24. And it came to be, when they brought out those sovereigns to Yehoshua, that Yehoshua called for all the men of Yisra’ĕl, and said to the chiefs of the men of battle who went with him, “Come near, put your feet on the necks of these sovereigns.” And they drew near and put their feet on their necks.
25. Then Yehoshua said to them, “Do not be afraid nor be discouraged, be strong and courageous, for this is what יהוה is going to do to all your enemies whom you are fighting.”
26. And afterward Yehoshua smote them and killed them, and hanged them on five trees. And they were hanging on the trees until evening.
27. And it came to be, at the time of the going down of the sun, that Yehoshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees, and threw them into the cave where they had been hidden, and laid large stones against the cave’s mouth, to this day.
28. And on that day Yehoshua captured Maqqĕḏah, and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and he put its sovereign under the ban – them and all the people who were in it, he left no survivor. And he did to the sovereign of Maqqĕḏah as he had done to the sovereign of Yeriḥo.
29. Then Yehoshua passed over, and all Yisra’ĕl with him, from Maqqĕḏah to Liḇnah. And they fought against Liḇnah.
30. And יהוה also gave it and its sovereign into the hand of Yisra’ĕl. And he smote it and all the people who were in it with the edge of the sword, he left no survivor in it. And he did to its sovereign as he had done to the sovereign of Yeriḥo.
31. Then Yehoshua passed over, and all Yisra’ĕl with him, from Liḇnah to Laḵish, and encamped against it and fought against it.
32. And יהוה gave Laḵish into the hand of Yisra’ĕl, who captured it on the second day, and smote it and all the people who were in it with the edge of the sword, according to all that he had done to Liḇnah.
33. Then Horam sovereign of Gezer came up to help Laḵish. And Yehoshua smote him and his people, until he left him no survivor.
34. Then Yehoshua passed over, and all Yisra’ĕl with him, from Laḵish to Eg̅lon. And they encamped against it and fought against it,
35. and captured it on that day and smote it with the edge of the sword. And all the beings who were in it he put under the ban that day, according to all that he had done to Laḵish.
36. Then Yehoshua went up, and all Yisra’ĕl with him, from Eg̅lon to Ḥeḇron, and they fought against it,
37. and captured it and smote it with the edge of the sword, and its sovereign, and all its cities, and all the people who were in it. He left no survivor, according to all that he had done to Eg̅lon, but put it and all the people who were in it under the ban.
38. Then Yehoshua returned, and all Yisra’ĕl with him, to Deḇir, and fought against it,
39. and captured it and its sovereign and all its cities. And they smote them with the edge of the sword and put all the people who were in it under the ban, he left no survivor. As he had done to Ḥeḇron, so he did to Deḇir and its sovereign, as he had done also to Liḇnah and its sovereign.