azainft any of the children of racl. So oe body of the Army which were encamped there with J0- ſbua to beſiege that place. « Not ſo much as a Dog, as it 15 cx- preſſed Exod: 11; 7. Not only their men of war could not find their hinds, bur they were all ſo confounded, that they could not move their rongyes ih, way of Inſultation and Reproach, as doubtleſsthey did when the / bad; were repulſed and ſmitten at 4/; but now they were ſilenced as well as conquered : they durſt no more pro- voke nor injure the Iſraelites.
32 Then id folbua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out thoſe five kings unto me out of the Cave.
23 And they did fo, and broughtforth thoſe five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jeruſalem, the ing ofHebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of La- chith, a:4the king of Eglon. ,
24 And itcame 10 paſs when they brought out thoſe ep unto Foſbua, that Joſbua called all the men of 11-
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necks of thefe kings ?. And they came near, and pur their feet upon the necks of them. «
£ This he did not from Pride and Contempt of their Dignity 1n 3t ſelf; but partly as a puniſhment of their impious Rebellion again{t their Sovereign Lord; partly in purſuance of that Curſe of ſervili- ty due.to "11 this people, Ger. 9. 25. partly as a token to aſſure his Capraigs, that God would ſubdue thy groiets of them all under their feet ; a; d partly to obligeand teach his people ſeverely to ex- ecute the ent of God, upon them, and not to ſpare any of them, eit er out of a fookiſh Pity, or out of reſpe& to their Digni- ty, as Saul Werwards pare Ap to his own ruine. ;
25 And Joſhua ſaid. ynto them, Fear not,nor be diſmay - ed, be ſtrong, and ofgood courage : for thus ſhal the LORD do to all your enemjes againſt whom ye fight.
26 And afterward Joſhua ſmore them,and flew them, and hanged them « on five trees : and. they were hang- ihg upon the trees * until the evening.
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27 Andit came to paſs atthetime of the going down of the ſun, that Jolhua. commanded, and they * took chem down off the trees, and caſt them into the cave, wherein they had been, hid, and laid great ſtones in the caves mouth x, which remein unto this very day.
x That neither wild, beaſts could come at them. to devaur them,. nor mh hy people to give them honourable Burial.
28. Ws FE, with the edge of the ſword, and the king there- of he-utterly deſtroyed ;. them, and all the ſouls that
\-* as he did unto the king of Jericho.z. 3 Qa. which the Sun. ſtood ſtil}, or on which. the five Kings were hang : Noris.it ſtrange that ſo much work was done, and places — wes truck with, ſuch a terror. =. Who was hanged,or other- wiſe killed, -as-appears from. Foſb: 6; 2. a Hep @ with him;unto Eibnah 6b, and fought againſt A —_ TQT-. F 2 s To wit, who were with him in this Expedition. 6b A City of Julah, Joſh? t5:42. . ; 6 .30 And,the LORD delivered it alſo, and the king thereof, ingo. the handof Iſrael, and he ſore it with the edge; of the ſword,and all theſouls c that were there- in; he let none remainin it,but did unto the king there- of;"as he did untothe, king of Jericho. '7, e:The lumane Souls; for all the Cattel they had for a prey. 31 © And Joſbua paſſed from Libnah, and all Iſrael with him, unto Lachiſh, and encamped againſt it, and tought againſt it. - __ | *-22. And,the; LORD delivered Lachiſh into the hand of Wracl, which took it on the ſecond'day 4; and ſmote it withthe edge of the ſword, and all the ſouls that were therein, according to all that he had done, to Libnah.
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33 © Then Horam king of Gezer e came up to help Lachiſh, and Joſhua ſmote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
e Either that in Ephra:m,of which Joſh: 16: 3: Fudg: 1: 29. But that ſcems too remote from the other places ; or rather, that in Judah which was near Lachiſh, 1 Chron: 14: 16: whoſe King therefore was more capable, and more obliged to help them for his own ſake.
34 Q And from Lachiſh Joſbua paſſed unto Eglon /, and all Iſrael with him,and they encamped againſt it,and fought againſt it.
f A City of Judah, Joſh: 15. 39.
35 And they rook it on that day g,and ſmote it with the edge of the ſword, and all the fouls that were therce- in,be utterly deftroyed that day,according'to all that he had done to Lachilh,
g On which they firſt attempted ir.
356 And Joſhua went up from Eglon, and all Hrael with him unto Hebron þ, and they fought againſt ir.
+ Which though they took and killed all its Inhabitants,yet they did not _ It ; and therefore when Joſhua and his Army had for- ſaken it, and were returned to Gilgsl, it ſeems the Giants and other Canaanites being burnt out, or driven away from their former ſeats, planted and fortified themſelves there ; which made it neceſſary for Caleb to take ita ſecond time, as is recorded 5ofb. r5. 14. Judg. 1- 10, Or, this is the ſame Story, and the ſame Conqueſt of Hebrin which is here generally related, and afterwards repeated, and more particularly deſcribed, Joſh. 15. 13, 14.
37 And they took it,and fmote it with the edge of the ſword, and the king thereof ;, and all the cities thereof &, and all the fouls that were therein ; he left none re- maining,according to all that he had done to Eglon:but + deſtroyed it utterly, and all the ſouls that were therein.
z Either him mentioned before, v.23. whoſe death is here repeat- Or,anathe. ed in this acconnt of the general DeſtruQion of all the Inhabitants matized it.
of that place or his Heir or Succeſſor, & Which were ſubje& to its Juriſdiction ; this being, itfeems, a Royal Ciry as Gibeon was, v, 2. and having Cities under it as that had, Joſb. g. 17. :
38 And Joſhua returned, and all Ifrael with Debir }, and fought againſt it,