And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.
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.
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Commenting on Joshua 10:28-43
Horam came to help Lachish and was destroyed for it, arriving either too late to save the city or too early to avoid Joshua's sword. His attempt to meddle in another's quarrel brought his own ruin; he left no survivors to carry home the tale.
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The Lord God of Israel fought for Israel, and the victories came in rapid succession: Makkedah, Libnah, Lachish, Eglon, Hebron, Debir, and the army of Gezer all fell in a single sweep. The whole southern country passed into Joshua's hands because the Lord Himself was the true conqueror.
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Commenting on Joshua 10:28-42