27. At sunset Joshua told his men to take the bodies down from the trees. Then they threw them into the same cave where they had been hiding and covered the opening of the cave with large rocks, which are still there today.
28. That day Joshua defeated Makkedah. He killed the king and completely destroyed all the people in that city as an offering to the Lord; no one was left alive. He did the same thing to the king of Makkedah that he had done to the king of Jericho.
29. Joshua and all the Israelites traveled from Makkedah to Libnah and attacked it.
30. The Lord handed over the city and its king. They killed every person in the city; no one was left alive. And they did the same thing to that king that they had done to the king of Jericho.
31. Then Joshua and all the Israelites left Libnah and went to Lachish, which they surrounded and attacked.
32. The Lord handed over Lachish on the second day. The Israelites killed everyone in that city just as they had done to Libnah.
33. During this same time Horam king of Gezer came to help Lachish, but Joshua also defeated him and his army; no one was left alive.