Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 10:37
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.
37. 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 touns of that region,” Wyclif.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
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 of other subject towns.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 37. See Clarke on Jos 10:36.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
The king thereof; either him mentioned before, Jos 10:23 whose death is here repeated in this account of the general destruction of all the inhabitants of that place, or his heir or successor.
All the cities thereof which were subject to its jurisdiction; this being, it seems, a royal city, as Gibeon was, Jos 10:2, and having cities under it as that had, Jos 9:17.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword,
and the king thereof,…. For though the king of Hebron was one of the kings that were taken in the cave of Makkedah, and hanged; yet before Joshua came up to it, they had set up another king over them:
and all the cities thereof; for Hebron was a metropolitan city, and had other cities dependent on it, and subject to it:
and all the souls that [were] therein; both in Hebron, and in the cities subject to it:
he left none remaining; in any of them:
according to all that he had done to Eglon; the last place he came from:
but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that [were] therein; but it seems that afterwards some that made their escape before the taking of the city, and other Canaanites driven out of their habitations, repeopled it; so that after Joshua’s death it was recovered again by the tribe of Judah, Jud 1:10; unless there is given in that place a more particular account of the taking of this city, with others at this time; but the former seems most likely.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Jos 10:37 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.
Ver. 37. And the king thereof. ] The new king for the old king was hanged among those five that came up against Gibeon. Jos 10:5 ; Jos 10:23 ; Jos 10:26 He might have as short a reign as had Marius in Rome, whom one day saw an emperor, the next day he ruled, and the third day he was slain by a soldier, with the same sword which himself had made when he was a cutler.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the king: From Jos 10:23, we learn that the king of Hebron was one of the five whom Joshua slew and hanged on five trees at Makkedah. This slaying of the king of Hebron, therefore, must either refer to what had already been done, or the Hebronites had set up another, whom Joshua now slew when he took the city.
according: Jos 10:35
Reciprocal: Exo 17:13 – General Jos 10:28 – them Jos 10:39 – he left none Jos 10:40 – utterly Jos 11:12 – all the Jos 12:10 – Hebron Jos 14:13 – gave unto Jos 15:14 – General