³⁰ and Yahweh delivered it also, and the king of it, into the hand of Israel; and he struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls who were therein; he left none remaining in it; and he did to the king of it as he had done to the king of Jericho.

^{31 Ref} Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:

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

^{33 Ref} Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua struck him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.

^{34 Ref} Joshua passed from Lachish, and all Israel with him, to Eglon; and they encamped against it, and fought against it;

^{35 Ref} and they took it on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword; and all the souls who were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

^{36 Ref} Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to Hebron; and they fought against it:

³⁷ and they took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and the king of it, and all the cities of it, and all the souls who were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it, and all the souls who were therein.

^{38 Ref} Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fought against it:

^{39 Ref} and he took it, and the king of it, and all the cities of it; and they struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls who were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king of it; as he had done also to Libnah, and to the king of it.

^{40 Ref} So Joshua struck all the land, the hill-country, and the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded.

^{41 Ref} Joshua struck them from Kadesh-barnea even to Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even to Gibeon.