JOSHUA 10:19 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the Lord your God hath delivered them into your hand.”
The pursuit continues — 'Do not stop; pursue your enemies and fall upon their rear. Do not let them enter their cities, for the LORD your God has given them into your hand.' Joshua commands the army to continue the pursuit rather than pause for the kings' execution. The phrase 'fall upon their rear' (וְהִכּוּ אֶת־קִצָּם, 'strike their rearguard') suggests an ongoing chase. Joshua subordinates the satisfaction of capturing the kings to the larger goal of complete military victory. The confidence 'the LORD your God has given them into your hand' assures the soldiers that victory is assured.
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