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Joshua 10:26 Cross-References
Explore 11 cross-references for Joshua 10:26 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Joshua chapter 10 verse 26 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.”
Joshua 10:26 (KJV)
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Commentary on Joshua 10:26
And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.The execution sequence is described with stark brevity. The verb "smote" (וַיַּכֵּם, vayachem) likely indicates a killing blow, while "slew" (וַיְמִיתֵם, vayemitem) confirms death. The phrase "hanged them on five trees" (וַיִּתְלֵם עַל־חֲמִשָּׁה עֵצִים, vayitlem al-chamishah etsim) describes public display of corpses as warning to others. This wasn't execution by hanging (strangulation) but impalement or suspension of already-executed bodies—a common ancient pra...
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Cross-References for Joshua 10:26
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“and they took his body down from the tree”
“and he be put to death”
“having become a curse for us. For it is written”
“Rise you”
“Take all the chiefs of the people”
“one of the eunuchs who were with the king said”
“May his blood be on us, and on our children!”
“As your sword has made women childless”
“and they hanged them in the mountain before Yahweh”
“and it was found to be so”