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Joshua 11:10 KJV
Joshua · chapter 11 · verse 10
And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.Joshua 11:10 · King James Version
Joshua 11:10 in context
8And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.
9And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
10And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.
11And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.
12And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- beforetimepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- JoshuaYᵉhôwshûwaʻJehoshua , the Jewish leaderH3091 →
- HazorChâtsôwrChatsor, the name of two places in Palestine and of one in ArabiaH2674 →
- smotenâkâhto strikeH5221 →
- swordcherebdroughtH2719 →
- timeʻêthtime, especially now, when, etcH6256 →
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We have here the same improvement made of this victory as was made of that in the foregoing chapter. 1. The destruction of Hazor is particularly recorded, because in it, and by the king thereof, this daring design against Israel was laid, Jos 11:10, Jos 11:11.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-14