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Then Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַwent up,וַיַּעַלand allוְכָלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלwith him,עִמּוֹfrom Eglonמֵעֶגְלוֹנָהto Hebron,חֶבְרוֹנָהand they foughtוַיִּלָּחֲמוּagainst it.עָלֶיהָ
Joshua 10:36
Study it in the app“Then Joshua went up, and all Israel with him, from Eglon to Hebron, and they fought against it.”
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Joshua 10:36, 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- went upיַּעַלyaal
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” 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 Eglonעֶגְלוֹנָeglona
Eglon
Eglon: a Canaanite city of the Shephelah; also the name of a king of Moab (Judges 3).
Where else “eglona” appears- to Hebronחֶבְרוֹנָchevrona
Hebron
See it on the mapWhere else “chevrona” appears- and they 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
Hebron
Today: Hebron (Al-Khalil), West Bank
A city in the hills of Judea, about 19 miles (30 km) south of Jerusalem.
Abraham lived nearby and bought the cave there where he buried Sarah (Gen 23:2). David was anointed king of Judah at Hebron (2 Sam 2:1-4).
The context
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.
36 · This verse (above)
37They took it and struck it with the edge of the sword, and its king and all its cities and every person who was in it; he left no survivor, according to all that he had done to Eglon; and he devoted it to destruction and every person who was in it.