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.
37. They captured the city and all the small towns near Hebron. The Israelites killed everyone in the city, just as they did to Eglon. No one was left alive there. They destroyed the city and killed all the people in it as an offering to the Lord.
38. Then Joshua and all the Israelites went back to Debir and attacked it.
39. They captured the city, its king, and all the towns near Debir. They killed everyone in the city, just as they had done to Libnah and its king. No one was left alive there. They destroyed the city and killed all the people in it as an offering to the Lord.
40. So Joshua defeated all the kings of the cities of the hill country, the Negev, the western foothills, and the eastern foothills. The Lord, the God of Israel, had told Joshua to kill all the people, so Joshua did not leave anyone alive in those places.
41. Joshua captured all the cities from Kadesh Barnea to Gaza. He captured all the cities from Goshen to Gibeon.
42. Joshua captured all these cities and their kings in one series of battles. He did this because the Lord, the God of Israel, was fighting for Israel.
43. Then Joshua and all the Israelites returned to their camp at Gilgal.