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Joshua 10:31

What does Joshua 10:31 mean?

A plain-English look at Joshua 10:31 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Then Joshua and all Israel with him went on from Libnah to Lachish, and took up their position against it and made an attack on it,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Joshua passeth over, and all Israel with him, from Libnah to Lachish, and encampeth against it, and fighteth against it;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

From Lebna he passed unto Lachis, with all Israel: and investing it with his army, besieged it.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Joshua passed, and all Israel with him, from Libnah to Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it.

Context

v.30and Jehovah 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 that were therein; he left none remaining in it; and he did unto the king thereof as he had done unto the king of Jericho.

v.31This passage

v.32and Jehovah delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel; and he took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Kings 19:8

    So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

  • Joshua 15:39

    Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,

  • Isaiah 37:8

    So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

  • 2 Chronicles 11:9

    and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,

  • Joshua 12:11

    the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;

  • Joshua 10:5

    Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it.

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