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Then Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַpassed on,וַיַּעֲבֹרand allוְכָלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלwith him,עִמּוֹfrom Lachishמִלָּכִישׁto Eglon,עֶגְלֹנָהand they campedוַיַּחֲנוּagainst itעָלֶיהָand foughtוַיִּלָּחֲמוּagainst it.עָלֶיהָ
Joshua 10:34
Study it in the app“Then Joshua passed on, and all Israel with him, from Lachish to Eglon, and they camped against it and fought against it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 10:34, word by word
- Then Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua
Joshua
Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).
Where else “yehoshua” appears- passed onיַּעֲבֹרyaavor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavor” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- from Lachishלָּכִישׁlachish
Lachish
See it on the mapWhere else “lachish” appears- to Eglonעֶגְלֹנָeglona
Eglon
Eglon: a Canaanite city of the Shephelah; also the name of a king of Moab (Judges 3).
Where else “eglona” appears- and they campedיַּחֲנוּyachanu
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “yachanu” appears- and foughtיִּלָּחֲמוּyilachamu
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “yilachamu” appears
Places in this verse
Lachish
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).
The context
33Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish, and Joshua struck him and his people until he had left him no survivor.
34 · This verse (above)
35They took it on that day and struck it with the edge of the sword, and every person who was in it he devoted to destruction on that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.