JOSHUA 10:40 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the Lord God of Israel commanded.”
Summary of the southern conquest — So Joshua struck the whole land, the hill country, the Negeb, the Shephelah, and the mountain slopes (וַיַּכְשׁ יְהוֹשׁוַע אֶת־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ הָהָר וְהַנֶּגֶב וְהַשְׁפֵלָה וְהַאֲשֵׁדוֹת), with all their kings; he left no survivors, but utterly destroyed all that breathed. The comprehensive summary indicates that Joshua's campaign has swept through all geographic regions of the south. The ban is total—nothing that breathes escapes. This verse frames the destruction not as military conquest but as a theological execution of the divine mandate.
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