“So Joshua conquered the whole region — the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings — leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.”
Joshua 10:40 (BSB)
Context Reading
38Finally Joshua and all Israel with him turned toward Debir and fought against it. 39And they captured Debir, its king, and all its villages. They put them to the sword and devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. Joshua did to Debir and its king as he had done to Hebron and as he had done to Libnah and its king. 40So Joshua conquered the whole region — the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings — leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded. 41Joshua conquered the area from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and the whole region of Goshen as far as Gibeon. 42And because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.