26. And after this Joshua struck them down and killed them, and he hanged them on five trees. And they were hanging on the trees until the evening.
27. And it happened at the time of sunset, Joshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees and threw them into the cave where they had hidden themselves, and they put large stones against the mouth of the cave, which are there to this very day.
28. Joshua captured Makkedah on that day, and he struck it and its king with the edge of the sword; he utterly destroyed it and everyone that was in it. He did not leave behind a survivor. So he did to the king of Makkedah just as he did to the king of Jericho.
29. And Joshua passed on, and all of Israel with him, from Makkedah to Libnah, and he fought against Libnah.
30. And Yahweh also gave it into the hand of Israel, and its king and all the people in it he struck with the edge of the sword. He left in it no survivor. He did to its king just as he did to the king of Jericho.
31. And Joshua passed on, and all of Israel with him, from Libnah to Lachish, and he laid siege to it and fought against it.
32. And Yahweh gave Lachish into the hand of Israel, and he captured it on the second day. He struck it with the edge of the sword, and everyone in it, just as he did to Libnah.
33. Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish, and Joshua struck him and his people until he left no survivor behind.
34. And Joshua passed on, and all of Israel with him, from Lachish to Eglon, and they laid siege to it and fought against it.
35. And they captured it on that day, and he struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the people that were in it on that day he utterly destroyed as he had done to Lachish.
36. And Joshua went up, and all Israel with him, from Eglon to Hebron, and they fought against it
37. and captured it, and they struck it with the edge of the sword, its king and all its cities, and all the people that were in it; he left behind no survivor, as he had done to Eglon, and he utterly destroyed it and all the people that were in it.
38. Then Joshua returned to Debir, and all of Israel with him, and they fought against it,
39. and he captured it and its king and all its cities, and they struck them with the the edge of the sword, and they utterly destroyed all the people that were in it; he left behind no survivor, just as he had done to Hebron. Thus he did to Debir and its king what he had done to Libnah and its king.
40. So Joshua struck all the land—the hill country, the Negev, the Shephelah, and the slopes—and all their kings; he left behind no survivor, and all that breathed he utterly destroyed as Yahweh the God of Israel commanded.
41. Joshua struck them from Kadesh Barnea to Gaza, and all the land of Goshen up to Gibeon;