25. Then Joshua said to his men, “Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid. I will show you what the Lord will do to all the enemies you will fight in the future.”
26. Then Joshua killed the five kings and hanged their bodies on five trees. He left them hanging in the trees until evening.
27. At sunset Joshua told his men to take the bodies down from the trees. So they threw the bodies into the cave where the kings had been hiding and covered the entrance of the cave with large rocks. Their bodies are still in that cave today.
28. That day Joshua defeated Makkedah. He killed the king and the people in that city. No one was left alive. Joshua did the same thing to the king of Makkedah that he had done to the king of Jericho.
29. Then Joshua and all the Israelites traveled from Makkedah to Libnah and attacked that city.
30. The Lord allowed the Israelites to defeat that city and its king. They killed everyone in the city. No one was left alive. And they did the same thing to that king as they had done to the king of Jericho.
31. Then Joshua and all the Israelites left Libnah and went to Lachish. Joshua and his army camped around that city and attacked it.
32. The Lord allowed them to defeat the city of Lachish. They defeated it on the second day. The Israelites killed everyone in the city, just as they had done in Libnah.
33. King Horam of Gezer came to help Lachish, but Joshua also defeated him and his army. No one was left alive.
34. Then Joshua and all the Israelites traveled from Lachish to Eglon. They camped around Eglon and attacked it.
35. That day they captured the city and killed everyone in the city. This was the same thing they had done to Lachish.
36. Then Joshua and all the Israelites traveled from Eglon to Hebron and attacked it.