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Joshua 10:28 Cross-References
Explore 15 cross-references for Joshua 10:28 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Joshua chapter 10 verse 28 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.”
Joshua 10:28 (KJV)
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Commentary on Joshua 10:28
And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain—this first conquest following the miraculous victory establishes the pattern of herem (חֵרֶם), complete devotion to destruction. The phrase "with the edge of the sword" (lefi-charev, לְפִי־חֶרֶב, literally "by the mouth of the sword") personifies the weapon as devouring its victims, a common Hebrew idiom for total military annihilation.Makkedah's significance lies not in its size but in its cave, where the five Amor...
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Cross-References for Joshua 10:28
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“both man and woman”
“Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.”
“and kill them before me.',But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.,,,,,,,,”
“and you shall strike them; then you shall utterly destroy them: you shall make no covenant with them”
“and struck it with the edge of the sword”
“and the livestock of it”
“And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.”
“that Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance”
“and struck it with the edge of the sword; and all the souls who were therein he utterly destroyed that day”
“and the king of it”