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38 Then Joshua returned, accompanied by the entire fighting force of[a] Israel, to Debir, where they attacked it, 39 captured it, its king, and all of its villages. They executed them, totally destroying it and everyone in it, leaving no one remaining. He dealt with Debir and its king just as he had dealt with Hebron, treating them the same way he had dealt with Libnah and its king.

40 So Joshua conquered the entire land, the hill country, the Negev,[b] the Shephelah,[c] and the wilderness highlands, along with all of their kings. He left none of them remaining, but completely destroyed every living person, just as the Lord God of Israel had commanded.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 10:38 The Heb. lacks fighting force of
  2. Joshua 10:40 I.e. the southern region of Israel
  3. Joshua 10:40 I.e. the verdant central lowlands of Israel; and so throughout the book