Joshua 10:34
And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it:
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And they took it on that day,.... The same day they encamped about it and besieged it; the besieged finding they were not able to keep it:
and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls…
Methodist theologian, 1762–1832
Adam Clarke
Eglon - It is likely that this town was not any great distance from Lachish. See on Jos 10:3 (note).
We are here informed how Joshua improved the late glorious victory he had obtained and the advantages he had gained by it, and to do this well is a general's praise.
I. Here is a particular account of…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Eglon See on Jos 10:3. He now marches eastward from Lachish to Eglon on the road from Jerusalem to Gaza; invests, takes, and destroys it with all its inhabitants.