JOSHUA 10:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.”
The victory consolidated — When Joshua and the men of Israel had finished striking them with a very great slaughter (הַכָּה גְדוֹלָה עַד־כַּלּוֹתָם), they went into the fortified cities. The great slaughter (makka gedola) produces casualties so severe that the fleeing armies are effectively destroyed. The survivors withdraw to fortified cities rather than stand in open field. Joshua's army, having destroyed the field armies, can now systematically besiege the cities.
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