SEV Biblia, Chapter 10:39
y la tomó, y a su rey, y a todas sus villas; y los hirieron a cuchillo, y destruyeron todo lo que en ella había vivo, sin quedar nada; como había hecho a Hebrón, así hizo a Debir y a su rey; y como había hecho a Libna y a su rey.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Joshua 10:39
Verse 39. Destroyed all the souls] pn lk ta wmyrjyw vaiyacharimu eth col nephesh, they brought every person under an anathema; they either slew them or reduced them to a state of slavery. Is it reasonable to say those were slain who were found in arms, of the others they made slaves?
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 39. And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof , etc.] For this also was a royal city, and had others dependent on it; and therefore must lie further from Hebron than before suggested; and indeed Burchard says it was five or six miles from it, and another writer f209 says ten miles: and they smote them with the edge of the sword ; the inhabitants of Debir, and the other cities adjacent to it; and utterly destroyed all the souls that [were] therein, he left none remaining ; and yet it seems this city recovered again, and was reinhabited, and after the death of Joshua was taken by Othniel, ( Judges 1:11-13); unless, as before observed, with respect to Hebron, there is there a more particular account of the taking of it at this time: as he had done to Hebron, so did he to Debir, and to the king thereof , as he had done also to Libnah and her king ; that is, slew them.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 28-43 - Joshua made speed in taking these cities. See what a great deal of wor may be done in a little time, if we will be diligent, and improve ou opportunities. God here showed his hatred of the idolatries and othe abominations of which the Canaanites had been guilty, and shows us ho great the provocation was, by the greatness of the destruction brough upon them. Here also was typified the destruction of all the enemies of the Lord Jesus, who, having slighted the riches of his grace, must for ever feel the weight of his wrath. The Lord fought for Israel. The could not have gotten the victory, if God had not undertaken the battle. We conquer when God fights for us; if he be for us, who can be against us __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
וילכדה 3920 ואת 853 מלכה 4428 ואת 853 כל 3605 עריה 5892 ויכום 5221 לפי 6310 חרב 2719 ויחרימו 2763 את 853 כל 3605 נפשׁ 5315 אשׁר 834 בה לא 3808 השׁאיר 7604 שׂריד 8300 כאשׁר 834 עשׂה 6213 לחברון 2275 כן 3651 עשׂה 6213 לדברה 1688 ולמלכה 4428 וכאשׁר 834 עשׂה 6213 ללבנה 3841 ולמלכה׃ 4428
