Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 10:39
And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that [were] therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.
Verse 39. Destroyed all the souls] 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?
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof,…. 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 k says it was five or six miles from it, and another writer l 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, Jud 1:11; 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.
k Apud Masium in loc. l Fuller’s Pisgah Sight of Palestine, B. 2. c. 13. p. 276.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Jos 10:39 And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that [were] therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.
Ver. 39. All the souls, ] i.e., All the people: the cattle they had for a prey.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
he left none: Jos 10:33, Jos 10:37, Jos 10:40, Jos 11:8, Deu 3:3, 2Ki 10:11, Oba 1:18
Reciprocal: Gen 23:2 – Kirjatharba Jos 6:21 – utterly Jos 10:28 – them Jos 11:12 – all the Jos 15:7 – Debir Jdg 1:11 – Debir 1Sa 15:8 – utterly 2Ch 13:19 – took cities