And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein.
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Gill's Exposition
And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir,.... A city, according to Kimchi, which he passed by when he went to Hebron, and did not fight against it; but, when he had taken Hebron,…
Barnes' Notes
The king thereof - No doubt the successor of the king slain at Makkedah Jos 10:23. All the cities thereof - i. e. the smaller towns dependent upon Hebron. The expression marks Hebron as the metropolis…
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…
Cambridge Bible
and the king thereof The successor doubtless of the chief who fell at Makkedah. See above, Jos 10:23.
all the cities thereof i.e. all the smaller towns dependent upon it; "alle the burgh tounsof that…