Study it in the app“And YHWH gave Lachish into the hand of Israel, and he took it on the second day and struck it with the edge of the sword, and every person who was in it, according to all that he had done to Libnah.”
And YHWHוַ יְהוָהgaveיִּתֵּןLachishאֶת לָכִישׁinto the handבְּיַדof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand he took itוַיִּלְכְּדָהּon the secondבַּ הַשֵּׁנִיdayיּוֹםand struck itוַיַּכֶּהָwith the edgeלְפִיof the sword,חֶרֶבand everyוְאֶת כָּלpersonהַנֶּפֶשׁwhoאֲשֶׁרwas in it,בָּהּaccording to allכְּכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרhe had doneעָשָׂהto Libnah.לְלִבְנָה
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearshand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “yiten” appearsLachish
See it on the mapWhere else “lachish” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearscapture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “yilkda” appearssecond
The one that comes after the first; the other of two.
Where else “sheni” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsdefeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “yake” appearsedge
Literally "the mouth of the sword": the part that cuts.
Where else “fi” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appearsperson
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appearsLibnah
Libnah, a place in the wilderness where Israel camped; also a city in Canaan. The name means "whiteness."
Where else “livna” appearsLachish
Today: Tel Lachish ruins, Israel
A fortified city in the low hills of Judah, about 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Jerusalem.
Joshua took it (Josh 10:32). Sennacherib attacked it before coming against Jerusalem (2 Kgs 18:14), and it was one of the last cities to fall to Babylon (Jer 34:7).
31Then Joshua passed on, and all Israel with him, from Libnah to Lachish, and camped against it and fought against it.
32 · This verse (above)
33Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish, and Joshua struck him and his people until he had left him no survivor.
