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2508.—The Victories of Joshua

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · May 20, 1908

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 34, No. 21.

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2508.—The Victories of Joshua.

Verses 23 and 24 of Joshua 10 tell us that the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon were brought forth from the cave, slain, and hanged on five trees. Verses 36 and 37 relate that Joshua captured Hebron, and verse 37 mentions that they took it and smote it (Hebron) with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof. Was there another king of Hebron besides Hoham?
B. B. No. 387.
Evidently there was. The five kings, when they left their cities, joined their forces in the battlefield, and there Joshua met them. Of course when they left their cities, they must have placed some one to rule in their stead, and as soon as they were killed, the rulers left in the cities would naturally be the kings. It is to these, evidently, that verses 36 and 37 refer.