chapter, they certainly were subdued some days after, as it is not possible that an army, exhausted as this must have been with a whole night's march, and two days' hard fighting, could have proceeded farther than Makkedah that night; the other cities were successively taken in the following days.

John Gill on Joshua 10:28

And that day Joshua took Makkedah,.... Some say it was the day on which the sun stood still; but it seems to mean the day in which the five kings were hanged: and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof; slew the inhabitants of it and their king, after having entered and taken it: he utterly destroyed them and all the souls that were therein, he let none remain; that is, all human souls or persons; for the cattle were taken for a prey: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho; slew him with the sword, along with the inhabitants, but did not hang him up, as he did the king of Ai and the five kings.

Dictionary and topics

Adoni-zedec — Lord of justice or righteousness, was king in Jerusalem at the time when the Israelites invaded Palestine (Josh. 10:1, 3). He formed a confederacy with the other Canaanitish kings against the…
Makkedah — Herdsman’s place, one of the royal cities of the Canaanites (Josh. 12:16), near which was a cave where the five kings who had confederated against Israel sought refuge (10:10-29). They were put to…
Captive · .Putting to — .Putting to
Hebron · against Joshua — against Joshua
Makkedah · A city in the territory of the tribe of — A city in the territory of the tribe of
Massacre · .Of the cities of the seven kings — .Of the cities of the seven kings
Sieges · Cities taken by: Inhabitants of, often put to the sword — Cities taken by: Inhabitants of, often put to the sword
War · Of extermination — Of extermination

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Joshua 10:28

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 10:28–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 10:28

Adam Clarke on Joshua 10:28

John Gill on Joshua 10:28

Dictionary and topics

Joshua 10:28

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 10:28–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 10:28

Adam Clarke on Joshua 10:28

John Gill on Joshua 10:28

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Joshua 10:15-28

Keil & Delitzsch on Joshua 10:28-39

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Joshua 10:28-39

Rashi on Joshua 10:21