Joshua 10 · Verse 29

Joshua 10:29

Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
Joshua 10:29, King James Version

Joshua 10:29 in other translations

BSBThen Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah.
WEBJoshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
ASVAnd Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
YLTAnd Joshua passeth over, and all Israel with him, from Makkedah to Libnah, and fighteth with Libnah;
DARBYAnd Joshua passed, and all Israel with him, from Makkedah to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
BBEThen Joshua and all Israel with him went on from Makkedah and came to Libnah, and made an attack on it;
WebsterThen Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah:

What does Joshua 10:29 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 10:28-42

Jos 10:28-42. Seven More Kings Conquered. 28-42. that day Joshua took Makkedah--In this and the following verses is described the rapid succession of victory and extermination which swept the whole of southern Palestine into the hands of Israel. "All these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel. And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 29 Fought against Libnah - This city was near Makkedah, see Jos 15:42, and fell to the tribe of Judah, Jos 10:20, Jos 10:42, and was given to the priests, Jos 21:13. Sennacherib besieged it, after he had been obliged to raise the siege of Lachish. See 2Kgs 19:8; Isa 37:8.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 10:28-43

Joshua made speed in taking these cities. See what a great deal of work may be done in a little time, if we will be diligent, and improve our opportunities. God here showed his hatred of the idolatries and other abominations of which the Canaanites had been guilty, and shows us how great the provocation was, by the greatness of the destruction brought upon them. Here also was typified the destruction of all the…

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Joshua 10:29 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּעֲבֹ֣רvai.ya.'a.Vorand he passed onH5674
יְ֠הוֹשֻׁעַYe.ho.shu.a'JoshuaH3091
וְכָֽל\־ve.kholand allH3605
יִשְׂרָאֵ֥לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
עִמּ֛וֹi.Mowith himH5973
מִמַּקֵּדָ֖הmi.ma.ke.Dahfrom MakkedahH4719
לִבְנָ֑הliv.NahLibnahH3841
וַיִּלָּ֖חֶםvai.yi.La.chemand he engaged in battleH3898
עִם\־'im-withH5973
לִבְנָֽה\׃liv.NahLibnahH3841

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joshua 10:29

  • Joshua 21:13

    Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,

  • Joshua 15:42

    Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,

  • Numbers 33:20

    And they departed from Rimmon–parez, and pitched in Libnah.

  • Joshua 10:28

    And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.

  • 2 Kings 19:8

    So Rab–shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

  • 2 Kings 8:22

    Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.

  • Joshua 8:2

    And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

  • Joshua 12:15

    The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

  • Joshua 6:21

    And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

  • Jeremiah 52:1

    Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

  • Joshua 8:29

    And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Libnah.This city was situated in the south of Judah, and in the district of Eleutheropolis, according to Eusebius and Jerome. It is probably the Libnah in the neighbourhood of which the Israelites encamped.
12:15; 15:42; 21:13; Nu 33:20; 2Ki 8:22; 19:8; Jer 52:1
as he did.
28; 6:21; 8:2,29

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Context

  • Joshua 10:28

    And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.

  • Joshua 10:29

    Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:

  • Joshua 10:30

    And the Lord delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho.

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Joshua 10:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y de Maceda pasó Josué, y todo Israel con él, á Libna; y peleó contra Libna:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Josué, et tout Israël avec lui, passa de Makkéda à Libna, et fit la guerre à Libna.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Josua, und ganz Israel mit ihm, zog von Makkeda nach Libna und stritt wider Libna.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Transivit autem cum omni Israël de Maceda in Lebna, et pugnabat contra eam: