Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah.
29. Then Joshua. passed, etc We have now a description of the taking of the cities, out of which the army of the enemy had been raised; and herein God displayed his power no less wonderfully than in the open field, especially when the rapidity is considered.
A good general knows how to follow up a victory, and Joshua seized his moment: he took six cities in swift succession, destroyed the armies sent to relieve them, and brought the whole southern country under Israel's hand. His failure to take Jerusalem and Jarmuth at once was a missed opportunity they would pay dearly to recover later.
AI summary
Commenting on Joshua 10:28-43
And the Lord delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel,.... At once, no opposition being made that we read of: and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, he let none remain in it; that is, Israel smote it, or Joshua, and indeed both; and this was according to the orders...